Jerry Remy elected president of RSN

[chisox]

BOSTON -- More than two months, 1,200 contestants and one landslide electoral victory later, the incumbent will remain in office. Jerry Remy, NESN's lead baseball color analyst, received a mandate from Red Sox Nation, winning the presidency with 39,120 votes, more than 25,000 votes higher than the second-highest tally. Throughout the late-summer campaign, Remy served as "temporary, acting" president, drawing barbs from opponents for being "famous" and using the bully pulpit of regional cable broadcasts to advance his platform.



http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071003&content_id=2247502&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos

[4bronxbombers]

Oh please chisox.

[RJ44]

NOW I can just focus on the playoffs... this election was KILLING me!!!

[TheDynasty26]

Thats really dumb....not just the election and the contest...well thats really dumb too. but its even dumber to have a celeb win it.

i think they should have chosen Ben Affleck. or Dane cook.

[chisox]

Oh please chisox.

I can't wait for the Cubs to do this. Those idiots will elect the homeless guy who is the unofficial mascot
http://img.viacomlocalnetworks.com/i...e_056093715/lg

[RJ44]

Thats really dumb....not just the election and the contest...well thats really dumb too. but its even dumber to have a celeb win it.

i think they should have chosen Ben Affleck. or Dane cook.

Stephen King should be the face of RSN.

[SalingerNY]

What a freaking colossal waste of energy.

[yankeebot]

The people have spoken. Now maybe they'll stfu for a while.

[West Texas]

The dog lost??

[DontHateOnNumber2]

That whole "election" thing was so dumb. Imagine the Yankees Collective trying to elect an Emperor. Ridiculous.

[Big_E]

I object. I think we need to wait until we count all the overseas ballots, military ballots and convene a tribunal to analyze the hanging chads.

[Big_E]

That whole "election" thing was so dumb. Imagine the Yankees Collective trying to elect an Emperor. Ridiculous.

Emperor? No.

But I think our spokesperson should be "Freddy Sez". After each press conference, the media could take turns banging his pan.

[BillBuckner]

Big who cares.

[NewEraYanks2527]

Someone delete this waste of space thread.

[fredgmuggs]

What amuses me is 70,00 people actually participated in this. But then again I'm dumbfounded people watch American Idol, so what do I know?

[nhyankeefan]

The people have spoken. Now maybe they'll stfu for a while.

That will never happen, although an ALCS loss to us would help quiet them down.

[SalingerNY]

What amuses me is 70,00 people actually participated in this. But then again I'm dumbfounded people watch American Idol, so what do I know?

This attempt to explain the whole thing is pretty funny:

We do not speak the language of Red Sox Nation. We do not dislike the Red Sox, or their fans, and we do not think the city of Boston is racist. We love Boston! We just don't understand the Red Sox Nation thing; it just scares us. That said, many of our best friends are Red Sox fans, and they're at least slightly intelligent.

-snip-

"It's embarrassing. Sox fans get enough flak already, I can't believe whoever thought this up never stopped for a second to think maybe this is just another thing to make us look like jackasses."

http://deadspin.com/sports/red-sox-n...ing-294686.php

Sounds about right.

[Clive]

I object.

The Mad Objector™!

[MassNYYfan]

"It's embarrassing. Sox fans get enough flak already, I can't believe whoever thought this up never stopped for a second to think maybe this is just another thing to make us look like jackasses."

[TongueStripes]

Kerry lost another presidential election???

[wang+cano=future]

Name Recognition....

[yankeesnumber1]

So stupid...this is worse than the Red Sox Nation cards that the Sox were selling.

[bobbymagee]

I can't wait for the Cubs to do this. Those idiots will elect the homeless guy who is the unofficial mascot
http://img.viacomlocalnetworks.com/i...e_056093715/lg

wouldn't they elect a goat or Ned Beatty?

[RhodyYanksFan]

[JDPNYY]

What amuses me is 70,00 people actually participated in this. But then again I'm dumbfounded people watch American Idol, so what do I know?

You are so awesome.