And ink.
And needles.
When the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, long lines of fans, eager to show their loyalty, formed outside of tattoo parlors across the country. People wanted a tangible reminder, a tangible form of proof that the impossible really did happen, that they really did finally win the whole damn thing.
Some of these tattoos are absolute works of art. Check these out:
This one is a masterpiece:
Unfortunately, not all Red Sox tattoos turned out so well. One thing I've been unable to understand is the anti-Yankees tattoos like these:
I mean, what's the point? Yeah, you hate the Yankees. So why get the logo of something you hate inked into your skin until the end of time?
Then there's this:
That's just unfortunate. And on a pasty white arm, no less.
But there's one tattoo that's takes unfortunate to an entire new level. A level that is so sad, so...pathetic, that it almost renders you speechless.
In case you're unable to make it out, that's the autograph of former Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo.
No, I'm serious. Look closely. It's really his autograph.
What the hell would possess someone to get the autograph of a mediocre-at-best pitcher tattooed onto their body? How drunk do you have to be? And where the hell were this girl's friends to talk her out of it?? Man, that's just awful.
It makes you think, though...
Is there someone running around with a Byung-Hyun Kim tattoo?
Postscript: rclane at BSMW sent me this:
Sweet Jesus.
7 comments:
That Bronson tattoo is also located, I think, directly behind the ear of someone.
I can only assume that it's the neck of a Northeastern freshman.
I like the ones where they just added something Sox related to an existing tatoo - like Hey I'll put a Sox hat on this grim reaper, freshen it up a bit
I'd love to know the story behind that last one. I'm guessing - guy had Sox logo, Yankee loving friend made some bet where the loser would have to tatoo "fuck" over their logo tatoo. Sox fan loses, and gets Fuck tatoo'd over the B logo.
Then he decides to get back by putting on the WTC towers getting bombed by the father and son planes from that cartoon where the old B-24 bomber can't get a job after the War because the Air Force only wants Jets now.
OH Yankee loving fan must have been so angry when he saw that, his little plan went awry. Sox loving friend sure showed him bwaahhaha
God has a tatoo of Curt Schilling on His arm.
Nothing says "I suck at life" more than hating the Yankees (which is more redundant now that they DO suck) more than you like the Red Sox. Sigh.
Lots of people like to make themselves feel good by tearing down others.
I don't know, I think we can unite behind the idea that the guy who thought it would be cool to have JJ the Jet Plane bombing the WTC etched onto his skin is a douche of the highest order. There's really no oneupsmanship involved.
The fact that the guy is wearing fatigues just makes it that much worse.
Some of the first group were pretty well-done, even if most were rather silly.
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