“I’d compare it to the recruitment of young men into militant groups across the world,” said Chowder, “Young, ignorant, impressionable minds are ‘The Nation’s’ breeding ground.”
Chowder also notes that new member orientation consisted entirely of watching The Departed and Fever Pitch as a means of gaining an understanding of Boston and the Red Sox’s deep and meaningful history.
DOHTS cited an increased attendance at Mariners games against the Red Sox in 2005 as the cause of suspicion of a more urgent situation. The Mariners went 69-93 in 2005, but nearly sold out a three-game series against the Red Sox in mid-May.
In 1993, when the Mariners went 82-80, the Mariners struggled to fill the Kingdome to one-third capacity for a mid-April series against the Red Sox, and only filled the stadium to half capacity in a game started by Roger Clemens.
Chowder even implied that the Kingdome’s destruction was an attack by militant members of Red Sox Nation.
From late-2005 until the Red Sox’s 2007 World Series Championship, Seattle’s chapter of Red Sox Nation saw an alarming decrease in membership. Chowder says that administrators within ‘The Nation’ blamed decreasing membership on the recruitment efforts of similar extremist groups which operate under the guide of the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals. Those organizations were quickly disbanded as their membership spikes, in 2005 and 2006 respectively, were not sustained.
In 2007, Red Sox Nation returned to power in Seattle in conjunction with the team’s success, and many citizens are worried that they’ll eventually take over and erase the traditions of Seattle sports.
“I’m already without the Sonics, I’ll already be struggling from January to April, I don’t know how I’ll protect myself if Red Sox Nation mounts an attack in April,” said concerned Seattle resident Jeff Stevenson, “I’m scared of today—of tomorrow—I’m just scared.”
Chowder’s operation was ended when his cover was blown. Chowder acknowledges that it was his mistake which caused the blown cover.
“I wore a vintage No. 9 jersey to a board meeting with ‘The Nation,’ I figured the founding members of Seattle’s chapter would know who Ted Williams was,” said Chowder, “I was confronted, and it was determined at that point that I ‘knew too much.’ I barely escaped without physical harm.”
Ted Williams is one of the historically great Red Sox players, and widely considered to be the “Father of modern hitting.” Williams was a 19-time All Star, a two-time MVP, and won six batting titles.
Major League Baseball has been able to thwart several attempts at sports terrorism. After nearly four decades of tyrannical rule, George Steinbrenner has been relieved of his duties as the leader of the “Evil Empire.”
For nearly a decade, the Baltimore Orioles spent millions of dollars on weapons which they paraded through their lineup and pitching rotation, but the weapons have yet to manifest themselves into anything material.
It is undetermined if Erik Bedard has been sent from the Orioles as a spy of some sort, but he’ll be detained on the disabled list indefinitely.
Major League Baseball encourages people across the country to report any odd behavior to their local authorities, such as: change in wardrobe to fit “nation standards,” reading of Red Sox propaganda, or anything that may lead to poor decisions of fanhood.
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