Help.. I've Been 'Twitter Jumped' By Tampa Fans! TB Fans Actually Exist?

It all started last night with a harmless little Tweet on Twitter by yours truly that went a little something like this during that Sox game… “We(the Red Sox) are Tampa’s bi*ches, they are just a bad matchup for the Sox!” Then out of the blue I got ‘jumped’ by 3 or 4 Tampa fans who aren’t on my followers list nor am I following them, telling me to forget the bad matchup stuff, and that they are just better than the Sox amongst other very brave commentary. Now, please keep in mind, I only thought there were about 5 true Tampa Rays fans in the world, so to be attacked by 3 or 4 of the 5 was pretty cool if you ask me. I was loving it. I was eating it up. So we sparred for about 20 minutes and it wasn’t until I told them that they all reminded me of 2001 Pink Hat New England Patriots fans who jumped on the bandwagon after years of misery and not giving a rat’s ass about their team until they got a taste of victory, that it cooled down some. They found that comment funny, they couldn't help themselves. That comment actually won me about 4 or 5 followers from Tampa. Cool stuff.. I’m honored. Truthfully, the only Tampa fans that I thought existed outside of that, were 85-90 year old Red Sox fans originally from Boston but now living in Tampa who occasionally gave the home town team a cheer because they felt bad for any pro athlete to have to put on the ‘Devil Ray’ uniform. Wait, I forgot they changed their name to the ‘Rays’ now, a much more masculine representation of the team. I kept pushing that button last night as well with my new southern friends. One guy actually said to me, “dude, stop with the Devil Ray comments, are you even aware they changed their name?” Yeah pal, I’m aware, I probably know more about your teams history than you do. Do me a favor, go win a World Series and develop a little history in Tampa with your ‘Rays’ before you talk so much smack. I even had Yankee fans that I talk to ask last night, “TB has actual fans?” and “Tampa Ray fans haven’t been around long enough to be granted the right to talk sh*t!” (please continue reading at www.sportramble.com on Two Cents From Beantown blog)