Before I start blogging on MD’s game against FSU, I thought I’d let everyone know why exactly I’ve come to hate the Ratbirds/Ravens so much.
When the Browns moved to Baltimore, the Redskins were and still are shit. Awful, green infant shit. So it was great to have another second tier team to support. Midway through their second season in Baltimore, I started hearing taunts and insults from Baltimore Ratbird fans that made Cowboys fans blush.
So, inevitably I asked why this was the case. Here were some typical answers:
“The Redskins tried to stop a team from coming to Baltimore!”
Um. Considering the crime spree their players take part in, I’d say that blocking them from coming was probably a public safety matter. Besides, it sure didn’t take long for Baltimore to do the same thing to the Nationals year after year.
“Well, I used to be a Colts fan and we hated the Redskins then!”
Really? Well you couldn’t have been that much of a fan if your owner was so sick of you that he packed up a truck in the middle of the night.
“My meth lab is in Baltimore. So RAHHHHHHHHH!!!!”
Ok, I made that last one up, but it isn’t really that much of a stretch, is it?
Anyway, back to my hatred. So, the razzing of a few of my friends has never deterred me from anything. I mean, if it did, I’d probably be skinny from all the fat jokes over the years. But I digress. After taking a job about 30 minutes south of Baltimore, I was forced to move to Glen Burnie. Now, for those of you who don’t know about Glen Burnie, imagine this: go to http://www.peopleofwalmart.com, then add a giant meth problem, then get them all riled up by a Ratbirds Super Bowl run. That is Glen Burnie. People started slapping 10-15 Ratbirds car flags on their pimped-out 1989 Dodge Neons, naming their kids Raven, and wearing purple boas and beads out to dinner. The company I worked with even held a Ravens Parade during our lunch hour. Are you kidding me?!? Utterly classless. You should act like you’ve been there before. Even though you really are just the Purple Browns.
But the culmination of my hatred with that team is Ray Lewis. He is idolized in Baltimore. A man who played a large part in multiple murders is idolized. But, I guess when you live in a city with one of the highest crime rates in the country, where the Mayor is arrested for using gift cards intended for the homeless, then Ray Ray is a step up.
Go Colts!
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