Boston's recent struggles at home

I'm not going to lie, New England fans have been severely spoiled for the last decade with six championships between the Patriots (3), Red Sox (2) and Celtics (1). At that point, New England fans shouldn't complain for the next ten years. But New England fans always complain because we always want more. I want more, but it is hard to get more every year because the competition always gets better. What has really ticked me off recently is for the past year, all New England teams have stunk up the joint at their own buildings. Before this year, I have always felt that if a team is able to win on the road, they are a playoff team because they should be able to win at home. I still feel that way, but I also believe that when a team is at home, not only do teams have to win at home, they have to make sure that after the games, the visiting teams cry to their mommies and then get hit by a belt by their daddies. I am not seeing that with any of the Boston teams this year and it is making me angry.
I know its early in the baseball season but the Red Sox are 1-5 at Fenway Park this year, third worst in the Major Leagues. This includes five straight losses since Opening Day. You probably think I'm an idiot because the Red Sox had the second best home record in the Majors last year with a 56-25 record. Remember Game 3 of the American League Division Series against the Angels when the Red Sox were leading 6-4 with two outs in the top of the ninth inning? Yeah, they lost that game 7-6, leading to a sweep, and that game left The Red Sox organization and Red Sox nation with a bad taste in their mouths since then. The Red Sox's play at Fenway this season sure reminds me of the 9th inning of that game.
Remember when the Patriots had an 8-0 home record last year? I don't, because when they get their fannies beat to the ground by the Baltimore Ravens 33-14 in the AFC Wild Card game at Gillette Stadium last year, it negated their home record. It was a pathetic showing for a team that is supposed to protect home-field advantage. Let's hope they actually have a good draft this weekend and make up for that B.S. game last year.
The Celtics play at home has infuriated me this season. They were 24-17 at home this season, seventh in the Eastern Conference. Really?! In the previous two seasons, the Celtics have compiled a 70-12 home record, the type of success elite NBA teams have at home. The fact their underachievement at the TD Bank Garden makes me frustrated not just as a Boston sports fan, but as a sports fan in general. When you think of "The Gaden," you think of dominance, passion and sacrificing of the body to win each and every game. Not only were they 27-27 after the Christmas Day beat down against the Magic, but they also went 14-13 at home. They had a mediocre record at home this year because they dragged ass half of the time. There is no heart, no energy and no passion at "The Gaden." Sure they had a tough comeback win at home in Game 1 in the first round of the playoffs against the Miami Heat. But they were down by 14 in the third quarter at home to a team that has one superstar (Dwanye Wade) and a bunch of crap behind him. This should not be happening to a supposedly elite NBA team. Now that the playoffs are here, they have win the whole thing to make me forget about their pathetic home record in the regular season.
The Bruins were also embarrassing at "The Gaden" this season. Their 18-17-6 is fourth worst in the Eastern Conference. It was so bad that four teams that were eliminated from the playoffs (Islanders, Lightning, Hurricanes and Thrashers) had better home records. I do admit, the Bruins earned being in the playoffs. They worked hard and played anybody who did not have a broken bone, torn muscle or even a concussion. But thanks to their solid 21-13-7 road record, they are in the playoffs. When the Bruins played at home this year they lost a lot of their games to teams they should have beaten and there were games that they didn't even show up against good teams. They did have some good wins at home this year, but nothing to jump up and down about. I'm not as angry at the Bruins as I am with the Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics because the difference is I am used to the Bruins losing. They have not won the Stanley Cup since 1972, and if they don't pick up their game at home during the playoffs, it will be just another failure like usual for the Boston Bruins.
I don't care if you don't believe me about the recent failures at home for Boston teams. I don't care if any of the New England teams don't win every year, but what I do care about is them playing well when their own fans spend hundreds of dollars and go all of the way to see them play and then they end up seeing them play like garbage. Apparently they didn't watch the old Under Armour commercials when the message was "We must protect this house!"