The rivalry

[grasshopper]

From a NYY fan point of view, lets set the record straight and put this thing to bed! Up until 2004, there never was a NY vs. Boston super rivalry on the NY side. This is just another Boston hate thing. NY fans had more to worry about from KC in the 70s, Baltimore in the 80-90s, and Toronto/Twins in the 90s.

In the mean time, Boston fans simmered and learned to just hate the NYY. Through no fault of their own, the Yankees put a better team on the field for 80 years. And it was not a money issue!

When I was 12, I went to see the Yankees play at Fenway with my grandparents from Natick. After cursing me out for 1 hour, they started throwing beer on me. I was 12.

The second time I went was at age 16. I went with my HS football team and thank god Sox fans are pussies. They yelled alot, even pushed my friend. In the end, 22 15-17 y/o kids beat the piss out of a bunch of a-holes in the parking lot.

So now would I bring my kids to Fenway? Not on your life. My best friend from Providence took his dad to Fenway last year. My friend is a Sox fan, but his Dad is Yanks. His dad had his NY hat on so some fans punched him and through him to the ground. He is 68, has MS, and walks with a cane. Now my friend is a Yanks fan because at he just gave up the Sox as a bad habit.

I grant that Yanks fans arent peaches, but there will never, ever be a comparison between the Sox and the Yanks, and there will never be a rivalry (unless you live in Boston or listen to ESPN).

[Jellio]

Im from Finland, so i cant give any insight on this rivalry, but i've always been intruiged about how intense these so called US "rivalries" are. My american buddies always tell me how intense the Yanks-Sox rivalry is, but in my opinion a true rivalry is something that doesnt need any "hyping" in the media before the games. In "true" rivalries the media and the teams should try to downplay the rivalry so it doesnt get out of hand, but in the US rivalries it seems like the media tries to "invent" these rivalries out of thin air. Just like the Celtics-Lakers so called rivalry....Yeah, sure there was one in the 80's, but the one this year was completely made up by the media.

I would say that some of the college rivalries(Michigan-OSU, Duke-UNC) seems to be "genuine", but i havent yet encountered a single professional rivalty in the US that would qualify as "genuine". Really, if those rivalries were real, the media, players and both front offices would try their best to downplay these rivalries so that the fans wouldnt get too carried away. However, it seems like that is not the case in the US. Obviously many european soccer rivalries are too heated, but in general, when the rivals play eachother, players tend to be overly respectful to eachother in the media, and the front offices go out of their way to show publicly how great they get along. That just so the fans dont get too caught up in the rivalry.

A bit OT, but thought id throw it in there.....

[robinhoodnik]

From a NYY fan point of view, lets set the record straight and put this thing to bed! Up until 2004, there never was a NY vs. Boston super rivalry on the NY side. This is just another Boston hate thing. NY fans had more to worry about from KC in the 70s, Baltimore in the 80-90s, and Toronto/Twins in the 90s.

In the mean time, Boston fans simmered and learned to just hate the NYY. Through no fault of their own, the Yankees put a better team on the field for 80 years. And it was not a money issue!

When I was 12, I went to see the Yankees play at Fenway with my grandparents from Natick. After cursing me out for 1 hour, they started throwing beer on me. I was 12.

The second time I went was at age 16. I went with my HS football team and thank god Sox fans are pussies. They yelled alot, even pushed my friend. In the end, 22 15-17 y/o kids beat the piss out of a bunch of a-holes in the parking lot.

So now would I bring my kids to Fenway? Not on your life. My best friend from Providence took his dad to Fenway last year. My friend is a Sox fan, but his Dad is Yanks. His dad had his NY hat on so some fans punched him and through him to the ground. He is 68, has MS, and walks with a cane. Now my friend is a Yanks fan because at he just gave up the Sox as a bad habit.

I grant that Yanks fans arent peaches, but there will never, ever be a comparison between the Sox and the Yanks, and there will never be a rivalry (unless you live in Boston or listen to ESPN).

It goes both ways dude, I got the same treatment in NYC wearing my Sox shirt in the early nineties. NY fans are just as crude, ignorant and rude as what you've described. Thankfully, with the re-introduction of NL ball to NYC with the Mets, there are some intelligent fans of the game coming out of New York.
Lol, if it actually happened, it probably was 22 of you, on three drunk guys who couldn't defend themselves.
Go pretend to be a hardass somewhere else.

[Reade]

The Cubs-Cards rivalry is the best in baseball. The fans get together and drink beer and have a good time together.

it probably was 22 of you, on three drunk guys who couldn't defend themselves.

Or maybe 3 drunk guys couldn't keep their mouths shut and got the **** knocked out of them

[robinhoodnik]

The Cubs-Cards rivalry is the best in baseball. The fans get together and drink beer and have a good time together.

Oh yeah? Wanna fight about it?

[Reade]

Sure but its awful early to be drinking beer

[TheNamelessPoet]

Sure but its awful early to be drinking beer

its 5 0'clock somewhere lol

[Pavelb1]

From a NYY fan point of view, lets set the record straight and put this thing to bed! Up until 2004, there never was a NY vs. Boston super rivalry on the NY side. This is just another Boston hate thing. NY fans had more to worry about from KC in the 70s, Baltimore in the 80-90s, and Toronto/Twins in the 90s.

In the mean time, Boston fans simmered and learned to just hate the NYY. Through no fault of their own, the Yankees put a better team on the field for 80 years. And it was not a money issue!

When I was 12, I went to see the Yankees play at Fenway with my grandparents from Natick. After cursing me out for 1 hour, they started throwing beer on me. I was 12.

You took all that from your grandparents? Puss.

[RedsoxRockies]

I went to New York last year and wore a Sox shirt, sox, jersey, hat, pants, and shoes, and got treated horribly by New Yorkers. One man shoved me, another tried to kick me, they were horrible. and I was like almost 13 but they did not care

[kingroman]

Cowboys/Redskins Rivalry.

[Frijolito]

Chivas contra America.

[kingroman]

Mexico vs USA - soccer

[Pavelb1]

I went to New York last year and wore a Sox shirt, sox, jersey, hat, pants, and shoes, and got treated horribly by New Yorkers. One man shoved me, another tried to kick me, they were horrible. and I was like almost 13 but they did not care

Just yesterday I went to Yankee Stadium with my blind great-grandparents. New Yorkers stabbed me grand-mum to death, beat my grand-dad to death with his own cane and shaved a picture of Babe Ruth on their guide dog's a$$.

[RedsoxRockies]

its 5 0'clock somewhere lol

Thats a good song

[Frijolito]

Landon Donovan pissing on the Mexican field. Classic.....