I once smeared the contents of my son's soiled diaper on the side of Soldier Field.
Da Cubs suck
I once smeared the contents of my son's soiled diaper on the side of Soldier Field.
lol....Originally Posted by Frijolito
Read More Dynasties!
grasshopper: You're... incorrect. Let's leave it there.
Have you ever read "Bronx Zoo" by Sparky Lyle? It's about the 1978 NYY season.
Fan rivalry on BOTH sides of the Sox/Yankee war is intense. He points to incidents both in Boston and New York. In fact, he says he feels both sides pretty much need to knock it off, that it's silly, and feels a much greater solidarity towards his fellow players in Boston than the people watching.
Whether it's due to his past experience with the BoSox, or the great race they had for the division, HE focuses heavily on Boston. He dismisses the Royals, saying in effect they have no class.
Retired Dynasties I'm Proud of
To Rule in Kansas City Part I and Part II (Kansas City Royals 1969-73, Hall of Fame)
Cardinal Sins (St. Louis Cardinals 1976-78) and it's sequel:
Diverting Destiny (Montreal Expos 1994)
Script for my Requiem (New Orleans Blues (fictional) 1954)
E=I*R
Man, that was an awesome book! Now I'm going to have to buy it again...Have you ever read "Bronx Zoo" by Sparky Lyle? It's about the 1978 NYY season.
You insist that there is something a machine cannot do. If you will tell me precisely what it is that a machine cannot do, then I can always make a machine which will do just that! -J. von Neumann
Master of Ale!
Sounds like an interesting book...I may have to seek it out.
E=I*R
The Bronx Zoo: The Astonishing Inside Story of the 1978 World Champion New York Yankees
$10
By the way, while your at it be sure to get The Year I Owned the Yankees if you can find it. Absolutely hilarious book!
You insist that there is something a machine cannot do. If you will tell me precisely what it is that a machine cannot do, then I can always make a machine which will do just that! -J. von Neumann
Just a few observations...
My wife and I went to a couple of games at Fenway in 2001. We first saw two games with KC no problem. Two games with the Yanks - big problems. After the game 7 or 8 Sox fans threatening to beat up a woman who was a Yankees fan. She was being mouthy and I do despise the Yanks, but really uncalled for.
Sometime in the late 80s I watched an exhibition hockey game in Sacramento. I was wearing my Dodgers cap, a lady Giants fan would not let me pass down the aisle to get to my seat unless I took off my cap.
At old Candlestick Park it was far worse. I always felt that Giants's fans felt more animosity towards the Dodgers' fans than vice versa.
USC and UCLA have a pretty good rivalry :-)
I Rustle Your Jimmies!
Haha, east-coast bias keeps the decent west rivalries out of the spotlight...for general rivalries that need no help from the media whatsoever, it can only be osu-mich & unc-dook (my 2 least favorite teams in all of sports)
Registered User
AMEN! I like you, grasshopper.
What rivalry? 26-7...
http://mlb.imageg.net/graphics/produ...-1333435dt.jpg
o
Registered User
I once smeared the contents of my son's soiled diaper on the side of Soldier Field.
That was a real mature adult act, but I guess thats par for the course for a cheese head
Registered User
Stop living in the past.
Fact is you're right. There is no rivalry as the Yankees simply aren't good enough to be a good rival for the Sox at the present time. They haven't won this century for crying out loud and are a plain and simple mess.
See how it works both ways?
╝+┼╣,►ΘΩδ
Do it at Yankee Stadium!
Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.72
(Thanks to BINGLE for my banner!)
Matt Wieters says:"My morning routine goes: wake up, bang 10 hot women, eat Lucky Charms, destroy a few countries, and then read YeahThisIsMyBlog.blogspot.com."
Mogul No No's and Perfect Games:
2008 Royals-Gil Meche No hitter in 10 innings 1-0 final score
2038 Padres-Matthew Graham Perfect Game 1-0 victory!
The TGM
There never was a rivalry before, since the Yanks dominated it with 3 straight WS titles, but the the Sox won 2 in the last 4 years, so it's more even, since the teams have combined for 5 of the last 11 World Series Titles. With more young guys that could be dominating soon, this could turn into an actual rivalry.
My Dynasty:
Saving Baseball In Portland
*************************
My Retired Dynasties:
The Day Baseball Changed Forever: Part 1
Dynasty Hall-of-Fame nominee
The Decade Baseball Changed Forever: Part 2
Registered User
I might as well add my two cents on this:
First a bit about me, I grew up in jersey a huge Yankees fan. In the late 80’s there wasn’t much to hang your hat on, and trips to the Bronx were a lot different than they are today (and not in a good way). I left the area to get my Ph. D. and low and behold the Yankees start winning the World Series again (authors note I came back and they stopped, coincidence? I think not). And then it happened, I moved to Boston for my post doc. It is extremely funny to go from New York to Boston. Let me just say this now I love the “city” of Boston, it is an awesome place. It is so small and easy to approach and I have tons of great friends from the area. That being said Bostonians have the worst inferiority complex about NYC I have ever seen (do you see what I did there?). Some funny experiences, first I arrived in January 2002 right after the pats won the suberbowl. I was actually routing for them and really happy they won. I start talking to one of my colleagues and was saying how I was happy that New England won, I am life long giants fan hate the jets etc… Right away she cuts me off saying how she hates the giants too, because they are from New York. HA? At that point I don’t think that the giants and pats had ever played a meaningful game against each other.
That pretty much sets the tone for my experiences in boston. In New York growing up nobody really cared about boston it just was not that important. In boston they would dedicate as much time on the sports to the Yankees as they would the sox.
You Bostonians who have been there for a while know what fenway was like the year of the Boone homerun. I was there and saw the riot police needed in fenway to keep them from burning down the city. Funniest news cast I ever saw, boston fans start turning on each other throwing beer bottles at each other.
One more funny story, thank god I left the year the Yankees choked, I remember the sox played the Yankees in a big series in July of that year. The one were Jeter dove into the crowd to get the fowl bowl, I believe the Yankees swept them in that series and moved to 3 or 4 games up in the standing. Watching the news that night and the sports guy (forgot his name he was an idiot, I’ll never forget joe shortsleeve though). Anyway after the Yankees series he throws his hands up in the air and says that’s it the seasons over (in july) the Yankees are going to do it again blah blah blah whine, whine. It was freaking july and sox were still on top of the wild card.
Nobody is saying that new Yorkers are angles, far from it. But the inferiority complex I witnessed in boston was laughable. I would assume that, that may have changed but I would not bet on it.
Ask me later to tell the story of the girl who told me it was far more prestigious to open a play in boston than on Broadway……
Reply With Quote
