Hey Markgugs, the Yankees Suck!

[lizard]

yes, it is time for another season of baseball.

some of you are already yawning, but mark and I are friendly rivals since he is a diehard yankee fan and I am a native of the Boston area. Boston is already 0-1, and Jeter is out for what, two weeks?

 

[J.]

both of those teams suck. GO ASTROS!

I'm going to opening day tonight. Front row behind the Astros dugout. And it costs me exactly.....................................$0 I love free stuff.

 

[bloodfiredeath]

As a baseball fanatic, and lifelong diehard Detroit Tiger fan, I'll be glad to join any thread that is based on Yankee bashing.

Fuck the Yankees.

 

[lizard]

is markgugs on one of his sabbaticals again?

be warned...mark is all for a goodnatured baseball wrangle, but he takes his yankees very, very seriously.

and as much as I hate to say it, the only way the redsox can win that division is if the yanks are plagued all year with injuries.

 

[JayKeeley]

Anyone going to watch the Cricket this year?

 

[NAD]

Base...ball?

 

[haddsie]

he is a diehard yankee fan and I am a native of the Boston area.

I know that Red Sox fans hate the Yankees (I also grew up in MA), but do Yankees fans give a shit about the Red Sox? It's weird when there's a one-way rivalry like that.

It's the same for Phila Eagles fans with Dallas. They hate Dallas with such passion and Dallas fans don't even know where Philadelphia is (or maybe that's just cos they're dumb rednecks? )

 

[lizard]

I would imagine the yankees treat the red sox rivalry like any other, mostly because the yankees have usually had the upper hand.

 

[General Zod]

The relationship between Yankee and Redsox fans is a lot more hatefull on the Redsox side of the fence.

I've been to Yankee/Redsox games in both NY and Boston. The Yankee fans get pumped to play the Redsox. That's about it. I would say that there hasn't been a genuine hatred towards the Sox since the late 70s. However, in Boston, you almost get the sense that they hate the Yankees more than they love the BoSox.

The other odd thing I've noticed about this rivalry is the lack of a decided home field advantage for the Sox. If you go to a Yanks/Sox game at Yankee stadium, you get about 50,000 Yankee fans and 5,00 Sox fans. At Fenway you get about 20,000 Sox fans and 11,000 Yankee fans.

Last time I went to Fenway, there were 10 Yankee fans calling into question the sexuality of every great Boston athlete (after a Yankee win). I was expecting all hell to break lose. However, nothing happened. Had the reverse happened in NY, those Sox fans would have never made it out of the Bronx. Apparently Sox fans are more laid back.

GZ

 

[lizard]

I would say that there hasn't been a genuine hatred towards the Sox since the late 70s.

bah. Bucky Dent's homerun. bah.

to this day, I still think Don Zimmer is a moron.

 

[JayKeeley]

However, in Boston, you almost get the sense that they hate the Yankees more than they love the BoSox.

I saw Metallica play the Foxborough stadium about 3 years ago. The whole place was chanting "Yankees Suck, Yankees Suck" at every given opportunity. Being a dumb limey, I was clueless at the time. I thought they were dissing Kid Rock or sumfink.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I can't believe I missed this thread!

What a great one!

And oh yeah, I don't care enough about the Red Sox to bother insulting them. That's like kicking a corpse for good measure. Ooops, I just insulted them, didn't I? Tee-hee!

 

[bloodfiredeath]

My Tigers have won six out of the last nine. Watch out American League!!!

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

And of course the fucking Red Sox have crept to within 1 game of 1st place. Nothing like false hope, I always say...

 

[lizard]

yes, we're creepin' on up...time for my yearly hopes-raising. but its only mid may, only about 2345 more regular season games until october

fucking yankees!

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

You know, I've noticed that whenever I'm posting regularly here, I don't get any freaking work done.

 

[lizard]

hey Mark, big series starts tonight...Wellsie goes to the hill for your guys. good luck, dude.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I have nothing to say, the Yankees are in the midst of some serious sucking right now.

 

[lizard]

but Fenway appears to be the cure...Pedro tonite!

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Bah, Pedro Schmedro. The Yanks own him.