Why do Yankees fans hate Boston fans so much?

[nufced1918]

This is a subject that has bothered me for decades.

Can you people explain to me why you despise the Boston Red Sox and their fans so much? I will never forget walking into the Grand Saloon on E 23rd St during the 2000 World Series wearing my B hat proudly and within 30 seconds being surrounded by enraged Yankees fans. (and Mets fans as well) WHY???

What on earth did we ever to do you???? My gawd, you people should roll out the red carpet when you see us...

Lets look at the evidence ( and this is painful)

October 16, 2003: After rallying to come back from a two-run deficit in game six, winning 9-6, the Red Sox painted the World Series logo on the field at Fenway Park. Grady Little became Gomer Pyle....

June 19, 2000: The Yankees beat the Red Sox 22-1, handing them their most-lopsided home loss ever. New York scored sixteen runs in the final two innings of the game.

October 18, 1999: Orlando Hernandez was named the ALCS MVP when he got the win as the Yankees earned their 36th American League Pennant with a 6-1 victory over Boston. The Red Sox stranded eleven runners in the game.

October 2, 1978 Bucky bleeping Dent

The weekend of September 7, 1978 is now known as "The Boston Massacre." The Yankees had a total of 67 hits, and won all four games by an average margin of over eight runs.

October 1 and 2 1949

December 26, 1919: The Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees


For the reasons mentioned above, and many more Boston Red Sox fans have developed a dislike for the New York Yankees, but for the life of me I don't understand why you hate us.

[WindRavenX]

Why do dogs chase cats?
Why does the sun set in the west?
Why do Yankee fans hate Boston fans (and vise versa?)
Why?
Because it is a part of our very nature of existance; Yankee fans exist to remind Boston every second of their existance of the terrible sin that they committed so long ago...
And because we love you guys so much

[ACPS]

I admit, sometimes I wonder. Many a night a lie awake thinking of what it must be like to participate in the infamous YamBag Casino.

[YANKEE MAGIC]

I have to say from my experience Sox fans hate Yankee fans just as much...

[BombersBlvd]

Most people will kill me for saying this, and let me just preface that I hate the Red Sox, but there is no more passionate fan of an American sport out there than the fan of the Boston Red Sox. There maybe some franchises and some cities that come close (Green Bay, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Canadiennes come to mind immediately), but in terms of historical significance, consistency, unity, level of expectation, level of pain, loyalty, intensity, degree to which the franchise infiltrates the community and vice versa, dollar for dollar, you can't deny that Boston fans are heavy into their baseball team.

[YankeePride1967]

I don't hate the players (except for Pedro and Manny) or most of the fans. It's the "chirpy" ones that bother me, the ones with the "little brother" complex that get to me. Boston has a 2 game lead on June 1 and they are talking smack. Those are the ones that bug me, I know some Yankee fans do the same the other way too.

[Red Sox 2004]

Actually, we hated the Yankees before they were the Yankees. See, the Yankees were originally a Baltimore team that we would have actual street fights with (John McGraw as a player was a crazy sonnuvabitch) back in 1901. Then there is the fact that we did win the first world series (beating a then NY team, the Giants), the fact that while the Yankees have had some Cy Young winners, we actually had Cy Young, and that we were the first dynasty in professional sports. Sure it sounds like past glories now, but there was a time when the Yankees were the joke and we weren't (no not the late 60's or the 1980's), but when both teams started off. Still remember, the Yankees were the Orioles, and they have no real claim for "pure pinstripe blood" anymore than the Texas Rangers can claim to be pure, just another bought and moved team at their start.

The rivalry as we know it now is actually more recent, dating back to the 70's, in fact Munson pretty much started it. The player fights led to the fan fights. From the mid 1940's until 1967, no one in Boston really cared about the team enough to fight. The rivalry during the 40's was a serious competive one, but not one of hatred like it is now.

Never let the Yankees forget that they honored Yaz in their house back in the late 60's when they were so hard up for fans that they held a day for our triple crown winner. We never had a DiMaggio Day (except for the little Professor).

[PippyPinstripes]

I don't hate Sox fans. Most of my best friends are Sox fans.

On the net there are some pretty annoying ones, however. Some people tend to become bolder under the cloak of internet anonymity.

[penfold]

Originally posted by GoRocket
I don't hate the players (except for Pedro and Manny) or most of the fans. It's the "chirpy" ones that bother me, the ones with the "little brother" complex that get to me. Boston has a 2 game lead on June 1 and they are talking smack. Those are the ones that bug me, I know some Yankee fans do the same the other way too.

Well said, GoRocket!

I think obnoxious fans of any team -- even teams I like -- bother me to no end. I love the Yanks but I respect a fantastic play that's made against them. I hate the Lakers but I respect a fantastic play that Rick Fox can pull off (still can't stand anything Shaq does, though) -- just don't force me to watch a whole NBA game!

Any "fan" that can't hold a legitmate conversation without trolling or resorting to "so-and-so sucks" can go stuff themselves.

[YankeeNut18]

The Sox fans that I hate are the ones you actually try and talk baseball with and you prove them wrong and they say "Yeah, well the Yankees still suck." Most Sox fans I've encountered are generally arrogant, ignorant d*cks. When you see shirts like "Jeter Swallows" that just tells you what kind of fans you're dealing with.

[YankeeNut18]

I mean, hell, even Rangers fans aren't that bad... and they're pretty horrible.

[pacewon]

This is ridiculous

[pacewon]

Originally posted by YankeeNut18
I mean, hell, even Rangers fans aren't that bad... and they're pretty horrible.

Losing to us 4 times in a row this season and not beating us in 8 straight is pretty painful, huh?

[nufced1918]

Originally posted by YankeeNut18
I mean, hell, even Rangers fans aren't that bad... and they're pretty horrible.

Good Lord you are comparing Sox fans to the animals who reside at MSG??? :eek

Seriously I dread this season as the taunting of Boston fans will be worse than ever. After 3 months I really feel what happened to us October 16th was worse than 86.

I tend to agree the venom started in 1973 with Munson and Fisk and really got heated the 2 years NYY played at Shea. 74-79 were hard fought years.

I know one thing, Grady Little has claimed the #1 slot as most hated Red Sox by a landslide and it was a big list to crack.

I guess Boston is Brooklyn, I just hope this year is 1955

[YankeeNut18]

Originally posted by pacewon


Losing to us 4 times in a row this season and not beating us in 8 straight is pretty painful, huh?

You do not know the extent of my anger right now.

[C-BUS CLIPPER]

Originally posted by WindRavenX
Why do dogs chase cats?
Why does the sun set in the west?

This comment sums this thread up as about as good as you possibly can.

[yanksrule69]

Originally posted by YankeeNut18
The Sox fans that I hate are the ones you actually try and talk baseball with and you prove them wrong and they say "Yeah, well the Yankees still suck." Most Sox fans I've encountered are generally arrogant, ignorant d*cks. When you see shirts like "Jeter Swallows" that just tells you what kind of fans you're dealing with.

Yes Yes I agree.

Go to college for 4 years in Boston and then ask yourself why Yankees fans hate Red Sox fans. I have met around 5 Red Sux fans in my life that can actually come to terms with reality about baseball.

I live in Mass, I am surrounded by Red Sox fans who just don't know when to shut his/her trap. Mind you this is regarding baseball only, most of my best friends are....sigh...Red Sox fans.

[patrick.o]

Originally posted by nufced1918
for the life of me I don't understand why you hate us.

Maybe it's because you sell Yankees Suck (and Jeter Swallows) t-shirts outside Fenway when the Sox are playing the Twins.

Maybe it's because you chant "Yankees Suck" at Superbowl parties.

Maybe it's because while driving around Boston you are likely to see almost as many "Yankees Suck" bumper stickers as Red Sox ones.

Your obsessive hatred of us has, like most things, has led to an equal reaction. Treat the Orioles and their fans the way you treat us for a few years and see if they grow to hate you.

[YankeePride1967]

Originally posted by penfold


Well said, GoRocket!

I think obnoxious fans of any team -- even teams I like -- bother me to no end. I love the Yanks but I respect a fantastic play that's made against them. I hate the Lakers but I respect a fantastic play that Rick Fox can pull off (still can't stand anything Shaq does, though) -- just don't force me to watch a whole NBA game!

Any "fan" that can't hold a legitmate conversation without trolling or resorting to "so-and-so sucks" can go stuff themselves.

And Sox fans that call Yankee fans animals and Boston fans are the high-class, high-knoweledge elite tick me off too, but of course bring up Game 5 of the 1999 ALCS and that shuts those up real fast.

[derekjeter916]

Because we go to summer camp in northern Massachusetts, wear a Yankees baseball cap to go sailing and get yelled at by the sailing instructor that the "Yankees s*ck!" Among other occasions...

I don't hate all Red Sox fans. My whole family is Red Sox fans- I am just, thankfully, an individual when it comes to baseball. I just think that a large number of Red Sox fans is so obsessed with losing that they verbally torture anyone who happens to be a Yankees fan whether that Yankees fan is doing anything or not. And yeah, Yankees fans do that too. But let's not get into that again: after all, I could go to a Red Sox board and post this topic only reversed, and I'd get similar responses.

[YankyDave]

Exactly Patrick. I went to a Sox game against the Devil Rays in May and went to the Cask and Flagon for a beer afterwards. On the way we passed vendors selling Jeter, Mussina, Clemens and Yankees suck shirts. I told the guy it was false advertising.

[YankeeNut18]

Originally posted by yanksrule69


Yes Yes I agree.

Go to college for 4 years in Boston and then ask yourself why Yankees fans hate Red Sox fans. I have met around 5 Red Sux fans in my life that can actually come to terms with reality about baseball.

I live in Mass, I am surrounded by Red Sox fans who just don't know when to shut his/her trap. Mind you this is regarding baseball only, most of my best friends are....sigh...Red Sox fans.

I'm from Mass. Believe me, I know.


Patrick... well said post.

[penfold]

Originally posted by YankyDave
Exactly Patrick. I went to a Sox game against the Devil Rays in May and went to the Cask and Flagon for a beer afterwards. On the way we passed vendors selling Jeter, Mussina, Clemens and Yankees suck shirts. I told the guy it was false advertising.

I suppose now the Yankee fans'll be buying all the overstocked Clemens sucks shirts.

[derekjeter916]

And just one more thing...the thing that probably annoys me the most: Red Sox fans seem to vote AGAINST the Yankees rather than FOR the Red Sox. That kind of obsession is ridiculous...

[WindRavenX]

Originally posted by yanksrule69



Go to college for 4 years in Boston and then ask yourself why Yankees fans hate Red Sox fans. I have met around 5 Red Sux fans in my life that can actually come to terms with reality about baseball.

I live in Mass, I am surrounded by Red Sox fans who just don't know when to shut his/her trap. Mind you this is regarding baseball only, most of my best friends are....sigh...Red Sox fans.

See, for the most part, most of my college chums are very cool and decent human beings and Red Sox fans when, and this is key, SOBER. Most of campus was very calm during the ALCS; Red Sox fans and Yankee fans got along well and there was no problems. Then on Thursday , Game 7, people started to drink- and that's when there were problems.
I am convinced alcohol brings out all that repressed rage and depression of a Red Sox fan. They're a quiet bunch when they're sober, but man, a few drinks later...they'll be crying, moaning, and swearing in your face. It's kinda hillarious