Are the Boston Red Sox Thugs?
492709
Doubtful.  For the longest time, the Sox were the long-suffering bridesmaids.\n\nNow -- after winning a title ...\n\n... they're just bridesmaids.
810156
The Yankees have fans?  Seriously?  No way!  Maybe bandwagon groupies but surely not fans.  A fan is loyal, knowledgable, and someone who gladly experiences the pain of the downs because he knows that will only make the ups feel that much better.  I'm sorry, but anyone I've ever met who rooted for the Yankees didn't have any of those things.  I've met a lot of wannabe fans who sport a NY hat because they think it's a status symbol or that it'll make them appear as a thug.  But a Yankees fan?  No, I'm sorry but that's nothing more than an oxymoron.  But yes, I do find these groupies to be extremely bitter people.
637675
No, I don't think they are actually a bad hitting team they have some quality players. (Gomes, Huff, Lugo, Crawford). They do need help with the pitching though. They only have one good pitcher (Kazmir). I think it has to do with the league they are in in having to play the Blue Jays, Red Soxs and Yankees so often.
96606
Three words. Schilling,Beckett,Clement. Pitching wins championships not Manny. The red sox will live or die on the health of those 3 starters.
656219
i'm a beantown boy, so its all about the red sox around here. i wish that the teams had a league determined spending limit for their player salaries. imagine how much better the games would be if the teams were more evenly matched!
929525
I don't think they are smart enough to be the new evil empire. It also makes me laugh when I hear Red Sox fans make it sound like the Red Sox don't have a lot of money, or that they have a low payroll. I know that Boston's payroll is over the $119 million dollar threshold that baseball has set, thus they will have to pay a luxury tax too. Boston is loaded, but they hide behind the fact that the Yankees payroll was around $200 million last year. If not for the Yankees, Boston's would be the highest. Also, the Yankees dumped Sheffield and his $13 million salary, traded Wright  and his salary, and signed  Mussina to a smaller deal. They are down approximately $25 million from last year. Boston's payroll stands to increase this year, whether they sign D-Mat or not, as they are probably going to sign J.D. Drew, I'd love to hear Red Sux fans when they realize the payrolls are getting closer.\n\nAlso, everyone seems to think that Steinbrenner is still a big, scary, fire-breathing owner.  He is not.  He's 76, old, not in good health and no longer the man he was. If he were, Torre and his coaching staff would have been fired, and he would be after every free agent out there. Clearly Cashman is in charge, and making good financial decisions, and he also does not have the ego that Little Theo does. To me, it really does look like the Red Sox are the meaner team, and the "new evil empire".
624335
red sox suck. cracker jacks.\n\ni hate them with a passion.\nbut not a yankee fan..
617944
Seriously?  As a Boston Red Sox fan since birth, I would NOT want to see Roger Clemens come back to Boston and I will tell you why.  When Roger left Boston, there was no amicable parting.  He bashed the team, he bashed the management, he bashed the owners and worst of all, he bashed the fans.  Now, enough time has passed and every Boston fan is weepy eyed at the idea of the ROCKET closing out his career essentially where he began it.  Well you know what I say?  F**k you Roger.  We don't need you, we don't want you and guess what?  We won a ring WITHOUT your help.  Stay in Texas and coach little league.  (I will say this though, at least he had the decency to wait a few years before jumping on the pansy pinstripe bandwagon.  Unlike Johnny Judas.  That back stabbing son of a motherless goat!)
1127736
See, the real deal is that yankee fans aren't passionate. Red Sox are the MOST passionate fans in the world. Before we won it all in 2004, we waited 86 years. We stuck with our team and never gave up. A lot of really really good players never got to see a championship(Ted Williams). The rivalry between the Sox and yankees is the best in sports, and the yankees have NO respect. They are selfish losers who need to stop thinking they are still the best. Last I checked, the RED SOX won the world series last between the 2 teams. The YANKEES are in the doghouse. I got one question for yankee fans: can AAA players, mostly those in the  bullpen, win enough games and keep up the pace they are on now? NO!!! You have melky cabrera in left field. You have an OLD bernie williams in right field. You know why the Sox didn't sign damon? because he SUCKS! he CAN'T throw, and he swings with one hand. I am no major leaguer, though I am very good, I could hit 25 homers playing in that sandbox yankee stadium. It is 300 feet from home to the right field stands. Please. Scott Erickson? Please, didn't he like retire and come back last year with the Dodgers? The yankees  are hurt, and  when we play  them again in 60 games,  we will be in FIRST  by 5, maybe 6 or 7  games. The BLUEJAYS will be in 2nd by 2 games!!! The RED SOX will win the worldseries this year. Have you seen the depth of our team? Guess not, cause you yankee  fans  still think you can cut it with a 4A team.  More like the 4H team!!!
817758
The Red Sox are yesterdays news.  The will be lucky to finish behind the Yankees and Blue Jays.  Pretty soon everyone will be bailing out.  Schilling is done.  Pedro is in NY and Terry Francona may be the worse manager in baseball.  But don't fear Boston fans, 2090 is just around the corner!!!!!
505476
IM A DIEHARD BOSTON RED SOX FAN! I LOVE THEM!
635728
I think people miss what Johnny brought to the Red Sox.  But I do not think anyone misses Johnny Damon.  He is a Benedict Arnold, a Brutus, he is a traitor.  He could have gone ANYWHERE and we would have applauded his entrance back to Fenway (like Millar) but he CHOSE the Pansy Pinstripes.  And for that, we will despise him forever.  As it was written, so shall it be.
322127
They didn't. They played in the League Championship Series. After the Red Sox beat the Yankees in the LCS, they played (and beat) the Cardinals in the World Series. But the media downplayed the World Series because the LCS was so dramatic, in their eyes.
505700
I am a Red Sox fan (die-hard) but I'm not going to say anything bad about the Yankees. They are a classy organization (Joe Torre, Derk Jeter are both classy people). I think writing nasty things is the unclassiest thing to do.\n\nMaybe during the games, you can call out names, but that's different cause we are all in the heat of the moment.
1094046
The last time i checked the Yankees have spent a total of 4 days in first place, and the Red Sox have been there the rest of the time. It's really not the Yankees who suck, it's their pathetic fans.
987840
It's more like who hates the Yankees or Red Sox more.
563122
there are many differences between red sox fans and yankees fans...red sox fans BELIEVE in their team win or lose...yankees fans for some reason think their team won no matter what. they are so arrogant and most are gay as well. they are all holding on to the 80s and 90s. face it yanks fans...the other teams are just too good for you to get through! red sox, white sox, tampa bay (hehe), gay-rod leads in errors, and damon...you can have him, hes gone gay! so step down yankees fans..you pinstripe bitches just dont shine anymore! RED SOX ALL THE WAY! lets go 3-0 against the yanks! you havent beat us yet! :p