Cowboy Joe Rips Yankees/Red Sox

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Two teams that think Major League Baseball revolve around them. I'd rather watch Pittsburgh against Kansas City, to be quite honest.

NY vs Boston is something that cannot be understood by anyone West of NY & NJ. It is purley a New England thing and when the two teams meet, it is revenue time! Everyone from MLB right down to the corner bar profits from Red Sox/Yankees games. You would be hard pressed to find more loyalty to a team than you find with a New York or Boston fan and the revenue that is generated would out do any other park (if Fenway were larger). As much as I do not like the Yankees, I never miss a battle of these two teams because the rivalry will always be the best in baseball.

[PeteBooth]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

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RE: - MONEY

When both the Red Sox / Yanks sucked no one cared about the rivalry.

I am not a fan of either but IMO, the Royals with George Brett and the Yanks playoff series were just as intense as any Red-Sox Yankeee game.

You had many dramatic thrills during those playoff series.

In other words for the most part when the teams suck the rivalry loses it's luster.

just look at Michigan / Ohio St. regarded as one of the greatest rivalries ever, however, now that Michigan sucks that game lost it's luster.

Pete Booth

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

RE: - MONEY

When both the Red Sox / Yanks sucked no one cared about the rivalry.

I am not a fan of either

Pete Booth

Not being a fan of either is why you don't get it.

Ohio State - Michigan hasn't lost its luster in Ohio or Michigan.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

NY vs Boston is something that cannot be understood by anyone West of NY & NJ. It is purley a New England thing and when the two teams meet, it is revenue time! Everyone from MLB right down to the corner bar profits from Red Sox/Yankees games. You would be hard pressed to find more loyalty to a team than you find with a New York or Boston fan and the revenue that is generated would out do any other park (if Fenway were larger). As much as I do not like the Yankees, I never miss a battle of these two teams because the rivalry will always be the best in baseball.

I suppose. I lived in Boston for 3 years and I went to 3 or 4 games at Fenway. I really never got it, I guess.

I always thought the Red Sox were obsessed with the Yankees -- hearing chants about the Yankees when they weren't even playing, well, I found that a bit strange. I figured when they won their WS, some of that inferiority complex (which, frankly, a lot of it was) would go away, but it merely morphed into something else.

Now I'm just a Phillies fan living in Wisconsin with a Brewers season ticket plan.

[grunewar]

Agree

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

In other words for the most part when the teams suck the rivalry loses it's luster.

Just look at the Redskins / Cowboys regarded as a great rivalry, however, now that Washington sucks that game lost it's luster.

Pete Booth

Now, even I can understand it.

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Not being a fan of either is why you don't get it.

Washington - Dallas hasn't lost its luster in MD/Va or Texas.

Oh yes it has...... When one team is non-competitve (like losing 8 of 10) it isn't a "rivlary". My $.02

[Welpe]

I'll take the Giants/Dodgers rivalry anyday.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Now I'm just a Phillies fan living in Wisconsin with a Brewers season ticket plan.

Sounds vaguely like a "country music" lyric for the Badger State trailer crowd.

[Jurassic Referee]

Apparently Country Joe has turned into a Uniform Police guardian also....

Yankees-Red Sox umpire ordered uniform changes - NYPOST.com

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Just FYI: West had the plate today for Blue Jays/Orioles - time of game: 2:02.....

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I always thought the Red Sox were obsessed with the Yankees -- hearing chants about the Yankees when they weren't even playing, well, I found that a bit strange. I figured when they won their WS, some of that inferiority complex (which, frankly, a lot of it was) would go away, but it merely morphed into something else.

I am a Red Sox fan. I won't deny there's an inferiority complex involved, but after beating the Yankees in the '04 ALCS, it was more of a stick-it-to-them attitude, especially after hearing that "1918" chant for so long. A lot of it is just talk, as many of us (though not all) were on the Yankee bandwagon in '01.

As for game lengths, I enjoy those Yankee/Red Sox games, but good lord, I have over 100 channels, and unless it's a post-season game, I have a hard time sitting through nine-plus innings without grabbing the remote!

[zm1283]

"To call the Yankees and Red Sox, two of the best teams in baseball, 'pathetic' and 'embarrassing,' that's just ridiculous," Pedroia said yesterday.

"If he doesn't want to do Red Sox and Yankee games, he should tell the umpires' union. Then when we're in the World Series, he'll be out of that assignment, too."

Someone should tell Pedroia that the Yankees and Red Sox can't play in the World Series.

[kylejt]

Joe needs to be stepped on. Gray shoes? Really?

And him complaining about the length of games holds as much water as the same complaint made by the scorekeeper or organ player. Who cares? I mean, he works a plate every four or five days, and waddles around the other three! Cowboy Up, Joe! (or retire), Leave, and let one of the younger guys who will do your job in a heartbeat, at a third of your salary, move in. Plus, he won't tilt the field.

[dash_riprock]

Originally Posted by zm1283

Someone should tell Pedroia that the Yankees and Red Sox can't play in the World Series.

Any time the Yanks & Sox are playing each other post-season, it is, in effect, the world series.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

Any time the Yanks & Sox are playing each other post-season, it is, in effect, the world series.

Just more nonsense from a fan who thinks MLB revolves around the Red Sox / Yankees.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Try watching Ken Burns's BASEBALL, the so-called definitive documented history of the game. Wow! The Yankees and Red Sox are all that matters to these people.