As long as you agree with those facts, that's all that matters to me. The other facts you mentioned are not in question. What you just admitted is that both teams were at fault, and that the Yankees contributed in large part to the violence we witnessed yesterday.
That's the first admission of its kind I have heard from a Yankee fan.
Anyone can be a Yankee fan. It requires no effort or loyalty whatsoever. Your team wins a lot, and makes sure to have all the best players. That's okay, but I'd rather root for a team with some character, heart, and drive to win. It makes our season very exciting when they are doing well.
Go Red Sox.
Yeah, you Red Sox fans are full of something, all right.
How about the Red Sox fan who yelled "Kill him - kill Zimmer" after Pedro knocked Zimmer to the ground? Zimmer's family, including his crying six-year-old granddaughter, were there to hear that.
Or how about the Red Sox fans who threw bottles and rocks at the Yankees' team bus last night? Or maybe those classy BoSox fans who threw trash on the field in 1999? Or the obnoxious chanting of "Rog-er" yesterday. Not to mention Pedro and Manny's psychopathic behavior.
Spare me the self-righteousness, please.
Anyone can be a Yankee fan. It requires no effort or loyalty whatsoever.
Well, we had a World Series dry spell between 1979 and 1995 (a very long time for us), so it did indeed require some effort and loyalty during some of those sub-.500 years.
And there was another dry spell between '63 and '77, a spell that featured the worst teams in (post-1920) Yankee history.
A common sour grapes comment I hear all the time. I've liked the Yankees since being a kid - even before I knew all the history, etc. Mickey Mantle was my first awareness of a sports hero.
Boston fans just have it in their craw, I guess, but trying to dismiss Yankee fandom ain't gonna fix that.