The readers win. Anytime you can get people arguing back and forth...the winners are those who are watching it happen. In case you haven't been checking out their websites lately, Depressed Fan (Brian) is a die hard Yankees fan and Blue Thoughts (Erin) is a die hard Red Sox fan (on top of her love for the Dodgers). I believe this is our first 'Family Feud' in the Blogs by Fans Network....
I initially noticed these two going at it on one of Brian's live blogs of a Yankee game (I'd link to it but it would take some time). So, I started to linger around a little bit, maybe I threw a comment in here and there to get them going, but for the most part....they did this all on their own. Is this really what it's like when you get a Red Sox/Yankees fan together in a room? This is all very interesting to me for some reason.
The past two weeks these two have taken this whole 'feud' to another level since the Yankees played the Red Sox last weekend (Yanks took two of three). There was a post where Brian called Erin 'delusional' and Erin's rebuttal was to bust out some interesting stats on the pitching staffs of each team. Trust me, I'm not doing this 'feud' justice with my reporting of it. You need to head over to their sites and catch up on all of this. Especially since the Yankees won last night and are now only 3 1/2 games behind the Red Sox.
At first I thought these two were mad at each other....then I thought maybe they were just trying to drum up some interest with a 'fake feud'....after reading Brian call Erin a 'fair weather blogger' this morning I'm beginning to think it's an actual feud.
So, what will become of this 'feud'? What will happen if the Red Sox lead in the AL East drops below 3 games? What will happen if the Yankees lose a couple in a row? These are all questions I want answers to!!
Update: Erin went ahead and responded to this post and some of the comments on her site.
Just wait until the playoffs! Then it'll really get ugly, because ESPN and everyone is going to get involved.
For the record, Brian really is a d*ck like that, so I don't think it's "fake", though I don't take Brian seriously, and doubt Erin does either.
Oh, and I'll add that the whole Red Sox-Yankees thing has really taken away from being a Yankees fan for me. I can remember back in the day when being a Yankee fan meant being a Yankee fan, maybe being part of the Yankees-Mets battle of NY, but it was never being a part of "The Rivalry". F*ck, who even calls it a "rivalry"? Red Sox fans do. You think Yankees fans use to ever gave a f*ck about the Sox, anymore than they do about the Orioles or any other team? Nope. But the little town with the big complex started this "rivalry" talk in the late 90's when Pedro and Nomar took off, to ride on the cottails of the Yankee dominance at the time. And the result is lots of press and coverage for ESPN, and next thing you know being a Yankee fan = being part of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, that which triumphs everything. Ugh.
SML and I have gotten into some rivalry battles in the NBA, but when it's the Knicks and Sixers fighting to be the first team to 35 wins, it just doesn't get the blood boiling quite as much.
To be clear, I don't hate Erin, I don't really hate the Sox either. What I hate is the fact that everyone in the media and especially Sox fans have "Crowned their ass."
The Yanks are a better team and have been for about 4 months now.
I do hate certain players on Boston, again, because they're over-hyped.
Anyway, the Yankee lead over Detroit is larger than their deficit to Boston, things are looking up.
gianluca
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Many people wrongly think NY fans (or vice versa) have hated the red sox since Babe Ruth was banging strippers in Harry Frazee's garage in 1918.
The rivalry or red sox hatred of the yanks started in 78 with Bucky Dent and didn't hit fever pitch til that douchebag Shaughnessy wrote the stupid book in 90.
I can't imagine what it's going to be like in the playoffs. We may all have to hide under our kitchen tables with our heads between our legs until it's over....
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Just wait until the playoffs! Then it'll really get ugly, because ESPN and everyone is going to get involved.
For the record, Brian really is a d*ck like that, so I don't think it's "fake", though I don't take Brian seriously, and doubt Erin does either.
Oh, and I'll add that the whole Red Sox-Yankees thing has really taken away from being a Yankees fan for me. I can remember back in the day when being a Yankee fan meant being a Yankee fan, maybe being part of the Yankees-Mets battle of NY, but it was never being a part of "The Rivalry". F*ck, who even calls it a "rivalry"? Red Sox fans do. You think Yankees fans use to ever gave a f*ck about the Sox, anymore than they do about the Orioles or any other team? Nope. But the little town with the big complex started this "rivalry" talk in the late 90's when Pedro and Nomar took off, to ride on the cottails of the Yankee dominance at the time. And the result is lots of press and coverage for ESPN, and next thing you know being a Yankee fan = being part of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, that which triumphs everything. Ugh.
SML and I have gotten into some rivalry battles in the NBA, but when it's the Knicks and Sixers fighting to be the first team to 35 wins, it just doesn't get the blood boiling quite as much.
To be clear, I don't hate Erin, I don't really hate the Sox either. What I hate is the fact that everyone in the media and especially Sox fans have "Crowned their ass."
The Yanks are a better team and have been for about 4 months now.
I do hate certain players on Boston, again, because they're over-hyped.
Anyway, the Yankee lead over Detroit is larger than their deficit to Boston, things are looking up.
Many people wrongly think NY fans (or vice versa) have hated the red sox since Babe Ruth was banging strippers in Harry Frazee's garage in 1918.
The rivalry or red sox hatred of the yanks started in 78 with Bucky Dent and didn't hit fever pitch til that douchebag Shaughnessy wrote the stupid book in 90.
I can't imagine what it's going to be like in the playoffs. We may all have to hide under our kitchen tables with our heads between our legs until it's over....