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I'd just like to point out that I cranked up MLB.com's online "Gameday" thing for this game just as Lowell stepped to the plate, so you can all thank me (and my friend Mike) for breaking up the no-hitter.

 

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what is wrong with you? all your real friends here are red sox fans or at least NOT yankees fans.

 

It's mostly because of Arod. If you guys didn't pick on him so much it wouldn't have happened.

 

To be honest, I'd prefer if both teams could lose, but if I have to pick one, I'll go with the guy who is like the best baseball player ever to play baseball and who somehow gets treated like the worst baseball player ever.

 

Honestly, the Yankees and Red Sox are exactly the same thing, but at least Yankees fans don't paint themselves out to be the underdog. I don't care that 30 years ago the Sox were, now they are the exact same team, but with facial hair. They run the team the exact same way, through ridiculous money at the same free agents, etc.

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It's mostly because of Arod. If you guys didn't pick on him so much it wouldn't have happened.

 

To be honest, I'd prefer if both teams could lose, but if I have to pick one, I'll go with the guy who is like the best baseball player ever to play baseball and who somehow gets treated like the worst baseball player ever.

 

Honestly, the Yankees and Red Sox are exactly the same thing, but at least Yankees fans don't paint themselves out to be the underdog. I don't care that 30 years ago the Sox were, now they are the exact same team, but with facial hair. They run the team the exact same way, through ridiculous money at the same free agents, etc.

 

please find posts in this thread where we paint ourselves as underdogs. and if you really think that the red sox and the yankees are exactly the same thing, then perhaps you should stick with being a rock and roll reporter.

 

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please find posts in this thread where we paint ourselves as underdogs. and if you really think that the red sox and the yankees are exactly the same thing, then perhaps you should stick with being a rock and roll reporter.

 

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I meant in general. The average red sox fan thinks they the underdog in the series.

 

I'm not sure you needed to be all snarky with that 2nd sentence, but whatever. Show me why, in today's game, the Red Sox aren't exactly like the Yankees?

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wait, so how the red sox play baseball is just like the yankees play baseball now? I thought you said that the team itself is just like the yankees? good teams play good baseball as often as they can. I would imagine that most teams would want to aspire to playing good ball and winning regardless of whether they are the Yankees or the RS or the Brewers.

 

The differences between the sox and the yankees are many. the sox rely more on farm teams than the yankees do. the corporate culture between the two teams couldn't possibly be more different (not saying one is better than the other, just different.) the Ownership/management of the teams is incredibly different--John Henry et al vs Steinbrenner. Terry Francona vs Joe Torre? are you saying they are the same dude? Do you really believe that? I just find it hard that you, who probably knows more about baseball than anyone I know would say such a ridiculous thing.

 

Just because of all the baseball teams in the MLB, the Yankees and the Red Sox clearly garner the most support and/or disdain across the country, does not by any stretch of the imagination make them THE SAME. Do i have a bias? Sure. But do i recognize that each team has strengths and weaknesses the other does not? Yes, absolutely.

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