... but only Javy Vazquez can really hurt me.
Of course this is a stupid idea by a bunch of naive kids who confuse fan animosity with player animosity.
Read the news. Yankee fans and Red Sox fans alike have a lot more to worry about than teasing.
But this response by a grown man demonstrates, once again, that sportswriting is quite often nothing more than glorified playground taunting:
"Hey, Yankee fans. You lost. Deal with it. We’re awfully sorry some of you have had to suffer through five whole months of verbal torture, the very same Red Sox Nation received from your side for the better part of 86 years. You sure could dish it out when the time was right.
We all know someone or have encountered, at one time or another through our lives, similar Yankee fans. These young Red Sox fans in Acton probably got the same kinds of comments from their Yankee fan classmates prior to the New York collapse. And it is only a problem now? Nice try folks."
So you're against the pregame handshake because ... you want this obnoxious behavior to continue? So you can feel more in touch with the Zeitgeist when you talk trash on your blog? Because you don't want to let obnoxious Yankee fans off that easily?
Do two wrongs make a right?
A pregame handshake is ineffectual and stupid, but I fail to see how it pushes a pro-Yankee agenda. I think Eric Wilbur should get together with that Caple guy at ESPN and ... after exchanging horror stories about obnoxious Yankee fans ... maybe they should both "get over it."
I don't even know why trash talk bothers any fans of any team. Believe me, none of the "verbal torture" that Eric Wilbur can "dish out" can hurt more than losing Game Seven.
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