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I think the best rivalry in baseball is between the Red Sox and Yankees too. But since I'm a Cubs fan I will allude to that. The best rivalry involving the Cubs, I think, would be against the Cardinals. And the best rivalry for the White Sox would be with the Twinkies, since they're the only two teams in the AL central worth a darn.
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The reason I really like the Boston-New York yearly battles is that each team picks it up a notch or two every time they meet.
The difference is... come June 15th Boston's intensity go's on vacation for the summer!
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Originally posted by LouGehrig
The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is a rivalry only to the Red Sox FANS.
A rivalry is a competition for a prize. One team has won the prize 26 times. The other has not won it during that same time frame.
How can that be a rivalry?
I agree with the above statement in that this rivalry does seem to be more of a cncern to Red Sox fans than Yankees fans. I recently moved from Boston, where you can't go to church without hearing a "Yankees Sucks" chant to New York where the average Yankees fans I talk to don't even sweat the Red Sox. For the actual teams, this may be different. Who knows the truth behind George's "stealing" of Contreras from the Red Sox, but from a fans standpoint (I'm a baseball fan moreso than a fan of a particular team), this rivalry is more a one sided hatred on the part of the Red Sox.
Red Sox Fans hate the Yankees regardless of who the Yankees are playing. Yankees fans hate thir teams opponent whoever that may be.
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It's felt in New York as well...
I disagree...
...all you have to do is read some of the threads that Yankee fan members post about the Red Sox. Especially when Boston is leading in the AL East, {which is usually only April-June} that's when you'll sense the "rivalry" in the NY fans too!
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It's felt in New York as well...
Actually, don't you mean the first few weeks of April?Originally posted by KenFougere
...Especially when Boston is leading in the AL East, {which is usually only April-June}
FYI: During the 1986 World Series, I was pulling for the Mets. And I absolutely detest and loathe the Mets. That should tell you how I feel about the BoSox... It's Fisk v. Munson, Normar v. Jeter, and on and on and on... It'll be this way until the BoSox win a championship, which means it'll always be this way.
Sorry Ken, but I have to tease you -- It's the law!
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I've played alot of sports and the most enjoyable part of a championship season/series for me was the actual competing against and beating a tough rival.Originally posted by LouGehrig
A rivalry is a competition for a prize. One team has won the prize 26 times. The other has not won it during that same time frame.
How can that be a rivalry?
It's great once the game/series is won,
but the working as a unit with talented team-mates to beat an equally good rival is the most enjoyable part...
I can say this because as a Sox fan I've never had the chance to experience the celebration of BECOMING the world champs...
{Why did I even go there...now I'm depressed}
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a rivalry are two teams that always fight against eachother.
Bosox and Yanks.
Dodgers and Giants
Cubs and Cards.
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Baseball: Yanks/BoSox is the most bitter rivalry.
All of Sports: Rangers vs. Celtic (Scottish Football), these two teams literally HATE each other!!!!
As for the ManUtd vs. NYY debate, I've been talking to alot of people re: this and United are definately the more recognised and worldwide, the most popular sports franchise...I'm pretty sure that they're also the richest, but I may be wrong...(I'm not a huge soccer fan)
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The Yankees are rivals with everyone.
My favorite was when the interleague rivalry series was going on a few years ago. Braves vs. Red Sox. Since I'm a Braves fan and most of my friends are Red Sox fans, I always loved that one.
But nothing will be the Yankees and Red Sox. No one even comes close. Whether it be Cubs-Cardinals or Mets-Braves or Giants-Dodgers.
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Lol, I can't believe no one talks about the old rivalry between the Dodgers and Yanks.
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Hey, we all agree that Yanks-Red Sox is huge, but what about Cubs-Yankees? They play each other this year for the first time since the '38 World Series and the Cubs have never beaten the Yankees in any game. This could be an up and coming rivalry.
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I doubt it about Cubs-Yankees. After this year, when will be the next time they play? You can't have a rivalry based on speculation. The Yankees also play the Reds. Ask YankeeMan how he is looking forward to that.
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Ken, IMO, baseball historians clearly agree that the Red Sox- Yankees rivalry is by far the best.
It's the most intense, involves some of the greatest players in the game, includes some of the highest highs and lowest lows, and is truly exciting year after year.
Unfortunately, the Red Sox haven't overcome that darned curse yet!!!!! Go Sox!!!!!
Nothin' like fun at the ol' ballpark!
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Unfortunately I think the Yankees are the only company that could afford to do it!!!....Originally posted by CubbieFan7
Why don't you buy the Yankees and turn them into a hockey team? That way they'll just disappear.
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Re: Be happy your with New York's success...
I think of what you said above and I can't help but think of my poor father who LOVED the Sox, lived 79 years and never saw a championship come to Boston,,, I hope you realize how lucky you are. ...Originally posted by YankeeMan
Hey! They've only won six in my lifetime <does some quick caculations> Oh wait, that's the most in baseball, during that time frame. Ummm, nevermind...
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Originally posted by KenFougere
I think of what you said above and I can't help but think of my poor father who LOVED the Sox, lived 79 years and never saw a championship come to Boston,,, I hope you realize how lucky you are. ...
I know how "lucky" it is to be a Yankee. I also know, to some extent (18 years) what a drought feels like.
My great baseball hope is that I'll live long enough to see the Cubs and Red Sox both win the World Series.
It would be a great day for baseball -- not just in Boston or Chicago. And if I get a little "watery eyed" while your celebrating know this... It will not be from sadness or anger. It will be from great joy.
Some bitter rivalry, eh?
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Lord o' da' Rings!
Yep, my 1996 ring. I can now wear it virtually!Originally posted by KenFougere
Let me take a wild guess....mmmm....
............One of yours perhaps ? ? ? ?........
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Re: Lord o' da' Rings!
Originally posted by YankeeMan
Yep, my 1996 ring. I can now wear it virtually!
Ring Lord.....
Now, is that the style that the players got?
Do you get a chioce?
Last edited by KenFougere; 04-14-2003 at 05:42 PM.
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Originally posted by KenFougere
Ring Lord.....
Now, is that the style that the players got?
Do you get a chioce?
No, the diamond in the center of the interlocking NY is much larger on the player/exec ring. That's the only difference.
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Obviously I am not way up there with most of you as far as the history of the game is concerned, however from what I have read there is no doubt that no other rivalry can match the Red Sox - Yankee history. Interestingly, during yesterday's telecast of the Giants/Dodgers game the same question was asked in the fans survey and the result (over 17,000 responses) was overwhelming to the BoSox/Yankees with more than 62% of the vote. Second was Giants/Dodgers and third was Cubs/Cards.
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No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. ~Tommy Lasorda
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Yankees--Dodgers
I know they don't play every year but I wonder why the Yankees-Dodgers rivalry is hardly ever mentioned among the "great rivialries."
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....it keeps on going and going and ...
It's passed on from generation to generation. My grandfather and father talked endlessly about it. Now my 6-year-old son knows ALL about too! It makes every season special...Originally posted by DownUnderDodger
Obviously I am not way up there with most of you as far as the history of the game is concerned, however from what I have read there is no doubt that no other rivalry can match the Red Sox - Yankee history. Interestingly, during yesterday's telecast of the Giants/Dodgers game the same question was asked in the fans survey and the result (over 17,000 responses) was overwhelming to the BoSox/Yankees with more than 62% of the vote. Second was Giants/Dodgers and third was Cubs/Cards.
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It's taken on a life of it's own.......
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Learning all the time.
I am sure if I lived in USA I would be glued to baseball and have a much greater knowledge of the game and its history. That is why I love accessingIt's passed on from generation to generation. My grandfather and father talked endlessly about it. Now my 6-year-old son knows ALL about too! It makes every season special...this forum - people like yourself who have had the game passed down thru generations continue to enlighten me!!
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"A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz." ~Humphrey Bogart
No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. ~Tommy Lasorda
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Re: Yankees--Dodgers
Originally posted by YankeeMan
I know they don't play every year but I wonder why the Yankees-Dodgers rivalry is hardly ever mentioned among the "great rivalries."
It's probably not mentioned because there's not many people alive anymore who actually saw them play when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn.
For example, I don't consider the Red Sox-Braves a rivalry at all...
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