Fatbrad

So now the NY media/fans/fools are convinced that the Giants win over the Patriots has shifted karma back to New York and the Yankees will start beating up on the Red Sox again.  Come again?  If other sports really had anything to do with a winning tradition in town the Sox and Pats and B's really wasted away the Bill Russell years!  Effin' Mo's!

Being a born and raised New Englander in the New York City metropolitan area is hard to begin with.  Good old Yankee Thrift is met with sneers and jeers.  Over-spending is expected and almost unavoidable.  Style over substance is the name of the game as well as a disdain for anything not "New York".  Companies will even market butter as New York's finest, favorite or original.  But I digress (for now).

But throw in the ferocious sports rivalries between New York and Boston, and you truly feel like your living behind enemy lines.  The 4 hour baseball games are torture enough, never mind the 20 hours of commentary until the next game.  In the land of 4 dedicated sports television channels and 2 dedicated sports radio stations with several other part-time ones, the homeristic (and I don't mean the Greek philosopher) blather from media and fan alike goes beyond propaganda.  Case in point, Yankee Stadium is the "House that Ruth Built"; the home of the Yankees who have the greatest tradition in all of sports; the greatest place in the country to watch a baseball game;  the championships; the tradition; the pride; the power; the pinstripes; the greatest place in the world for the greatest team in the world to play;  BUT WE'RE TEARING IT DOWN.