The Yankee Douche Strikes Again
“Red Sox Nation?” What a bunch of [expletive] that is,” [Steinbrenner] said in an interview with The New York Times’ Play magazine. “That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans.
“Go anywhere in America and you won’t see Red Sox hats and jackets, you’ll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is a Yankee country. We’re going to put the Yankees back on top and restore the universe to order.”
No Red Sox fans outside of New England? Has Hankie ever watched a Sox road game? Sure, this is a ‘Yankees country’, if by that he means this is an ‘Everyone Hates the Yankees Country’. Gotta love the conspiracy theories, too; pure nonsense at it’s finest. And, yes, the Official Red Sox Nation was created by the Red Sox, but the term existed and represented an actual phenomenon long before the Sox Corporation got their grubby hands on it and long before the ESPN talking heads started blathering about it.
But why argue? Just enjoy the flood of illogic that I’m sure we’re far from hearing the end of.
March 1st, 2008 at 4:22 pm
The funniest part about all of this is that he completely misunderstands what Red Sox Nation actually means. It doesn’t mean everyone in America roots for Boston, it doesn’t mean they’re America’s team. It refers to the diaspora of people from New England in the wake of the 1967 Impossible Dream season.
That season gave birth to an entire generation of diehard Red Sox fans and many of them subsequently moved around the country. It means there are Red Sox fans all over the nation, it doesn’t mean the entire nation roots for the Red Sox. This is such a subtle distinction I’m surprised a guy like Hank who always thinks about what he says and has such attention to detail can’t grasp it.
Also you have to love the last sentence. Championships aren’t just expected in New York, they’re a birthright! Lest you forget …