RedSoxNation04 wrote:Sounds like someone needs some anger management...
And I think you're a little off base when you say that Red Sox Nation is comprised of former Yankees fans who now find it "fashionable" (my word, not yours) to hate the Yanks...that's just ridiculous. Are there bandwagon fans who've jumped on board at the right time? Sure. Every team gets those fans, the Yankees included. You want to hate us, go for it, but remember that you care more about that hatred than the players do.
It will be a long season yet again and the two teams will beat the hell out of each other along the way. I'll wait for your response, my friend...

The idea that most of them are former Yankee fans is from personal experience. I don't mean to insinuate that all of them once rooted for the Yankees. But they aren't true fans, in most cases. The true fans were there in '78 or '86, if old enough. They were wearing their Red Sox gear through the 1990s. They didn't just start calling themselves diehard Sox fans in 2004 and act as if they have been around forever.
Red Sox Nation is phony, in my opinion. As the article said, there was no Red Sox Nation before 2004. It's a nation of bandwagoners. Most of the true Sox fans I know have distanced themselves from that tag. I don't hate true Red Sox fans. If they act with class and are knowledgeable about the game, then I have no problem with them. From my experience, Red Sox Nation is the group of people who act with no class, aren't knowledgeable about the game, but act as if they have accomplished something because they wear a Papelbon jersey and have watched Fever Pitch.
That said, I look forward to the rivalry in 2008 and beyond. It's an absolute blast watching these two teams go at it. Hopefully it will stay that way.