There is a discussion at The Soxaholix about the relative baseball smarts of Boston and Philadelphia fans. I love this comment:
Yes, the Philly fans are so smart they erected a statue of a fictional boxer.
Point, Boston.
The Nationals are trying to take back their park from Phillies fans. A fan turned to music to make this point.
Russell Martin wants to spoil the Red Sox playoff run for one reason:
“Because I hate the Red Sox,” Martin said.
Martin just made a lot of Yankees fans very happy.
Defensive Indifference wonders if the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry jumped the shark last night.
Why now after all the media saturation over the last decade? Because Sunday was the perfect storm. First you had a Red Sox jersey being buried in New Yankee Stadium, trumped only by the Yankees actually stooping to digging the garment up, trumped only by Hank Steinbrenner saying the fan who buried the jersey should have his ass kicked, trumped only by the fan appearing on a phone call on SportsCenter and sounding like he has as many brain cells as David Ortiz has hits this season.
Perfect storm indeed — a perfect storm of lameness.
Also, he posts video of original shark jump, which I had never seen before.
I didn’t notice until this morning, but on Tuesday night the Yankees passed the Mets for best record in New York. The Yankees and Mets are the same number of games over .500, but the Yankees winning percentage is .598 to the Mets .597. That should make the Boss happy.
Update: And they broke ground for a new Yankees Stadium!