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Originally Posted by yankees228
Honestly, I know you've been quite outspoken about how much you hate the Yankee fans because of how they treated the Red Sox players, but did you really expect anything different?
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I remember the All Star team at Yankee Stadium in 1977. I am pretty sure that the entire Red Sox OF ---Yaz, Rice and Lynn made the team in addition to Fisk, Burleson and Eckersley. I don't recall any of them getting booed. So, did I expect anything different? Yes, I did. I thought they might get booed during the intros, but not during the game. I thought Papelbon would get a hard time, but I didn't expect the derisive chanting while he was pitching, because he was pitching for the home team in Yankee Stadium alongside Yankees. It was something that I had never witnesses at any All Star game at any stadium... ever... not even at Yankee Stadium in 1977 when the rivalry was red hot between fans and players. I didn't expect booing at the presentation of the MVP trophy. I have never witnessed booing of an award presentation after any sporting event. Yankee fans demonstrated for all those who watched that not only are they not the greatest fans in the world, but that they are extremely poor sports, maybe the worst of any fan base.