Pour un fan des Sox, comme moi, c'est la déchéance totale et l'insulte ultime! Le monde à l'envers, on craint l'apocalypse! Bon, on exagère un peu... Mais si New York doit appuyer Boston, c'est que la débandade des Chaussettes rouges est historique! Vrai aussi que je suis un partisan du CH, mais que je vais appuyer les Nordiques si Québec, ma ville d'adoption, retrouve son équipe de hockey!
"Something seemed very strange at Stan’s Sports Bar near Yankee Stadium, after the Yankees won the first game of their doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox on Sunday: Fans of the two teams that constitute one of the oldest rivalries in baseball could be seen shaking hands, giving hugs and even dancing together.
Ricky Cavallo, 42, of Plainville, Conn., a self-proclaimed “true blue” Yankee fan went as far as to buy a Stan’s souvenir shirt for a Red Sox fan, Caitlin Hurley, 29, of Manhattan.
Nearby, another Red Sox fan, Julia Clews, 24, also of Manhattan, danced to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” with a Samuel Adams in hand.
“I need this song right now,” she said, adding, “When they see the Red Sox hat, they offer you a drink.”
While it was not quite as momentous as, say, the Christmas truce that briefly interrupted the slaughter on the Western Front in 1914, the cordiality was certainly unusual. Yet the reason for it was relatively simple, and scant comfort to any proud citizen of Red Sox Nation — the team has been in free fall since Sept. 1, when Boston was 83-52 and seemed assured of a spot in the postseason.
Now, the Red Sox find themselves fighting with Tampa Bay for the final American League playoff spot, and even some Yankee fans acknowledge feeling sympathy; Red Sox Nation’s collapse has been so violent that the fun of rooting against them has been all but spoiled.
“I almost feel like they’re giving up already,” said Kalin Woode, 29, a nurse who lives in New Hampshire but is originally from the Bronx, where she developed an allegiance to the Yankees.
“Even though I’m cheering for the Yankees,” she added, “on the inside I’m like, come on Red Sox. Pull it together. Give me a game to watch.”
Ms. Woode also felt compelled to buy Ms. Hurley, a fellow nurse, a few drinks at Stan’s.
“I got her two Jameson shots and two Jäger bombs and a Corona,” she said. “And I wrote on her Facebook wall, ‘Sorry boo!’ I’m a very nice and cordial Yankee fan today.”"
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/nyregion/yankee-fans-feel-rare-sympathy-for-red-sox-brethren.html
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