Out and About Today (Yankee Fans Everywhere! Aaagghh!!)

I was out and about town today with my Sox hat on, making a couple of quick stops. At the pharmacy, I got in line behind a guy wearing a NY hat. He looked at me and said something to the effect of, "Uh-oh! Red Sox!" I didn't sense that he was about turn mean or nasty, but just didn't know what to say. I engaged him in some conversation, told him about the Yankee fan bartender that served Matt and I at the ASG last summer and how straight up he was. I told him about my father being a Yankee fan, and that I wrote for this blog. We spoke of Sabathia, Teixeira, and the Steinbrenner's (Yankee fans can't stand them, either!) I also told him that I have written on more than one occasion that not all Yankee fans are scumbags, to which he enjoyed a little chuckle.

Next up, some guy on craigslist posted that he was selling some percussion equipment in the Target parking lot. Sounded sketchy, but since it was right here in town, and I was out anyhow, I decided to stop by and see what wares he had for sale. (No cowbells, though.) Pretty much the same discussion happened with him, too.

OK, so it's winter and there's not a whole lot going on right now as we wait for more Hot Stove news. Just thought I'd try and promote some goodwill between Red Sox and Yankee fans. It's not the Yankees that we can't stand (as long as they finish behind the Sox), it's the Steinbrenner's! Even the Yankee fans say so!

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The Uncertainty Begins

One of the hardest things about being a baseball fan in the off-season is the lack of a schedule. From April-October you know there will be at least 5 Red Sox games a week (except for the All-Star break when you watch Manny and Big Papi.) You know who's pitching each game, you can get live updates on your fantasy team stats, and Baseball Tonight will wrap up the day for you. Now that the Winter Meetings are over we enter a time of uncertainty. We don't know when the next Sox deal will come, when all single game tickets will go on sale, nor when Manny will be Manny again. Everything fell into place at the beginning of the off-season so there is no need for a frenzy of activity but we Sox fans want more. Boston played as far into the post-season as you can go and they begin next season in first game for all of MLB but it is still a long time before pitchers and catchers report. That's why the potential for the Santana deal was so cool. Sox vs. Yankees again...deadlines...a new Steinbrenner to hate. The off-season will still have plenty of excitement; we just don't know when its going to come.

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