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Posted by James Lincoln Ray Oct 22, 2007 |
A few weeks back, I made a little bet with myself. I bet that there were more people out there who hate Red Sox fans than people who like the Red Sox team. I repeat: I believed that people hate Boston's fans, not the team.
So, in an effort to prove my point to myself, I wrote two articles. The first is entitled "10 Reasons to Hate Red Sox Fans," and the second one I called "10 Reasons to Love the Boston Red Sox."
The results? More than 20 times as many people are reading the "Hate" article than the "Love" article. And it's not a small sample. At least not for me. In fact, in my entire year of writing for Suite101, the "Hate" piece has more readers per day than any of the 280 entries that I have offered to the public.
Why do people hate the Red Sox so much? Well, the answer, I suspect, lies in the article itself.
So check it out. Even Red Sox fans should read it. Then they will finally know how it feels to be truly hated -- just like a Yankee fan. And let's face it, all these people ever really wanted was to know how it feels to be a Yankee fan.