"I'm rooting for the Red Sox," Giuliani, owner of four Yankee World Series rings, declared during a campaign event in a Boston restaurant, prompting thunderous applause.
"I'm an American League fan, and I go with the American League team - maybe with exception of the Mets," he said. "Maybe that would be the one time I wouldn't, because I'm loyal to New York."
Ugh. Not a real Yankees fan. There are many rules to being a true sports fan for any club, as Bill Simmons points out here. Now, Simmons doesn't even take the time to mention that a Yankees fan never ever ever roots for the Red Sox (or vice versa) because there is nothing more obvious on God's green earth.
(Incidentally, Giuliani's "loyal" to New York Mets twaddle, as most New Yorkers know, is also completely idiotic: Simmons rule # 20: If you hail from New York, you can't root for the Yankees and the Mets. You have to choose between them. Repeat: You have to choose between them. Don't give me this "As long as one of them is doing well, at least New York is winning" spiels. What is this, the sports fan's version of bisexuality? How about making a choice? Any New Yorker who said the words "It's the Yankees versus the Mets ... I can't lose!" during the 2000 World Series deserves to be tortured with a cattle prod.")
Here is a true Yankees fan, just so we get this thing straight: "Any Yankee worth his salt cannot root for the Red Sox under any circumstance at all. Period. End of story," said Ken Schlesinger, 44, a lawyer from the Upper East Side.
End of story.
*Headlines stolen from the always irascible New York Post.
