Is the hatred between Red Sox and Yankee fans more or less just a battle of drunk Irish and drunk Italians?

Question

They get along so well in the firehouse and at the precinct, why the hate?!

Answer 1

I'm neither Irish or Italian

I'm Mexican and  the Red Sox and Yankee Rivalry  is huge and people don't like or hate each other ,

Answer 2

Why the stereotypes and generalizations?

Answer 3

no...but i am irish

Answer 4

Go Ireland!

Answer 5

Stereotyping.

I'm black and love the Yankees like a member of the family. While most Sox fans I've met are Irish, I've also met Dominican, Italian and black Red Sox fans.

And Yankees fandom spans races. I've got Yankee fan buddies that are black, Chinese, Puerto Rican, Irish, English, Mexican, and Guyanese, among others.

Answer 6

most red sox fans are irish but yankees arent rely italians

Answer 7

Being a Yankee fan who is both Italian and Irish, I can say that my dislike towards Red Sox fans has nothing to do with their nationality.

Answer 8

Irish and Italians fought all the time when they first got here. Trust me...we did a whole a topic about it in my US history class. But other than that I don't really know what being Irish or Italian has to do with being a Red Sox or Yankee fan. I'm half Irish and half Italian and I am 100% a Yankee fan. My Dad's Irish and he's a Yanks fan too. So I think your question is kind of random. Ethnicity has nothing at all to do with what type of baseball team you like.