Who coined the term "red sox nation"?

Question

was it NESN? or ESPN? or who ?

Answer 1

Ever since the Oakland Raiders of the NFL coined "raider nation" seems just about every city, college, and high schools have become a "nation".

Answer 2

ESPN and Hank Steinbrenner.

Answer 3

3 drunk guys who actually thought the sox were a good team

Answer 4

"'Red Sox Nation?What a bunch of **** that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans."

I didn't say it,da boss did.

Answer 5

Al Gore!  

Answer 6

Yankee Universe is going to overthrow that pansy government

Answer 7

Red Sox Nation? Isn't that just called Boston? Everything else is YANKEE

Answer 8

I vaguely recall first seeing it in the Boston Globe back in the late 80s or early 90s -- probably a Dan Shaughnessy column. But don't rely upon this.

Answer 9

I believe the Red Sox nation thing was a phrase coined by a writer at the Boston Globe. Now it's just a marketing gimmick used by the team.

I don't like it. Not because I'm a Yankees fan and natural Red Sox hater, but because I think they're biting off of the Raiders.  

Answer 10

i actually dont know and I'm apart of red sox nation and i dont know  

Answer 11

Neither.  They stole it from Raider Nation.

Answer 12

ESPN

Answer 13

Kevin Millar...

then they let him go and made and offical club and charged people money for a stupid membership card and a newsletter...