Well, there was a group of Phillies fans in the next section from where I was sitting, decked out in their Phillies gear.

They cheered when they got the Yanks’ out in the 1st, and when the Phils got their 1st run in the 3rd.

A couple of the more…uh…shall we say alcohol altered….Yankees fans in my area got up to jeer and curse at them.

In the 8th inning, with the game more or less over, they went over to confront the Phillies fans, get in their faces, and one of the Phillies fans bravely called security to get them taken off. The security people came over and chased them off, sending them back to their seats. They backed down rather than get themselves ejected before the title was clinched.

JRK,

Cleary you did not attend Game Six. With the exception of a “Who’s Your Daddy?” chant here and there, there was not one disparaging Phillies comment during the game or during the post-game festivities. The fans were in attendance to cheer for the Yankees; we were focused supporting our team and the desire to talk trash about the Phillies was overshadowed by celebrating our first World Series Championship since 2000.

Even after Howard’s 2 run homer the stadium was silent – you could hear a cricket as you watched two men run the bases.

I was at the game and I agree with Keith, the fans were the epitome of class!

All Your Smilies Are Belong To Us!

Just like when I post in this blog.

That’s what I meant.

I’ve been to Fenway about a dozen times, but never for a Yankees game.
When asked, I’ve told them I’m a Yankee fan, but I love baseball enough to watch a Sox game without the Yanks being there.

I never volunteer the info. I own a Yankees cap, but no other gear, and I never really wear the cap, anyway. (In fact, I generally don’t wear hats at all.)

I never root openly against the Sox.

I always feel that, even though I paid for the ticket, I’m a guest in someone else’s home. You shouldn’t go out of your way to start arguments or fights in someone else’s home.

Just like when I post in this blog. *roll* (I’ll bet that didn’t work at all.)

@ Steve Lombardi:
Just hearing that story pissed me off. It only reinforces my thoughts/feelings about Red Sox fans and Fenway Park. It bugs me that there wasn’t even one guy in that crowd that stood up to do the right thing and get the hat back for John. Bunch of f*ckin’ animals, those Red Sox people…

Someone I knew in the 1990′s, John, had a Fenway Park story.

This was back in the day when it was more common not to have a fitted Yankees cap than it was to have a fitted cap. And, John, for the longest time, wanted a fitted Yankees cap.

Well, he finally got one – and it was only a few days old – when he made his first trip to Fenway Park (wearing his new cap).

John said that he was barely a few steps into Fenway Park when an arm came from somewhere and snatched the Yankees hat off his head – and then, within seconds, it was being passed and thrown around to the point where it was quickly out of sight…and gone.

John would often lament about how “those bastards at Fenway Park stole my fitted Yankees cap.” And, whenever I hear stories about Yankees fans going to Fenway, I still think of John and his hat story.

Now, keep in mind, this was 10 or 12 years ago…or maybe a little longer? So, maybe things are different there now…dunno.

MJ – I remember that Wakefield jersey guy. He was very cool and handled himself as a visiting fan should…too bad there’s not more Sox fans, like him, when they invade the Stadium.

@ clintfsu813:
I agree. As long as you act classy and root for your team without being obnoxious, most folks won’t bother you. I have definitely heard of some Yankee fans having beer poured on them at Fenway but I’ve also seen some Yankee fans treat fans from other teams like crap.

The first time I met Steve, back in 2007, he and I went to a Yanks/Sox game and we sat behind one of the nicest Red Sox fan you could ever hope to meet. He sat there quietly with his Wakefield jersey on, clapped for his team, but never taunted anyone when the Sox took a lead. Steve and I agreed that he was the right kind of visiting fan.

PS – I’ll check those pics out. I’ve only been to Fenway once, before the start of the 2004 season, and took a tour of the their ballpark. I was wearing my #22 Roger Clemens jersey and got good-natured smack talk thrown my way. I even got to see Theo (from a distance) and he smiled and pointed at me. I took pictures of myself up in the “Green Monstah” seats with my Yankee jersey and, yes, it definitely occured to me after the fact that I had jinxed the Yanks for the ’04 ALCS by disturbing karma so profoundly.

P.S. MJ..I have some good pics of that Fenway game on my FB page.

@ MJ:
I agree totally. When I was in Fenway in ’08, my wife and I did not receive any hostility other than good natured ribbing. Obviously it helps that we ourselves were not showing our asses, lol. I feel like if you go into enemy territory and you are an ass, you’ll definitely get some hostility. But more than not, if you show class, opposing fan bases will too. I’m sure The Yanks winning that game didnt hurt either, lol.