“18-1!”, this century’s “1918!”
My hometown of the Hub shrugged off the most annoying of Yankee boob chants back in 2004. Since 2002, Boston’s won five sports championships. But now all of the Hudson Valley’s fair-weather Giants fans, at a Yankee’s game this summer, have a new chant: "18-1!"
Finally, can you guess the last thing we heard as we were walking (OK, hustling) out of the stadium right after the final play? That’s right, it was the sound of euphoric Giants fans chanting, "Eighteen and one! Eighteen and one! Eighteen and one!" Yes, it’s safe to say the Boston-New York rivalry has been taken to new heights. As a tennis umpire would say, "Advantage, New York."
Eighteen and one! Eighteen and one! Eighteen and one!
I can still hear them. I will always hear them.
The point-on Sports Guy-nut Bill Simmons.
