Old-School Red Sox Fans Versus New

It comes with success in sports: the fair-weather fans. The bandwagoners. And the Red Sox certainly have their share these days, knuckleheads masquerading as chowdaheads, who know Youkilis but don't know Yazstremski.

Okay, give them a little credit for taste. Welcome to the party. Congratulations on knowing Youkilis, and not just Ortiz and Manny.

But there's a conundrum: how can you tell the difference between old school Red Sox fans and new?

As of this writing, the Red Sox are 63-40, 7-3 in their last 10, best record in baseball, and 8 games up on the second-place Yankee$. Their 8-game lead is by far the biggest division lead in baseball.

Here's how you tell the difference.

The new-school fans say, "All right! We're eight games up on the Yankees!"

The old-school fans say, "Oh, man. We're only eight games up on the Yankees..."



(Special thanks to Liz Blake for being a good listener while I figured this out last night.)