The Sports Guy's Super Bowl XLII mailbag

[Detritus]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/080208

I think my favorite letter was this one:

So ... yeah. I manage a bar in Boston, and after the worst Boston sports moment since 2003, the phone began to ring ... a total of 11 calls came in from random people in New York, 411-ing bars in Boston to heckle us. One of the bartenders is from Chicago, and she was completely perplexed. I simply explained, "This is why we hate New York so much." She nodded and said, "Now I see." I don't care how awful Boston sports fans can be, have any of us ever 411-ed New York bars? No, we simply roll cars with New York plates onto their roofs.
-- Matt B., Boston

[carmachu]

Oh please...thats why you hate NY? I seem to recall, on tape, prior to the Red Soxs finally winning one, at one of the NE Pats superbowl victory parade/rally the crowd spontanously chanting "the yankees suck" repeatedly...

Cuts both ways there buddy.....:D

[silverwhisper]

what carm said. sports fans everywhere are obnoxious--although eagles fans are still the only fans in the league who threw snowballs at santa. :>

[Detritus]

I think the fact that the letter writer that I quoted copped to Boston fans overturning cars with NY plates indicates he might have been playing it with tongue firmly placed in cheek.