Originally Posted by myasu
I think it has a lot to do with the attitude of the fans.
The stronger the team becomes (like the hated Red Sox), more fans there will be, and the more fans there are, chances are, more fans with wrong attitude.
I see more and more Red Sox fans in recent years who I really do not want to have anything to do with in my life. They'd keep screaming "Yankees suck!" from the start of the game 'til the end of the game, and they do not even know the game. If you watch the Red Sox games, you know what I mean. The way they boo to the players, the way they sing that stupid song late in the game, the way they look bored late in the game...
It is just like a great restaurant.
You go to this new Sushi restaurant. You love Sushi, and you know a lot about it. The place is cozy, people there are nice, food is wonderful, and you have great time there. One day, you see a nice article about the restaurant in the paper, (or on TV) and the place will be packed with the people who read the article the next time. It is a great business for the restaurant. They might hire some extra people for the kitchen as they expect tons of customers in the weekends. The quality of the food might go down, people there would not be as nice as the last time you went there, and you would not even be able to go in. You might hear people say something stupid like "Oh, I love wasabi! Please just put a lot of wasabi on the rice" or "I cannot eat fishes. Could you make sushi with white meat?" "Could I have french fries?"" You may eventually feel you do not want to go to the restaurant again. It is not the restaurant's fault, it is the people (and media?) that makes you not want to go there.
When people say "I hate the Yankees (Red Sox)", most of the time, it means, "I hate many of the Yankees (Red Sox) fans who blindly support the team just because they are strong and it is cool to support the strong team. They come up with all the excuses, but they do not even know the game!"
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