"I don't think Yankee fans care much about the Red Sox," Roger Angell, 12/9/2001

On the impending partnership of the NY Times and Boston Red Sox, along with Padres' former owner Tom Werner and one-time tobacco lobbyist George Mitchell, from the New York Observer, 12/9/01:

• "It's also true that the rivalry on the field (Yankees-Red Sox) isn't what it was. While the Red Sox have fielded consistently solid teams for several years, the Yankees, of course, have won three of the last four World Series.

Worse, the Yankees are a far more likable team than the Reggie-era roughnecks who tormented Boston in the late 1970's during the heyday of the clash. If anything, the attack of the Times Company could make affronted New Yorkers angrier than Bostonians.

• "I don't think it changes the rivalry at all, because there's not much to it left," said Roger Angell. "It's there, but it hasn't been much of a contest.

• I don't think Yankee fans care much about the Red Sox,

• but Boston fans probably feel differently.""...

From New York Observer article by Sridhar Pappu and Jason Gay, "Times Pitches for Red Sox," 12/9/01 (item near end of article)

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