They hated Sammy Hagar for 12 years and they hate him to this day.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not talking with an American accent. I haven't gone off and become Sammy Hagar.
Everybody says we hated the Yankees. We didn't hate the Yankees. We just hated the way they beat us.
Having been aware of the Red Sox since the 1946 World Series, having been growled at by Ted Williams as a young reporter in 1960, having been present at the horror of 1986 and the comeback of 2004, I have seen the highs and lows of some other people's favorite team.
Hank Junior fans are Skynyrd fans.
People grow up loving the Yankees and will tell you, and so many people despise the Yankees, and they come from all over the United States.
The great champions were always vicious competitors. You never lose respect for a man who is a vicious competitor, and you never hate a man you respect. I don't like Rod Laver because he's such a vicious competitor, but I don't dislike him.
We all know the Red Sox did not win a World Series for 86 years after unloading Ruth, and the Cubs just might be carrying some heavy weight for past karmic transgressions.
I guess what really made me a Dodgers fan from the beginning was that the team had Jackie Robinson, the first 'Negro' in the major leagues.
My parents were enthusiastic fans of 'Sammy's Hill.' But they think 'Sammy's House' is a better book.
I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.