Yankee captain Derek Jeter shared his thoughts about Red Sox fans in an interview with The Sporting News:
SN: Has the Red Sox rivalry simmered down a little, gotten less angry, than it was before the Red Sox won a pair of World Series?
JETER: The tension between the fans has simmered down a little since they won. I think going to Boston, especially, was a lot different before they won and after they won. It seemed they had a lot of years of disappointment, and you could tell. Don’t get me wrong — they’re still intense. But it has gotten a little less nasty.
I guess he didn’t see the reception Nick Swisher received when he went into the right field corner to chase down Youk’s triple on opening night.
SN: Do Red Sox fans respect you? Perhaps even admire you?
JETER: (Laughs.) I don’t know about admire. It might be a mutual respect. I’d like to think there’s a respect there. I respect the Boston fans, how intense they are, how loyal they are. They follow every game — very similar to New York fans in that sense — they live and die with their team. I have a great deal of respect for their fans and would like to think it’s mutual.
Jeter is not the most hated guy on the Yanks for most Red Sox fans, that honor has to go to A-Rod or even Tex now.
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