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WasWatching.com found this 3/1/2008 on www.boston.com [flag]
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Camp Tranquility is a fine place when you are defending champions with a glut of talent and a dearth of questions and controversy. But there's been something missing in Red Sox Nation . . . no threat from the Bronx. Entitled Sox fans have virtually forgotten about the hated Pinstripers. It's been months since a hearty "Yankees Suck" chant broke out at a New England wedding ... [link]

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Red Sox Respond To Hank
Published 3/1/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
Via Dan Shaughnessy: Red Sox owner John Henry, responding by e-mail to Steinbrenner's comment, wrote: "A wise man once said, 'Don't poke the bear!' " And Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino - no stranger to pie tossing with the Yankees - cackled when he heard the statement. "I don't deny there are Yankee fans everywhere," said Lucchino. "But it's blind of him not to see the phenomenon that is Red Sox Nation. I expect he will become more aware of the passion and breadth of Red Sox Nation as long as he is actively involved in baseball. I ...

Red Sox Respond to Hank's Comments
Published 3/1/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
From The Boston Globe: Red Sox owner John Henry, responding by e-mail to Steinbrenner's comment, wrote: "A wise man once said, 'Don't poke the bear!' " And Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino - no stranger to pie tossing with the Yankees - cackled when he heard the statement. "I don't deny there are Yankee fans everywhere," said Lucchino. "But it's blind of him not to see the phenomenon that is Red Sox Nation. I expect he will become more aware of the passion and breadth of Red Sox Nation as long as he is ...

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss?
Published 3/2/2008 by yerfatma at SportsFilter
... : This NYT profile of the Brothers Steinbrenner by the author of The Bronx is Burning includes Hank's insistence that "Red Sox Nation" is a media creation. ...

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Hank Continues to Talk the Talk: Calls Red Sox Nation "a Bunch of Bull ****"

Greg C. posted 2/29/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

Jonathan Mahler, author of “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning” has a very good feature about Hank and Hal Steinbrenner in the upcoming edition of The New York Times Magazine . In the article Hank had this quote about the Red Sox and their "Nation." “Red Sox Nation?” Hank says. “What a bunch of [expletive] that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with ...
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Baby Boss Declares War On Red Sox Nation

SbB posted 2/29/2008 from www.sportsbybrooks.com

New Yankees leader Hank Steinbrenner doesn't think much of Boston's behemoth of baseball supporters, as the Baby Boss recently referred to Red Sox Nation as "a bunch of bullsh**".
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Hank Is A Dumbass

The Bottom Line found this 2/29/2008 on fenwaywest.blogspot.com

Hank Steinbrenner had the following to say about Red Sox Nation to the New York Times : “Red Sox Nation?” Hank says. “What a bunch of [expletive] that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans. Go ...
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Bombers Start Spring With a Win

Mike posted 3/1/2008 from www.greenpinstripes.com

Joba Chamberlain, Ian Kennedy and Phil Hughes impressed. Kei Igawa did not. Hank Steinbrenner blasted Red Sox Nation. Just a typical day in Tampa for the Bronx Bombers.
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All You Can Eat For Just $35! [Blogdome]

Sons of Steve Garvey found this 3/1/2008 on deadspin.com

• Gorge yourself at Pirates games. [ Bugs and Cranks ] • An NBA preseason game outside, you say? [ Bleacher Report ] • Not a great idea from Bill Simmons. [ Now Watch Me Jock ] • Some love for Marshawn Lynch. [ 64 Miller Lites ] • ...
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Hank, Theo need to get down to business

umpbump.com found this 3/2/2008 on www.bugsandcranks.com

Hank Steinbrenner and Theo Epstein need to throw down. Maybe Vince McMahon can arrange a WWE-style cage match between the two mouthy executives. According to ESPN, Steinbrenner basically spits on the Red Sox and their fans in an upcoming interview ...
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Steinbrenner Kids Unleashed, Bash Red Sox

Posted 3/2/2008 on Sports Nation

New York Yankees new bosses Hank and Hal Steinbrenner added fuel to the rivalry with the Boston Red Sox with some verbal torpedoes aimed at the world champs."Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of [expletive] that is," Hank said in an interview with The New York Times' Play magazine. "That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans." Also in reference to the Yankee ...
Henry: ‘I’m a big Hank fan’

Posted 3/2/2008 on MY BASEBALL BIAS

Not only is Red Sox owner John Henry a big Hank Steinbrenner fan, he’s been kind enough to give him a spot in Red Sox Nation : “I’m a big Hank fan,” Henry wrote. “Just to ensure he knows how cool Red Sox Nation is, today we officially inducted him as a member of Red Sox Nation and we are sending him his membership card giving him access to an array of options ...
Loudmouth Hank Is Now A Member of RSN

Posted 3/1/2008 on SOX & Dawgs

By now we’ve all heard or seen the comments by loudmouth Hank Steinbrenner about Red Sox Nation. For those out there who may have missed them, here they are again. “Red Sox Nation?” Hank says. “What a bunch of [expletive] that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans. Go anywhere in America and you won’t see Red Sox hats and jackets, you’ll ...
Hank Steinbrenner Jibberish Update

Posted 3/1/2008 on MLB FLEECE FACTOR: Providing MLB rumors and deciding who gets FLEECED.

Hanky Panky is at it again, this time taking shots at “Red Sox Nation”. As per Foxsports , Steinbrenner is back-tracking a bit on comments he made that “Red Sox” nation is a creation of ESPN and the Sox organization. In case you missed it, Hank had said this in a magazine interview: “Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of (nonsense/expletive) that is. That was a ...
Hank to Red Sox Nation: I will dance on your logo

Posted 3/1/2008 on The Sports Hernia Blog

Hank Steinbrenner upped the ante yesterday with more fighting words directed at his close buddies up in Boston. The talkative half of the Steinbrenner brothers had initially gone off on the Sox fan base earlier in the day claiming it's...
Humility Runs in the Steinbrenner Family

Posted 3/1/2008 on Gossip On Sports - The Latest Dish On and Off the Field

We HEART doing this kind of post! You know, the kind when someone make a complete and total horse’s posterior of themselves without any help. Case in point: New York Yankees owner Hank Steinbrenner , who proves in the following quote that (a) He is as much of a jerk, and possibly more so, than his ol’ man George ; (b) Quotes like this are the reason people love to hate the ...
Dumbass Hank Keeps Saying Stupid Things

Posted 3/1/2008 on Fenway West - The Boston Red Sox Western Home

Here's the latest brilliant remark from Hank Steinbrenner: "baseball's not as complicated as football, so I don't know that a manager means as much in baseball as he does in other sports." Of course when the Yankees start losing again, who do you think Hank is going to fire? Jeter? Fenway West- The West Coast Home to Red Sox Nation
Hank Steinbrenner = Mr. McMahon

Posted 3/1/2008 on FilteringCraig

Hank Steinbrenner is turning into Mr. McMahon from the WWE. You see when Vince McMahon decides he has to play a “heel*” in the WWE, he goes by the name Mr. McMahon. When he is playing a good guy, he plays Vince. Well Hank Steinbrenner is slowly turning heel on the nation. He is walking into the arena somewhere in the midwest and he is calling everyone fat, lazy and stupid. I am ...
Hank Steinbrenner slams Red Sox nation

Posted 3/1/2008 on MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports

"For his part, Hank betrays no worry about the competition in the American League, whether it's the Cleveland Indians , who eliminated the Yankees last year; the Detroit Tigers , who added Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis this winter; or, above all, the Red Sox, who have not only won the World Series twice in the last four years but are arguably becoming a national phenomenon,'' wrote ...
Bombers Start Spring With a Win

Posted 3/1/2008 on Spring Training '08

The Yankees opened up their exhibition schedule Friday by downing the University of South Florida.  Joba Chamberlain, Ian Kennedy and Phil Hughes impressed.  Kei Igawa did not.  Hank Steinbrenner blasted Red Sox Nation.  Just a typical day in Tampa for the Bronx Bombers. I know, I know.  The Yanks were playing a college team, but it's still nice to start off with ...
Don't Mess With The Nation

Posted 3/1/2008 on The Mighty Quinn Media Machine

I think the late, great Johnny Cash has the best response to that horse's ass Hank Steinbrenner and his ludicrous nonsense: You mess with Red Sox Nation at your own peril, pal.
Baby Boss Hank Declares War On Red Sox Nation

Posted 3/1/2008 on SPORTSbyBROOKS

We can be serious: John McEnroe needs a ticket & a cab - and a friend . • Baby Boss Hank Steinbrenner declares war on Red Sox Nation : • Michigan’s women’s basketball coach is not too pleased in the post-game . • No noose is good noose outside Kelly Tilghman’s old house . • One Arizona fan tries to cool off USC by throwing a water bottle . ...
Amen brother

Posted 3/1/2008 on River Avenue Blues » River Avenue Blues, A New York Yankees Blog

“Red Sox Nation?” What a bunch of [expletive] that is,” he [Hank Steinbrenner] said in an interview with The New York Times’ Play magazine. “That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans. “Go anywhere in America and you won’t see Red Sox hats and jackets, you’ll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is a Yankee ...
Open Mouth, Insert Foot

Posted 2/29/2008 on The MLB Source

Hank Steinbrenner has at least his father’s locquacity, if not necessarily the sense that he, like his father, has the periodic if sometimes unintentional facility for giving credit—or the devil, depending upon your partisanship—its due. But not even his father would have gone quite so far in demonstrating a challenge to his observatory powers as did Hammering Hank (to The ...
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

Posted 2/29/2008 on Surviving Grady

Baseball is back, sports fans. Why? Not because of any grab-ass practice games being played in sunny FLA, no sir. Because Hank Steinbrenner has launched the 2008's first salvo and where else would he aim it but at Red Sox Nation. From ESPN.com : Steinbrenner, apparently trying to emphasize that he has no fear of the Yankees' American League competition, has amped up the rivalry between the ...
Lil' Steinbrenner: Not a Fan of Red Sox Nation

Posted 2/29/2008 on FanHouse

If all of you baseball fans were worried that the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry might lose some of it's luster now that George Steinbrenner 's corpse has been removed from Yankee Stadium, fear not, for his baby boy Hank has gladly taken the reigns. So far in Hank's short tenure at the helms of the Yankee clipper, he hasn't been one to keep his opinion to himself. So when it comes to his thoughts ...
Hank Steinbrenner, in another outspoken moment, denounces Red Sox Nation

Posted 2/29/2008 on BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog

Here’s...The N.Y. Times Play magazine article. Steinbrenner, apparently trying to emphasize that he has no fear of the Yankees’ American League competition, has amped up the rivalry between the two teams, intentionally or not. “Red Sox Nation?” What a bunch of [expletive] that is,” he said in an interview with The New York Times’ Play magazine. “That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, ...
Hankenstein Bashes BoSox, ESPN

Posted 2/29/2008 on Bronx Liaison

From an upcoming magazine interview comes Hank Steinbrenner's jabs thrown at the Boston Red Sox, its fans and ESPN. "Red Sox Nation?" Hank Steinbrenner said in an interview with The New York Times' Play magazine. "What a bunch of [expletive] that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans. "Go anywhere in America and you won't see Red Sox hats and ...
Hank Steinbrenner believes America is Yankees Nation

Posted 2/29/2008 on Watchdog

According to the Sports Business Daily, an article on the Steinbrenner family that is to appear in this weekend's New York Times "Play" magazine will include the following quote from reigning SportsWatch New York Sports Media Person of the Year Hank Steinbrenner: "'Red Sox Nation?' What a bunch of ---- that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans. ...
Now Attacking The Nation

Posted 2/29/2008 on Comcast SportsNet New England » Wicked Good Sports

Just a few days after RemDawg was sworn in as RSN President by Supreme Court Justice Steven Breyer at the White house. The new Yankee big mouth Hank Steinbrenner once again took a shot at the Red Sox, like he did last week, but this time he attacked the whole Red Sox Nation In an Interview with the New York Times. ‘Red Sox Nation?’ Hank says. ‘What a bunch of [expletive] ...
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