Boston.com - The Yankees are in town for a weekend series, and this would be a nice time to retire the stupidest chant in the world: Yankees suck. I don't like the Yankees. I am a Red Sox fan, have been all my life, and so that means I don't like the Yankees. My two sons don't like the Yankees either. But here's the critical difference: I respect the Yankees, and I've taught my sons to do so, too. They are 14 and 11, love baseball, and know that Derek Jeter plays the game as well and as hard as anyone has. If I were picking sides in the schoolyard, Jeter is the guy I'd pick first. So when you say the Yankees suck, you're saying Derek Jeter sucks, which is preposterous. But, really, beyond being crude and moronic, the phrase "Yankees suck" is simply outdated. Its origins are from a bygone era, when we all knew deep down in our hearts that no matter how far ahead the Red Sox might have been in August, no matter the score and inning of a game in October, the Yankees were going to win. And there was nothing we could do about it. But that's over. It's been over since October 2004, when "Yankees suck" should have been put out to pasture. Shouting "Yankees suck" at Fenway Park today is like yelling "No Taxation Without Representation!" at Faneuil Hall.

Let me start by saying I think the guy who wrote this article is a complete tool bag.   Congrats buddy.  You taught your kids to respect the Yankees.  Way to make the world a better place.   But having said that I do think he brings up an interesting point.     There is a part of me that thinks the “Yankees Suck” chant is outdated or as this guy puts it a product of a bygone era.    Listen I’m not one of these Johnny Appleseed type guys who thinks everybody who partakes in the Yankees Suck chant is some drunken moron who should burn in hell.  I’m a firm believe that there is a time and a place for everything and that includes the chant.  I mean I’ll gladly join in at Fenway if the scoreboard operator puts up a crooked number for the team the Yankees are playing against.  And there have definitely been times during this recent playoff rivalry run where everybody is screaming it walking out of Fenway and in bars and clubs throughout Boston and it just feels right.  There was nothing rude, stupid or obnoxious about it.  It was about a city who was desperate to beat the Yankees and getting into the rivalry.  But times have changed.   While beating NY is always fun it’s also old hat now.   And just like how Yankees fans don’t chant 1918 anymore, I’m not sure we need to chant “Yankees Suck” anymore.   It just reminds me off the old days when we were their bitches.   In fact I almost feel like by still breaking it out it gives the Yanks more respect than they deserve.   So I’ll throw it out to the Stoolies.   Is it time to retire the Yankees Suck chant?    My feeling is that it’s still okay to do it whenever we’re playing them, but it shouldn’t be breaking out at hockey games and in line for the movies anymore.  It needs to be relevant.  Kind of like how we use the Beat LA chant.

Vote 1 for never say it again and 10 for people should be saying it at the supermarket.