Yes, I agree: you had just provocation.

Although I may have some competition, I am your biggest fan. As I’ve said before, if I ever hit the lottery, I will become your patron and you can write full time.
The end of the regular season is definitely a letdown. I, too, adopted the Angels as my playoff team to watch (with the sound turned off).
And to Jack: Why do people “hate” the Red Sox and Yankees? Let me begin by saying that I’m a former Bostonian so I don’t hate the Red Sox or even the Yankees for that matter. I love baseball…period.
I’m a native Philadelphian and there is no one more obnoxious than a Philadelphia sports fan in his/her venue; therefore, I won’t attribute it to the fan base.
I’d say that it is simply a matter of the haves and have nots.  Both teams have the capital to buy anything and anyone it wants. As Bronson Arroyo stated in his interview, he believed that George would be happy to lose $10 million if the Yankees won the Series and that Steinbrenner was the only owner with that commitment.  It doesn’t matter if it’s the truth. It’s a common perception and perception is truth to many people.
Fans of other teams whose owners have Walmart mentality, are in the middle of costly divorces, lose money to Madoff, owned by media conglomerates who may be more concerned with shareholder dividends than the the team, etc. are envious of the Yankee/Red Sox ownership.
The question is: Would someone with that kind of money buy a team in a smaller market just for the love of baseball and not for asset appreciation? If I had that kind of money, I would. You can’t take it with you..but then people think I’m nuts anyway.

@Jack and Rabbit-
    I’m inclined to agree with some of both your points, in that the Yankees appear and do more to keep and maintain their competitiveness. And so does Boston. And so does Philadelphia who do it to keep ahead of the woefully mis-managed Mets, who have almost always managed to throw hugh amounts down the outhouse.
    I would like Rabbit to win PowerBall, MegaMillions etc and start to use their windfall from revenue sharing to make a great triumberant in Pittsburgh, where it would be greatly appreciated and supported.
    It is fun to ceaselessly encourage a favorite team and to know why you’re doing it. Geography aside all fans have the same cross section as society as a whole.  This is just like the difference between ShysterBall and the gang that hangs at CTB. It’s a matter of which intellectual level you choose to participate.  And if it’s both, that’s fine too.
    Now, leave ARod alone and stopping deifying Jeter simultaneously. (Had to get that in)

I also think people sometimes use market size as a proxy for revenue streams.  Boston has maxed the #### out potential revenue streams.  This is something that they’ve earned, and it shouldn’t be held against them, but they have managed to generate a situation where their revenue is disproportionately large relative to their market size, so while it’s correct to say they aren’t the biggest of markets, they do have one of the largest revenue streams.  Again, they’ve earned that, and I don’t think they should be required to plow punitive amounts of it back into the slackass teams.