Yankees vs Red Sox. Long history and same division
Apart-Ad986
Fuck both of them (Boston resident)
papicholula
Yankees Sox due to actual fistfights and throwing at batters lol
nepatsfan49
Definitely Red Sox Yankees. As a Celtics fan living in Southern California lakers “fans” couldn’t care less.
Sadorisgod
Sox they actually throw punches more than the celts lakers
WiserStudent557
It’s not the same dynamic. Celtics and Lakers is almost exclusively a sports rivalry. Sox/Yankees is about Boston and New York as much as anything.
DoctorFunktopus
Yankees/sox by a lot. It’s impossible to hate someone in a completely different conference as much as you hate a team that’s in the same division
CanyonCoyote
They don’t sell Fuck the Lakers shirts throughout the city.
Sweaty_Ad440
yankees/sox is the biggest rivalry in American sports, it’s that and it’s not close
Sm0k3inth3tr33s
Ngl compared to Sox/Yanks, the Celtics/Lakers isn’t even a rivalry lol. That’s how contentious it is.
coacoanutbenjamn
Red Sox Yankees for sure
You could maybe argue that Celtics Lakers had the biggest peak of either rivalry in the 80s. So much went into that matchup with Bird vs Magic, east coast vs west coast, and the race politics. The whole country was watching a picking a side. But that was the only time the rivalry was on that level
Backstagerye
You can hear a Yankees suck chant at every major Boston sports event. So yeah it’s the Sox yanks by a lot
jpaxlux
It’s Red Sox/Yankees. They just play each other more often and it’s been a rivalry for like a century now. I feel like the Celtics and Lakers have had cooling down periods where they don’t often play each other in meaningful games. At this point it’s been over a decade since the Celtics and Lakers have played each other in a game that genuinely mattered.
DryAfternoon7779
99-04 was peak Sox/Yankees. They played each other 15-20 times per year not including playoffs.
tbirdpow
Bruins/Canadians
JimG617
If you asked me this November 2003 or prior, it wouldn’t even be close…Red Sox vs Yankees. Since October 2004, the 4-1 advantage and loss of the 86 year “curse”, Celtics Lakers has definitely taken over. I guarantee you’re more likely to hear a Beat LA or Let’s Go Celtics chant burst out today, whereas in 2004 or prior it would have been Yankees Suck all day everyday.
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bird1434
Sox/Yankees and it’s not particularly close. Lakers are barely even a rival anymore. I hate the fucking Yankees with every fiber of my being.
sup3rdr01d
Sox Yankees for sure
RedGlovesOverHere
Boston is in both — everyone wanna be rivals with us
colliejuiceman
RS/Yankees imo. There is no “Lakers Suck” chant that has gone generations long
ozzyman31495
Yankees – Red Sox was literally Boston Vs. New York.
There’s just so much intensity to that rivalry both on & off the Field.
PlaceInvaders1
Sox Yanks. Play each other so much every year and it’s never nice. Not to mention their rivalry was always “big brother, little brother” for the longest time.
Lakers Celtics is only felt rn imo because Lebron is there and he has his own Celtics rivalry. If they were a play in team without lebron on it, the games wouldn’t be as interesting for the players.
Chuckyducky6
Yanks and Lakers both suck. I hate them both in different ways.
HueyLewisFan1
Sox Yankees
fightcluboston
Rule 3
Zealousideal_Room162
Yankees and Red Sox for sure but for legacy it’s definitely the Lakers and Celtics, especially for how many finals appearances they’ve faced each other on. I don’t like either but I have more respect for the Lakers than the Yankees.
guitaristcollector
I’d say Red Sox-Yankees because it’s Boston vs New York. Besides the Lakers, I’m okay with most other LA teams, even the Dodgers. Both the Sox and the Pats won their last title against LA too!
MazdaValiant
Red Sox/Yankees by a landslide.
massdebator69
Celtics/Lakers don’t have the true hatred that Sox/Yanks have. Multiple generations of Sox and Yankees players despise each other, only really the 80s Celts/Lakers replicated that. Even 2008-2010 it was more so just two excellent teams competing.
CharlemagneAdelaar
Strictly sports rivalry related — Yankees Sox. Still can’t believe we traded Babe Ruth away.
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Yankees vs Red Sox. Long history and same division
Fuck both of them (Boston resident)
Yankees Sox due to actual fistfights and throwing at batters lol
Definitely Red Sox Yankees. As a Celtics fan living in Southern California lakers “fans” couldn’t care less.
Sox they actually throw punches more than the celts lakers
It’s not the same dynamic. Celtics and Lakers is almost exclusively a sports rivalry. Sox/Yankees is about Boston and New York as much as anything.
Yankees/sox by a lot. It’s impossible to hate someone in a completely different conference as much as you hate a team that’s in the same division
They don’t sell Fuck the Lakers shirts throughout the city.
yankees/sox is the biggest rivalry in American sports, it’s that and it’s not close
Ngl compared to Sox/Yanks, the Celtics/Lakers isn’t even a rivalry lol. That’s how contentious it is.
Red Sox Yankees for sure
You could maybe argue that Celtics Lakers had the biggest peak of either rivalry in the 80s. So much went into that matchup with Bird vs Magic, east coast vs west coast, and the race politics. The whole country was watching a picking a side. But that was the only time the rivalry was on that level
You can hear a Yankees suck chant at every major Boston sports event. So yeah it’s the Sox yanks by a lot
It’s Red Sox/Yankees. They just play each other more often and it’s been a rivalry for like a century now. I feel like the Celtics and Lakers have had cooling down periods where they don’t often play each other in meaningful games. At this point it’s been over a decade since the Celtics and Lakers have played each other in a game that genuinely mattered.
99-04 was peak Sox/Yankees. They played each other 15-20 times per year not including playoffs.
Bruins/Canadians
If you asked me this November 2003 or prior, it wouldn’t even be close…Red Sox vs Yankees. Since October 2004, the 4-1 advantage and loss of the 86 year “curse”, Celtics Lakers has definitely taken over. I guarantee you’re more likely to hear a Beat LA or Let’s Go Celtics chant burst out today, whereas in 2004 or prior it would have been Yankees Suck all day everyday.
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Sox/Yankees and it’s not particularly close. Lakers are barely even a rival anymore. I hate the fucking Yankees with every fiber of my being.
Sox Yankees for sure
Boston is in both — everyone wanna be rivals with us
RS/Yankees imo. There is no “Lakers Suck” chant that has gone generations long
Yankees – Red Sox was literally Boston Vs. New York.
There’s just so much intensity to that rivalry both on & off the Field.
Sox Yanks. Play each other so much every year and it’s never nice. Not to mention their rivalry was always “big brother, little brother” for the longest time.
Lakers Celtics is only felt rn imo because Lebron is there and he has his own Celtics rivalry. If they were a play in team without lebron on it, the games wouldn’t be as interesting for the players.
Yanks and Lakers both suck. I hate them both in different ways.
Sox Yankees
Rule 3
Yankees and Red Sox for sure but for legacy it’s definitely the Lakers and Celtics, especially for how many finals appearances they’ve faced each other on. I don’t like either but I have more respect for the Lakers than the Yankees.
I’d say Red Sox-Yankees because it’s Boston vs New York. Besides the Lakers, I’m okay with most other LA teams, even the Dodgers. Both the Sox and the Pats won their last title against LA too!
Red Sox/Yankees by a landslide.
Celtics/Lakers don’t have the true hatred that Sox/Yanks have. Multiple generations of Sox and Yankees players despise each other, only really the 80s Celts/Lakers replicated that. Even 2008-2010 it was more so just two excellent teams competing.
Strictly sports rivalry related — Yankees Sox. Still can’t believe we traded Babe Ruth away.