Red Sox Fans Are from Mars, Yankees Fans Are from Uranus: Why Red Sox Fans Are Smarter, Funnier, and Better Looking (In Language Even Yankee Fans Can Understand)

by Andy Wasif

Overview

Each year, millions of these baseball fans engage in verbal (and sometimes physical) tête-à-têtes with the opposing base, and with only around 200 miles of terra firma dividing the two capitals of the "Empire" and the "Nation," this book provides the only well-constructed tutorial on how both tribes can peaceably coexist. Such a guide promises to save the reader from emotional distress, time-consuming arguments, and, most importantly, cleaning bills. (And if all else fails, the book makes a wonderful projectile.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617490712
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	04/01/2010
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	285 KB

About the Author

Andy Wasif, a lifelong Red Sox fan, first focused on sports journalism before turning his attention to stand-up comedy. And now, the Syracuse University graduate has spent the last few years enjoying New York and Boston's renewed rivalry as he has studied the two fan bases and their relationship with each other. This is the third in his series of humorous Red Sox books, following How to Talk to a Yankee Fan and Red Sox University.

Table of Contents

Introduction v

1 Red Sox Fans Are from Mars, Yankees Fans Are from Uranus 1

2 What Red Sox Fans Want and What Yankees Fans Need 17

3 The Arguers and the Arguing Types 43

4 The Psychology Behind the Hate 63

5 Speaking Different Languages 85

6 Understanding Our Emotional Needs 101

7 Avoiding an Argument 123

8 Dealing with Loss 143

9 Finding Common Ground 163

10 Turning Hate into "Not Quite So Much Hate" 183

Conclusion 203

About the Author 207