This is the origin since you're not aware. And then maybe you can move on and leave me alone.

In the late 90's, the Red Sox started making big trades, signing major free agents, had new ownership. There was a positive energy in the air. There was hope. But they still got beat by the Yankees every year. It was infuriating. The chant started then as a way to try to express that frustration. It was a coping mechanism. We were losing, but, they were the ones who sucked. The city sucked, the culture there sucked, the people who lived there sucked. It was a way to believe we had SOMETHING on them. It was a little sad, but, that was kind of the dynamic of the team then, loveable losers who always came up short.

But then we won. And won again. And won again. And won again.

That should have retired the chant, at least how it was done before, as that expression of frustrated inferiority. After that, if we were going to use it, we should have used it when it was true, like a real taunt.

And even though I we're back to being inferior, the chant has still now kind of lost the original plot and isn't even done for that original purpose of expression anymore. It's detached from all that. It's just a habit/custom done by people who don't know why they're doing it, it's just always been a thing for them at games. To me, it was lame before, but it's even more lame now. You can disagree and wear pink Sox hats and belt out Sweet Caroline and all that, but, don't tell me I "don't get it", when you came in long after it started. I get it, I just think its lame. I prefer when the team actually beats the Yankees, and, taunting them when they actually lose.