I am also old enough to remember that period of rivalry. I still to this day pull for whomever the dirty Yankees are playing.
But we have the Braves & low life Phillies in a bitter rivalry now. There is no love lost on these two teams when they are playing. Great drama with each pitch and play.
I'm old enough (and I think you are too) to remember when Royals-Yankees *regular season* games felt big. Even in the late 80s, those games felt a little different in the stands than games against, say, Milwaukee. Of course, since the mid-90s, it's been about the same rivalry as a hammer and a nail.
I am also old enough to remember that period of rivalry. I still to this day pull for whomever the dirty Yankees are playing.
But we have the Braves & low life Phillies in a bitter rivalry now. There is no love lost on these two teams when they are playing. Great drama with each pitch and play.
I'm old enough (and I think you are too) to remember when Royals-Yankees *regular season* games felt big. Even in the late 80s, those games felt a little different in the stands than games against, say, Milwaukee. Of course, since the mid-90s, it's been about the same rivalry as a hammer and a nail.