In response to the commentary written by Andy Silvia “Yankee fans show rich kid immaturity (Oct. 28)” it made me think about my childhood and the night that the Sox lost to the Yankees in Game 7. Looking back at my days in grade school, I certainly do remember the little brat who got everything. He was the rich kid who got the best of everything, including education. The rich kid always seemed to be the smart one.

I also remember the other little brat who was such a sore loser that he would always torment everyone, including the teacher, in class. This childhood memory relates to the night after Game 7. Yes there were Yankees flags everywhere and fans cheering for their team’s victory. It was a great night for Yankee fans everywhere. It was proof that the curse lived on, although many others just seek to blame Grady Little for the loss.

I also remember the endless amounts of drunken Irishmen stumbling around the streets of Boston picking endless fights with anyone who was dressed in Yankee’s paraphernalia. I don’t know what you were doing that night, but you must have missed that part. Surely I didn’t see any Yankees fans attacking cars with Massachusetts plates or climbing billboards and setting them on fire. If I recall correctly it was the Sox fans who did that after they had defeated the Oakland A’s. Instead the streets of Boston and West Village, where I witnessed the victory, were filled with chants of triumph after our team had won.

Look at what happened when the Patriots won the Super Bowl. Everyone knows what a disaster Hemenway was. One can only imagine what hell would break loose if the Sox had won. Never mind billboards and cars, the whole city would be on fire. I’m sure Fenway would be on fire and then where would the Sox play? The World Series emblem that was painted on Fenway before Game 7 started would just go to waste, as it did anyways.

I can only imagine the “things inappropriate for print in a school newspaper” that would have been chanted from the Sox fans. Did you happen to turn on the news and see NYPD unleashing the riot gear? No, because there were no riots in New York after they had won. The simple explanation is this: Yes, the Yankees have an owner who is filthy rich, but anyone can tell you that with wealth comes class, a word I believe you referred to in your commentary, and that’s what Yankees fans have.

They have respect, another word you used, for other teams and fans. How many times do you hear Yankees fan chanting “Nomar (or as it is said in Boston, Nomah) sucks!!” or “Red Sox Suck!” Never, and it goes back to that word I had previously mentioned, class.

Finally, as for your comment concerning “little children can be forgiven of that ignorance, that lack of respect and class,” I’m sure that us Yankee fans can forgive the people that tore off our hats and stomped on them repeatedly. I’m sure I can even forgive the 250 pound highly intoxicated male peer of mine for trying to pick a fight with me. I’ll also forgive the other extremely intoxicated male peer who used his colorful vocabulary to explain to me what he really thought of Jason Giambi. Yes, I’m sure we will all forgive the endless amounts of Red Sox fans who displayed their respect, or lack thereof, when the Yankees beat them 6-5 in the 11th inning.

— Maria Canino is a sophomore criminal justice major.