Pick A Team

Another in the occasional series of Shank comparing two teams, and the Sox / Yankees type seems to be an annual favorite:

Which franchise would you rather be right now, the Yankees or Red Sox? Let’s break it down.

NEW YORK — Put aside your emotions and decades of deep-rooted hatred. Erase those Ruths, Dents, Boones, and ARods. Pretend all things are equal. You are neutral. You are Baseball Switzerland.

Which franchise would you rather follow and support at this hour: the Red Sox or the Yankees?

It’s clear the first-place Yankees are the better team in 2024. They emerged from Friday night’s 5-4 win over the Sox with a record of 86-62, 12 games ahead of third-place Boston. They are going to the playoffs and could get back to the World Series.

But this is about more than that. It’s about sheer totality. And the future.

So which is the better franchise to follow?

Today’s Sox fans like to mock the Yankees and say, “It’s all about championships. We’ve won four in this century and you’ve only one one — none in the last 15 years.’’

That's always a winning argument with Yankees fans, isn't it?