NY Boston Fan

I know that Sox and Yankee fans can get along, I have seen it happen.

So this story is kind of interesting:

Yankees fans and Red Sox fans were relentlessly taunting each other, and the fun of Boston's comeback win in the 2004 ALCS was being lost. As school officials worked to calm the students, they had a radical idea: Why not extend their peacemaking efforts to the big league level?

Their project to get the Red Sox and Yankees to shake hands before the opening-day game April 11 at Fenway Park has since been endorsed by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.

Red Sox manager Terry Francona called the school to tell officials he liked the "The Merriam School Handshake Project," though he added he won't force it on the players.

That's all nice, but I have one question. How are there enough Yankee fans at a school in Acton, Mass to make this an issue? Shouldn't the 120 Sox fans have just pummelled the 2 Yankee fans and taken their snack packs from them? Apparantly, the Yankee influence has spread to our youth, even in Sox strongholds!