Forget the New York Yankees’ pathetic seven-of-eight losses to the Boston Red Sox over the past two weeks.

Consider this instead: The New York Times beat the Boston Herald on the quintessential Red Sox story of this season.

As the hardworking staff noted, the Times ran this piece last Monday:

Nut graf:

The Red Sox have done two things exceptionally well this season: play baseball and grow beards.

Now comes Sunday’s Boston Herald with this front page:

And this Sports section spread:

Sucking Big Town hind teat sorta sucks, yeah Heraldniks?

But, to be fair, not as much as it sucks to be a Made Yankee Fan in Boston right now.

P.S. Today’s Red Sox/Duck Dynasty connection in the Herald also echoes our previous post. Not to get technical about it.