Hey, did you know it was New York bashing season here in Boston?

First, Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe wrote a pathetic column last week trashing New York fans and teams, especially the Knicks and the Rangers.

Then, Sunday and Monday nights, Channel 4's Bob Lobel decided it would be cute to say something to the effect of "Wouldn't it be nice if both the Knicks and Rangers lost their current series?"

Ha,ha,ha!

I guess they have nothing better to talk about, since the Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins are practicing their golf games or starring on cruises right now.

I mean, these guy haven't had so much free time this part of the year since the season before Larry Bird became a Celtic.

Chicago also got trashed by these divine preachers. As we all know by now, Scottie Pippen refused to play the last 1.8 seconds of Friday's game since the play wasn't going to him. However, the Bulls fans gave him a standing ovation before Game Four.

Now these Bostonians claim that a standing "O" would never have been given to a Celtic who did that and that the citizens of Chicago are stupid.

Yeah, right. If your team was on the brink of playoff elimination and your star player was in a controversy, you don't think you would support him, even if that guy was a moron.

Imagine Bird being booed off the court at the Boston Garden with his team trailing 2-1 in a playoff series.

It wouldn't happen.

And Bostonians must have fallen off the bandwagon regarding the Red Sox. Hey, they were so great when they were 20-8. People were claiming they would win the World Series.

But after a three game sweep by the New York Yankees and a five-game losing streak, the Red Sox aren't the main story in Beantown any-more.

However, let's not get into a war of words here. I mean, we didn't ask you to get rid of Babe Ruth or make Bill Buckner and Bob Stanley blow Game Six of the 1986 World Series.

Bostonians and Boston sports writers, just take a look and admire what New York's teams have done, not trash them.