Ranking Yankees Fans' Most Hated Red Sox Players

New York Yankees fans widely despise anyone who wears a Boston Red Sox uniform. Yet, amid the wreckage, there are those players who stand out above the rest who are so hated by Yankees fans that those in New York may not be able to speak their name without getting angry. It's about time we rank the 10 players in Red Sox history who are hated the most by Yankees fans.

10. Dave Roberts

The 2004 ALCS is not something Yankees fans like to talk about. The team blew a 3-0 series lead, and the comeback was sparked by a Dave Roberts stolen base. The clip has been shown countless times since 2004, and Yankees fans can't avoid it at this point. Roberts' heroic feat helped lead one of the most legendary comebacks in sports history and sent the Yankees home earlier than expected that October.

9. Dustin Pedroia

Boston Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia has had success against the Yankees. / Jim McIsaac/Getty Images

Dustin Pedroia was one of the faces of the Red Sox when the team won World Series titles in 2007 and 2013. Yankees fans had to watch the scrappy second baseman have amazing success and also be an outspoken member of Sox, constantly getting credit for "gritty" plays that you just know would never have been mentioned if he weren't a small man in Boston. The 2008 AL MVP was a team leader, and any scrap between both teams featured him as a key member.

8. Ted Williams

Ted Williams is a Red Sox legend. / Sports Studio Photos/Getty Images

Ted Williams is one of the greatest players in MLB history and made 19 All-Star Games in his historic career. Yankees fans had to deal with all the praise Williams was receiving when the team had its own legends in Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle. Williams won two AL MVP awards and is remembered for his .406 batting average in the 1941 season. Yankees fans from that era had to form arguments about why their stars were better than the Red Sox legend.

7. Manny Ramirez

Manny Ramirez played with the Red Sox from 2001-2008. / Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

"Manny Being Manny" is a fun phrase for everyone except Yankees fans. Ramirez played some of his best baseball in Boston, and was the World Series MVP in 2004 after the historic ALCS comeback. He was the antithesis of the type of players Yankees fans support, and was a large part of the "idiots" that took down the Yankees in 2004. His big personality won him love in Boston and hate in New York.

6. Nomar Garciaparra

Nomar Garciaparra was a star shortstop in Boston. / Jared Wickerham/Getty Images

Nomar Garciaparra debuted one season after Derek Jeter, and the two instantly began being compared to one another. The Boston shortstop made an All-Star Game first, and battled with Jeter for the AL starting spot during his time with the Red Sox. He was traded away during the 2004 season, but was still part of the upstart Red Sox for long enough that Yankees fans grew tired of seeing him get awards and honors over Jeter, or even earning a spot in the same conversation.

5. Jason Varitek

Jason Varitek spent his entire career with the Red Sox. / Adam Glanzman/Getty Images

Jason Varitek played with the Red Sox from 1997-2011 and was known as "The Captain." He was no stranger to fighting Yankees players, and won two World Series titles in Boston. The catcher drove in seven runs in the 2004 ALCS and remains a Boston legend. The fact he was named a team captain should only enrage Yankees fans who viewed Jeter as the one true captain in the league (and his refusal to take his mask off while fighting A-Rod, coupled with the "badass" status he earned in the aftermath, remains embarrassing).

4. Carlton Fisk

Carlton Fisk was with the Red Sox for 11 seasons. / Jim Rogash/Getty Images

Carlton Fisk went head-to-head with Thurman Munson for the honor of being the best catcher in baseball back in the '70s. Both also took part in a famous brawl in 1973, cementing Fisk as an enemy in New York. Fisk was the 1972 AL Rookie of the Year and is widely remembered for his walk-off home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series. That is just another great Red Sox moment Yankees fans have to watch every so often.

3. Curt Schilling

Curt Schilling is remembered in Red Sox lore for his bloody sock. / Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images

Curt Schilling is high on this list for one reason: his famous bloody sock. The former Red Sox great won Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS with a bleeding ankle, and that moment has gone down in baseball history. For Yankees fans, it is another reminder of that disastrous series. He was also part of the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks team that took down the Yankees in the World Series. Schilling only spent four seasons in Boston, but that bloody sock, plus his D-Backs tenure, is enough for Yankees fans to get tired of hearing his name for all eternity.

2. David Ortiz

David Ortiz was a star with the Red Sox. / Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images

The man known simply as "Big Papi" tortured Yankees fans during his Red Sox career. He was the 2004 ALCS MVP and drove in 11 runs in that series. Ortiz was hated by Yankees fans for his greatness, and also for his two game-winning hits in the ALCS comeback. He had 53 career home runs against the Yankees and batted .303 against them as well. Seeing Ortiz win three World Series titles in Boston and be so beloved only makes Yankees fans despise him more.

1. Pedro Martinez

Pedro Martinez is a villain to Yankees fans. / Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images

Pedro Martinez was in Boston from 1998-2004 and cemented himself as a villain when he threw Don Zimmer to the ground in the 2003 ALCS. That stands out more than anything he did on the mound as to why he is at the top of this list (by and large, the New Yorkers were generally able to solve him on the mound). Yankees fans have never forgiven Martinez, and the fact he was able to celebrate his only World Series title in 2004 makes it even worse for those in New York.