I agree, 2001 was way worse
I think you are overreading into my post. Of coarse 2004 was bad, and sure it was worse because it was to the sox, but only because every sox fan in the history of history threw it in our faces.
All I was saying was that the Sox and (most) of their are as obsessed with the Yankees as they are with the Red Sox. Whenever I watch NESN SportsDesk they are always comparing the two, TC is always putting the Yankees down, fans chant Yankees Suck even when they are not playing the Yankees, fans chanted Yankees Suck at the Patriots SuperBowl celebration, about half of the articles about the Sox in Boston papers mention the Yankees somewhere, there are numerous Yankees Suck websites out there (I can only think of 1 anti Red Sox site off the top of my head)...I could go on forever with examples, but I think you should get my point. Some Sox fans would rather the Sox lose and the Yankees lose than the Sox win and the Yankees win.