Munson-Nixon Line

Munson-Nixon line English Alternative forms en Munson-Nixon line Etymology Named after baseball players Thurman Munson (of the New York Yankees) and Trot Nixon (of the Boston Red Sox), by analogy with en Mason-Dixon Line, coined in 2003 by Steve Rushin in Sports Illustrated.en-US Resident Alien In Red Sox Nation 0038-822X 1766364 Steve Rushin Steve Rushin 2003-05-26 2026-07-04 Sports Illustrated http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1028804/1/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20140429103828/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com:80/vault/article/magazine/MAG1028804/1/index.htm 29 April 2014 Proper noun Munson–Nixon Line 1 en baseball informal A hypothetical boundary line between sports fandoms in Connecticut, supporting Boston-based teams to the east and New York City-based teams to the west; the exact boundaries are undefined. en-US 1553-8095 1645522 Up Close on Baseball’s Borders Tom Giratikanon Josh Katz David Leonhardt Kevin Quealy 2014-04-24 2026-07-04 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/23/upshot/24-upshot-baseball.html The New York Times yes Steve Rushin of Sports Illustrated has called the line running through Connecticut that separates Yankee fans and Red Sox fans the Munson-Nixon line. Mr. Rushin came up with the name — in honor of the late Yankee catcher Thurman Munson and the retired Red Sox right fielder Trot Nixon — in 2003, and he had to guess where the line ran: “north of New Haven but south of Hartford, running the breadth of central Connecticut.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260606184459/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/23/upshot/24-upshot-baseball.html 6 June 2026 en-US 144 The Rivalry While there are certainly Yankee fans (and assorted “Uncle Phils”) scattered throughout New England, with sizeable pockets of them in both Vermont and the Berkshires of western Massachusetts (Jim Bouton’s backyard), the border of Red Sox nation becomes most porous in southern Connecticut. While unmarked and unpatrolled (not to mention unsecured), the border does have an official name: the Munson-Nixon Line. Wicked Pissed New England's Most Famous Feuds Ted Reinstein 9781493023325 2016-04 Globe Pequot yes en-US 0038-822X 1766364 What Makes Guilford, Connecticut the Perfect Wedge Between Yankees and Red Sox Fans Jack Dickey 2018-09-19 2026-07-04 https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/09/19/boston-red-sox-new-york-yankees-guilford-connecticut Sports Illustrated yes Numerous would-be cartographers over the years have tried to identify the exact location of what my colleague Steve Rushin in 2003 termed the Munson-Nixon line, named for former Yankees catcher Thurman Munson and Red Sox outfielder Trot Nixon. https://web.archive.org/web/20260704180527/https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/09/19/boston-red-sox-new-york-yankees-guilford-connecticut 4 July 2026 en-US A State Divided: Connecticut Town Sits On 'Munson-Nixon' Line Separating Yankees, Red Sox Fandom 2018-10-05 2026-07-04 https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/waterbury-connecticut-yankees-red-sox-fans/ CBS News CBS yes You may have heard of the Mason-Dixon line separating the North from the South. In Connecticut, they have what some call the "Munson-Nixon" line - as in Thurman of the Yankees and Trot of the Red Sox. https://web.archive.org/web/20260820093336/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/waterbury-connecticut-yankees-red-sox-fans/ 20 August 2026 References en eponyms en Demarcation lines Connecticut, USA