I hate the Yankees

[WeRQ4U]

Just when I thought that they had bought the farm, and I wouldn't have to worry about them buying another spot in the playoffs, they start to play well. Now the Twins (who have sucked royally over the last month or so) have to battle them for the final wild card spot.

I cannot stand the Yankees. They should be dissolved and all of their players distributed equally amongst the small market teams... or they should limit the number of potential hall of famers to 2 per team. Cheaters.

End of rant. Flame away you unoriginal Yankee bandwagoneers. x(

[StopTheMorans]

1. they're horrible, and all of their fans are republicans

[WeRQ4U]

9. Most likely

There should a sign on the front door of Yankee stadium that says "Check your soul at the door"

[RPM]

24. yeah - like me

:eyes:

[StopTheMorans]

25. exactly

:thumbsup:

[RPM]

26. great

:bounce:

[Sanity Claws]

37. I resent that

I'm a Democrat and a Yankee fan. Remember NY is a true blue place and most Yankees fans are from NY. That's got to mean a lot of Yankee fans are dems.
What's wrong with rooting for a winner?

[WeRQ4U]

39. They don't earn anything. They purchase it.

So many other teams have farm systems that grow and cultivate players for success in the major leagues. They spend years developing their skills and millions of dollars to do so. Then, those players come up to the big leagues. They do well for their contract minimum and then the Yankees force them to trade or they wait until the player is a free agent and they make offers that smaller teams can't match. The small market team is then forced to start all over again, while their creation plays for satan and his legion. My favorite part is when the once great player starts to not do as well as he used to, and the Yanks and their fans abandone him. It's like baseball Wal*Mart, only jerseys still cost 200 bucks.

[Sanity Claws]

44. Buying players is a recent phenomenon

Mantle came up through the Yankee minor teams, as did many of their players in the 70s and 80s. I'm thinking of Bobby Mercer, Thurman Munson. More recently the Yankees have acquired players in trades and as free agents. Keep in mind that nobody forces a teams to sell a player. If the other team did not want the get rid of the player, the Yankees couldn't get him.
I also want to remind you that the Mets play in the same market as the Yankees and do not have the same success. Other teams in large markets and more money to spend, like the LA Dodgers, also do not have the success that the Yankees have had. The Yankees demand success.
YOu are right, that when a player is over the hill, the Yankees don't treat him well. I actually wish other teams adopted that idea. I follow the Mariners and in the last couple of years, they've kept a few players long after their pull date.

[WeRQ4U]

46. Yeah, the other side is true.

The damn Twins has Terry Mullholland. His age is higher than his fastball.

As for teams not having to trade away players, that's not true. Lets say one of the best players on the Twins baseball club is in the second to last year of his contract, and the Yankees express interest in him. Becasue they are able to purchase the player when the contract is done, the Twins would be FORCED to trade him away or risk not getting anything in return. That's how it works. The Yanks are able to do this, because smaller teams know that once the money hits the table, they won't be able to compete, and they will lose the player anyway.

As for your other point about how the Mets and Dodgers, they suck too,lol. I got nothing. Maybe it's just because the Yankees have gotten so damn good at being evil. Lol.

[RPM]

53. like this guy

[WeRQ4U]

55. LOLOLOL

I love it. Is this a photoshop of yours? If so, may I use it?

[RPM]

56. nope just found it online...

google "yankees" its like the 4 th image

[KamaAina]

71. My mom is not a repuke so stop saying that!

although she did marry one. Yup, he's a Yankee fan, too, but Mom's been on board since about the time she moved into NYC in '96 (coincidentally, about when they got good again). While she occasionally waffles on some of the Lieberman-type issues, she is most assuredly NOT a repuke.

It was probably a good thing my trip up there ended in the middle of the ALCS, else I would have had to try and stop snickering and chortling in front of them, and act all sad and all, as the Sox went on to victory!

[RedCloud]

2. Your stadium looks like a huge trash bag!

[WeRQ4U]

4. Yeah, we're working on that.

Maybe if we a market bigger than any other in baseball we could possibly get rid of our stadium. The Yankees, on the other hand, because they have so much money burning holes in their pockets, and because they've purchased every other player that would consider playing for them, have decided to abandon the house that Ruth built, so they can build a different, uglier version......... just for shits and giggles.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

10. Technically, that's not the Twins' stadium.

It was for the Vikings. The Twins had litte choice when they demolished the old Met stadium to make way for Massive-Super-Collosal-Mega-Mall (Of Doom™)
The Twins were pretty much along for the ride. At least the field looks kinda nice now.
:shrug:

[WeRQ4U]

16. The minnesota legislature is a shitstorm right now.

Stadium's on the back burner. But they did pass the tax plan and the proposal would allow them to move in 6 years.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

20. I'll admit I don't know anything about this new "tax plan"

But I'm still completely opposed to this version of corporate welfare.
Even the Twins stopped arguing "It invigorates the region" becuase that's not as true as they'd like us to believe.

But it would be nice to go to a game and see the Minneapolis skyline in backdrop past left field...

[WeRQ4U]

29. I'm in the camp that the tax plan is a perfect one for Dems to get behind

While it is true that an increase in taxation could be used on things much more worthwhile than a baseball stadium (ie. schools, parks etc.) However, this isn't going to happen. And the proposed tax plan only effect Hennepin County. So essentially, the stadium will be funded by Mall of America shoppers' sales tax. Perfect if you ask me.

[SaveElmer]

3. I agree!!!

Despite my Nationals avatar I am a lifelong Twins fan....

I don't know what their problem is...they just aren't hitting...unfortunately I don't think Bret Boone is going to be much help!!!

[WeRQ4U]

6. Bret Boone won't help, but he couldn't hurt

His horrible numbers still outdo the combined average, home runs and RBI's of the other Twins second basemen. The Twins need a legitimate bat, but unfortunately the Yankees have purchased all of them.

[Zomby Woof]

5. They are the GOP of baseball

Overdogs. The fish rots from the head down, beginning with Steinbrenner.

[WeRQ4U]

7. All those that choose to sell their souls to play are accessories

[Zomby Woof]

13. No self-respecting Democrat can be a Yankee fan

It's like rooting for Karl Rove.

[progmom]

14. HEY!

:mad:

[Zomby Woof]

15. It's just an axiom

They are the GM and Pentagon of the game. It's fundamentally a betrayal of our ideals.

[WeRQ4U]

18. Agreed. It is my nature to hate them.

[progmom]

19. they are America's Team!

i'm kidding of course. but i am a die-hard Yankee fan, and have been since i was 9. i grew up in NY state, so i don't consider myself a bandwaggoner. and i figure anyone who still cheered for the pinstripes through the mid-80s deserves a little slack. ;)

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

21. Ah' thought "America's Team" was the Dallas Cowboys?

YEE-HAW! (Now where's that Texan guy from The Simpsons?)
And yes, anyone who cheered for the Yankees through the mid-80s does deserve a little slack.
(So do Twins fans who watched them in the early 80's. Man were they horrible. And don't get me started on the pale blue uniforms.)

[Zomby Woof]

54. The Cowboys are South America's Team

All that coke...

I remember when the Atlanta Braves marketed themselves as America's Team, before they even won a pennant. How sad.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

60. I remember that, too.

As a Twins fan, I smile fondly at memories of the Braves. That was one hell of a Series.

[WeRQ4U]

63. I still think game 7 of that series was the best ever.

Best pitching performance for sure. Jack Morris goes 10 shutout innings for the win. You won't see that again, with pitch counts and such.

[WeRQ4U]

31. You need a bigger wink smiley for that one. LOL

For fans of any other team that hasn't won 27 WOrld Series titles, asking for a "bit of slack" for a period of about 7 years in the mid 80's where you didn't do too well, is like asking an Ethiopian kid to feel sorry for you because the restaurant was all out of Lobster and you have to eat a hamburger instead.

Try being a Twins, Cubs, Boston fan for thirty years or so. Then come back and ask us for "slack".

;-)

[progmom]

41. i like my baseball team

but i like yours too, so it's all cool.

[WeRQ4U]

45. Ok fine. But that's not as fun.

lol

[Zomby Woof]

52. ehhh

I'll cut you slack only because you are my dear progmom. :D

How's your head today? :-(

[Shell Beau]

8. Sorry but I am a Yankee fan!

[WeRQ4U]

11. I'll keep my eye on you........ ................. .......... ............

Neredowell

[GalleryGod]

27. Me too...since 1958

Once you saw The Mick play...O8)
You were converted.

[WeRQ4U]

32. Twas near the beginning of the end.

[Shell Beau]

33. My whole family loves them.

My brother has the NY tatoo. A lot of legendary players come from the Yankees including Mickey Mantle!

[Initech]

12. I hate the Yankees too!

And I'm going to watch them play the Angels on Friday.

[WeRQ4U]

17. Go Angels!!!!!!!!!!!

[mcscajun]

22. Born-in-The-Bronx-Democrat and Yankee Fan.

So what if they've won more World Series than any other team? So what if they've got deep pockets and buy players like so many sticks of gum?

Bronx-born girls (and you can take the girl outta The Bronx, but NEVER take The Bronx outta the girl) just love The House That Ruth Built and the team that has so much history there.

We do, however, loathe Steinbrenner; does that balance things out?

[GalleryGod]

28. I Saw Mick & Roger play in '61. SWEeeeeeeeeeet

Jee-zus that team could play baseball!O8) O8)

[mcscajun]

68. Indeed they could... '61 was a truly exciting time to be a kid in

The Bronx. :)

(especially after the "we wuz robbed" series in 1960, taken by the Pittsburgh Pirates.)

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[WeRQ4U]

34. Nope.

Steinbrenner is simply the figure head something much higher and much more sinister.

Sooner of later, Satan will call the debt to be paid back. I hope that when I am 90 years old, the news stories speak about a Curse on the Yankees and their 75 year drought from the post season.

[Call me Deacon Blues]

23. Well, as a life long, die-hard Red Sox fan

and a southern one at that, hating the Yankees is part of the job description. Having said that, I think Torre is a great manager, and I wouldn't mind having Jeter on my team. And A-Rod sucks.

[GalleryGod]

30. Ironic that Joe T will go in the HOF as a Mgr. Happy Birthday,Joe !

Since he had quite the distinguished playing career.


Joe is 65 today:party:

[WeRQ4U]

36. Including the record for grounding into the most DP's in one game...4

I love that he has that record. Tied with Goose Goslin of Detroit.

[WeRQ4U]

35. A-Rod may be one of the best players, but he is destined to be a loser

No team that he has played for has ever amounted to anything. He is a stat man on a .500 team. That's all he'll ever be...hopefully.

[avb7]

38. Just curious.....

What have the New York Yankees done to you personally that could make you despise them so much? Is it a New York thing? Did A-Rod blow you off when you tried to get an autograph? Did Joe Torre say something nasty about your sister? I am amazed that a person, who I assume has no up close contact with an entity such as a baseball team, could harbor such ill will towards something that is so non-threatening. FYI...I'm a lifelong Democrat that has never even considered voting repuke and have rooted for the Yankees since 1956. I don't pray to Satan and I still am in possession of my immortal soul. Believe it or not most Yankee fans are pretty decent people.

[WeRQ4U]

40. I'm curious too.

How could someone with so much sensibility and obvious intelligence not realize that this entire post was mainly in jest. I don't like the Yankees and I do think they are bad for baseball, however the shots at the Yankees fans' souls and the "ill-will" you saw was, I assure you, quite innocuous.

Just take a shot at the Twins..........I don't care. It's just fun.

Here, I'll start:

The Twins fans are all beer gusling wanna-be Canadians that wear shorts in december. Hows that?

[avb7]

49. In other words.....

you really don't think that there is a sinister cabal behind the Yankee ownership and A-Rod isn't really a loser because like Ted Williams, Ernie Banks and countless other greats he never has played on a winner. As far as the Yankees being "bad for baseball", Why? Because they draw close to 4 million people to a ballpark that has seen better days? Because they win all the time? Because they have raised the value of each and every franchise in MLB by drawing attention to the sport? Because they have bought every good hitter in baseball? SEE: Beltran, Guerrero, Tejada, Manny Ramirez (available to all for the waiver price)and so many more. The only free agent position starters on the Yanks are Giambi and Sheffield. How can the success of the Yankees be bad for baseball? Every city they go to sells out the joint well in advance and in some cities they charge a premium for the privilege. I don't want to bash the Twins because I respect them as a solid franchise, but just remember what Steingrabber said when asked how he feels to be a have in a world of have-nots, "Nobody twisted Poulens arm to buy a team in Minnesota"

[Burma Jones]

42. As a life-long Orioles Fan

I can recognize a disgusting owner - of course, Steinbrenner's team wins a lot.....

I know many many Yankee fans, and I have yet to meet one that I would like to strangle. I cannot say the same for Dallas Cowboy fans.....

[WeRQ4U]

43. Or Phillidelphia Eagles fans.... such punks.

lol

[Burma Jones]

48. Your Team used to be the Washington Senators you know

I've always liked the Twinkies......

[MN ChimpH8R]

47. It's that nauseating sense of entitlement

that Yankees fans have more than the team itself. "We DESERVE to be in the Series EVERY YEAR because we are the NOO YAWK YANKEES." :puke: It's a terribly Repuke way of looking at the world. Competition, not domination, drives the engine of sports.

Steinbrenner is a disgrace to sports and a complete pig - remember he was convicted of making illegal campaign contributions to Tricky Dick. Solid evidence of evil.

Definitely agree on those who have pointed out that Torre and Jeter are completely class acts, though.

[avb7]

50. Sense of entitlement????

Who said that? Steinbrenner, Torre, Jeter....Who? Could it be that Yankee fans enjoy winning and that is why they want to get to the Playoffs every year as opposed to Twins fans who only want to win once in a while? Steinbrenner is a pig, but he is our pig and he delivers. I wonder if the billionaire who owns the Twins is a member of DU or the GOP? My guess he is just as big a repuke as the other owners and deserves just as loathing as that entails. Since I think you hail from Minnesota that shitty crack about the NOO YAWK accent was a howl. Have you ever listened to you hayseeds talk? YOUZ GUYS are the last ones to make fun of anyones accent.

[MN ChimpH8R]

57. Nope

I said that NYY fans have that sense of entitlement, not the manager, coaches or players.

[avb7]

59. Boy, you really...

showed me.Now I understand ALL Yankee fans said that. Yeah, we are really spoiled brats. All the other drivel in that post was just an after thought.

[Zomby Woof]

69. The fact you seem to take offense

Pretty much proves his points. If the idea of the Yankees being entitled isn't really true, there would be no need for your rebuttals, huh?

The Yankees are the equivalent of the GOP in baseball. :-)

[WeRQ4U]

61. OK, I'll take that bait. Here goes a long one. Nothing personal.

First of all, it's Carl Pohlad, not Poulens. If you're going to quote your lord and savior at least get the quote right. And the reason Carl Pohlad came to Minnesota to buy a team is because he's cheap. And just like all the other owners in baseball, he sucks. We don't want him and we don't like him.

Second, you seem to think that the argument about whether the Yankees are good for baseball begins and ends in someone's pocket book. And, quite ironically, that IS a fairly republican way of looking at things. Sure, the Yankees pack their stadium every day and usually pack the stadiums of the teams that they play against. But how does that make them good for the game? I'm still at a loss. So what if they make more money, it doesn't seem to be helping small market teams do anything to compete with them. What people like you fail to realize is that this "arms race" (as one sport writer called it) that the Bo Sox and Yankees are currently in destroys parity. While it's great for the fans of the bigger teams (hence the argument for it) it's terrible for the overriding aspect of "the game". So what if small markets pack the stadiums for two games when the Yankees play when they can't draw 2500 people on a regular basis, because there is no hope or chance in hell that they will ever accomplish anything? It makes no difference in the world. With parity there is chance and hope. With what we have now, there is purchased dynasty. And contrary to what you think, it sucks.

Forth, Yankees fans DO have an enormous sense of entitlement. What other small market fans out there would BOO M. Rivera, Derrick Jeter, Bernie Williams? NONE. How many small market teams would call for the head of their manager after having led them to countless post-seasons? NONE. How many small market teams would take a stadium with that much history and nostalgia and toss it aside for a new one just for giggles? NONE. Do you know why? Because they aren't so spoiled as to think 1) That booing would somehow cure what ails them or 2) That we could ever be lucky enough to have so many good players on one team. The whole Yankee mindset is buy them, use them, boo them, get rid of them, buy more to replace them. Sure, baseball is a business, I've heard that same argument a thousand times from big market fans. But overrall, baseball is a game which is supposed to, by nature, cater to ALL fans. What you always fail to realize is that once the only two teams that win anything are the Yankees, Bo Sox and Mariners, there won't be any other people to play. It'll get boring without us.

Fifth, you've got the midwestern accent all wrong. We enunciate long vowels and tend to drop the H from words that end in "th". Sometimes we use a "D" instead and drop both altogether. And we kind of steal a little bit from Canada by ending phrases in "Hey", much like they do with "Ey". Here's an example: "It's Cohld der in Minnesohta, hey."

[Zomby Woof]

58. Perfect.

Exactly.

[RPM]

51. Saddam is a Yanks Fan

[bigwillq]

62. YANKEES RULE!

:bounce:

[WeRQ4U]

64. I know, that's why we're debating. lol

[bigwillq]

65. Really nothing to debate

YANKEES RULE!:D

[bettyellen]

66. heh heh heh

i don't.

[catbert836]

67. And is it true they're going to buy Johnny Damon next year?

Grrrrrr.... :mad:
As a Red Sox fan, I would have to commit hara-kiri if they do.

[bluestateguy]

70. I told you all that they would worm their way back into the pennant race

They always do, and the people of this country are fed up with it.

The New York yankees are the focus of evil in the modern world. The team, its management and their fans have an entitlement mentality, a belief that championships are their's by birthright and that the rest of the baseball world owes them something.

As an Oakland A's fan, I have watched over and over again as my team has persistently lost star players to the Yankees because the A's could not win a bidding war with George Steinbrenner.

I hate the Yankees so much I would root for the DODGERS in a World Series against them.