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Let's Go Yankees,Lets Go!!
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SnowWhite5669
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Living and working in Red Sox land is no fun! I love the Yankees, always have and always will. I even loved the Yankees after I broke up with my ex (he played for Columbus in the 1970s)! GO YANKEES!!!:sohappy: Why do Red Sox fans get so :fork: when they find out there are Yankee Fans around??:lookaroun :lookaroun
I get to do two great things tonight work at Disney and "listen to the Yankees!!!" It doesn't get much better than that.:sohappy:
I get to do two great things tonight work at Disney and "listen to the Yankees!!!" It doesn't get much better than that.:sohappy:
darthdarrel
New Member
What I`d like to know is why everyone thinks that you either have to be a cubs fan or a yankees fan or a red sox fans? I`m happy for the fans that are happy at this time and sad for the ones that are sad. I for one am a Cleveland Indians/ Browns fan eventhough neither team is doing well right now!
One thing though I have to fully agree with Fievel in this one The yanks have Always "Bought " Their winnings,everyone knows it, the leaugue slaps The yankees with Penalties every year for going over the Salary caps, but it doesn`t phase The yankees owner one bit cause he knows that he will make it back 19 times fold, WHat Baseball needs to do is have profit sharing or something to level the playing field, either that or make the penalties for going over the salary cap so Horrendous as to make even the richest team owner stop and think. Look at the Clevelandf Indians, the got rid of all their good players, why? so they could be under the salary cap.
With this said, I don`t blame the yankees fans, Infact I`m happy for them! However I hate the situation that let`s baseball be that way.
tigsmom
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Darrel, I can understand what you are saying, but when you sink that much money into something you will do anything to see it prosper...is it right? No, but MLB lets him get away with it.
Some cities have always been "more" into baseball others into football or hockey. I love a good baseball game and always give the players their due praise, no matter what team they are on.
My only question is this: Would everyone still be complaining if Steinbrenner had been able to buy the Indians in the '70's like he had really wanted instead of the Yankees (which have a very long history of people hating them)? I don't want to start an argument, I'm just asking an honest question...is it the Yankees or the man who owns them?(cause I don't like him very much at all)
Some cities have always been "more" into baseball others into football or hockey. I love a good baseball game and always give the players their due praise, no matter what team they are on.
My only question is this: Would everyone still be complaining if Steinbrenner had been able to buy the Indians in the '70's like he had really wanted instead of the Yankees (which have a very long history of people hating them)? I don't want to start an argument, I'm just asking an honest question...is it the Yankees or the man who owns them?(cause I don't like him very much at all)
SpongeScott
Well-Known Member
I think it's the Yankees. Just as in football people love to hate the Cowboys, in basketball people love to hate the Celtics and Lakers. You make a good point with Steinbrenner and the purchase of the Indians.
tigsmom
Well-Known Member
An interesting read:
Yankees, Red Sox Brace for Epic ALCS
Associated Press
Tim Wakefield takes the mound for the Red Sox against Mike Mussina in a classic battle on Wednesday for the AL pennant in Game 1 at Yankee stadium.
Traveling across the country after their dramatic win in Oakland on Monday night, the Red Sox arrived in New York for the best-of-seven series at 8:30 a.m. to take on the team Boston president Larry Lucchino called the "Evil Empire."
The Yankees, coming off a first-round win over Minnesota, are seeking their 39th AL pennant, trying to get to the World Series for the fifth time in six seasons.
The Yankees and Red Sox is a classic battle with fans opposing each other until the end.
"Do I hate the Boston Red Sox? Do I hate their players?" Derek Jeter asked rhetorically. "No, I don't hate their players. I want to beat them, though."
If you listen to Boston's Todd Walker, the title of best team in baseball is at stake, too.
"The team that wins this wins the World Series. We're the two best teams in baseball," he said Tuesday. "No disrespect to the Cubs and the Marlins, but we're the best two teams."
And their demanding fans are looking for their team to restore luster to a franchise that hasn't gone to the World Series in two long years - since a seven-game loss to Arizona in 2001.
Losing to the Red Sox would bring unthinkable shame upon Yankees fans, who weren't pleased their team won the season series by only 10-9, getting outscored 109-94. To them, beating Boston is a rite of nature, a close-to-annual event since former Boston owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to New York in 1920 for $125,000 plus a $350,000 loan that helped finance his Broadway musical, "No, No Nanette."
The Red Sox will try to continue the roll that began when they overcame a 2-0 deficit against Oakland, sweeping three straight games to advance to the ALCS for the first time since 1999 - when they lost 4-1 to the Yankees.
The Red Sox are looking for their first AL pennant since 1986, trying to lift their curse and win their first World Series title in 85 years.
"If you hear `1918' once, you'll hear it 10,000 times over the next seven days," said Derek Lowe, their scheduled Game 2 starter. "But until you win one, the Yankees fans are going to keep on saying it."
Not winning the World Series since 1918 has left carousels of emotional baggage in Beantown, where the mere mention of Munson or Bucky Dent is likely to start an argument at the Cask 'N Flagon, the bar behind Fenway Park's Green Monster.
"In Boston, they've got places like yankeehaters.com," Gabe Kapler said.
In New York, derisive and often profane chants about the Red Sox are as common as bagels. No need for extra playoff hype in this series.
"The atmosphere was like this when we came here in May, and it will be like that any time the Red Sox come to New York, or anytime New York goes to Boston," Red Sox manager Grady Little said. "All they have to do is walk around the street and get breakfast, they will know what the atmosphere is going to be like."
New York manager Joe Torre knows about intense rivalries, having grown up when there were three major league teams in New York, having managed the St. Louis Cardinals against the Chicago Cubs and the Yankees against the Red Sox and the Mets.
"The only thing that would come close to this rivalry for me is when I grew up in the '50s and having the Dodgers-Giants rivalry," he said. "It was warlike."
There will be several individual dramas:
- Roger Clemens returning to Fenway Park one final time to pitch Game 3 against Pedro Martinez.
- Jeter on the same field with Nomar Garciaparra, his shortstop rival to the north.
- Yankees bench coach Don Zimmer back at Fenway Park against the team he managed in the loss to Dent and New York in the infamous 1978 one-game playoff.
Throughout the season, the Red Sox have played up the "Evil Empire" angle. Boston promoted a series against New York with music from "Star Wars" and had actor James Earl Jones - the voice of Darth Vader - recite the national anthem. Lucchino called the Yankees the "Evil Empire" last winter after New York beat out the Red Sox in the competition to sign Cuban pitcher Jose Contreras.
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner didn't seem pleased.
"The commissioner (Bud Selig) has asked us to cease and desist after George responded by calling me everything but an ax murderer," Lucchino said.
Notes
The Red Sox weren't sure whether OF Johnny Damon, who sustained a concussion in Monday's crash with Damian Jackson, will be available. Damon returned to Boston on Tuesday and was to see a neurologist. Boston also was waiting test results on RHP Byung-Hyun Kim, who has a sore arm.
Yankees, Red Sox Brace for Epic ALCS
Associated Press
Tim Wakefield takes the mound for the Red Sox against Mike Mussina in a classic battle on Wednesday for the AL pennant in Game 1 at Yankee stadium.
Traveling across the country after their dramatic win in Oakland on Monday night, the Red Sox arrived in New York for the best-of-seven series at 8:30 a.m. to take on the team Boston president Larry Lucchino called the "Evil Empire."
The Yankees, coming off a first-round win over Minnesota, are seeking their 39th AL pennant, trying to get to the World Series for the fifth time in six seasons.
The Yankees and Red Sox is a classic battle with fans opposing each other until the end.
"Do I hate the Boston Red Sox? Do I hate their players?" Derek Jeter asked rhetorically. "No, I don't hate their players. I want to beat them, though."
If you listen to Boston's Todd Walker, the title of best team in baseball is at stake, too.
"The team that wins this wins the World Series. We're the two best teams in baseball," he said Tuesday. "No disrespect to the Cubs and the Marlins, but we're the best two teams."
And their demanding fans are looking for their team to restore luster to a franchise that hasn't gone to the World Series in two long years - since a seven-game loss to Arizona in 2001.
Losing to the Red Sox would bring unthinkable shame upon Yankees fans, who weren't pleased their team won the season series by only 10-9, getting outscored 109-94. To them, beating Boston is a rite of nature, a close-to-annual event since former Boston owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to New York in 1920 for $125,000 plus a $350,000 loan that helped finance his Broadway musical, "No, No Nanette."
The Red Sox will try to continue the roll that began when they overcame a 2-0 deficit against Oakland, sweeping three straight games to advance to the ALCS for the first time since 1999 - when they lost 4-1 to the Yankees.
The Red Sox are looking for their first AL pennant since 1986, trying to lift their curse and win their first World Series title in 85 years.
"If you hear `1918' once, you'll hear it 10,000 times over the next seven days," said Derek Lowe, their scheduled Game 2 starter. "But until you win one, the Yankees fans are going to keep on saying it."
Not winning the World Series since 1918 has left carousels of emotional baggage in Beantown, where the mere mention of Munson or Bucky Dent is likely to start an argument at the Cask 'N Flagon, the bar behind Fenway Park's Green Monster.
"In Boston, they've got places like yankeehaters.com," Gabe Kapler said.
In New York, derisive and often profane chants about the Red Sox are as common as bagels. No need for extra playoff hype in this series.
"The atmosphere was like this when we came here in May, and it will be like that any time the Red Sox come to New York, or anytime New York goes to Boston," Red Sox manager Grady Little said. "All they have to do is walk around the street and get breakfast, they will know what the atmosphere is going to be like."
New York manager Joe Torre knows about intense rivalries, having grown up when there were three major league teams in New York, having managed the St. Louis Cardinals against the Chicago Cubs and the Yankees against the Red Sox and the Mets.
"The only thing that would come close to this rivalry for me is when I grew up in the '50s and having the Dodgers-Giants rivalry," he said. "It was warlike."
There will be several individual dramas:
- Roger Clemens returning to Fenway Park one final time to pitch Game 3 against Pedro Martinez.
- Jeter on the same field with Nomar Garciaparra, his shortstop rival to the north.
- Yankees bench coach Don Zimmer back at Fenway Park against the team he managed in the loss to Dent and New York in the infamous 1978 one-game playoff.
Throughout the season, the Red Sox have played up the "Evil Empire" angle. Boston promoted a series against New York with music from "Star Wars" and had actor James Earl Jones - the voice of Darth Vader - recite the national anthem. Lucchino called the Yankees the "Evil Empire" last winter after New York beat out the Red Sox in the competition to sign Cuban pitcher Jose Contreras.
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner didn't seem pleased.
"The commissioner (Bud Selig) has asked us to cease and desist after George responded by calling me everything but an ax murderer," Lucchino said.
Notes
The Red Sox weren't sure whether OF Johnny Damon, who sustained a concussion in Monday's crash with Damian Jackson, will be available. Damon returned to Boston on Tuesday and was to see a neurologist. Boston also was waiting test results on RHP Byung-Hyun Kim, who has a sore arm.
There is a Yankee fan, a red sox fan, a Mets fan, and a braves fan climbing up to the top of a mountain talking about how loyal they are to their team and how they would do anything for them. Once they reach the top of the mountain the braves fan screams "THIS IS FOR THE BRAVES" and jumps off. The Mets fan screams "THIS IS FOR THE METS" and he too jumps off of the mountain. Finally the red sox fan screams "THIS IS FOR EVERYONE" and pushes the Yankee fan off.
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