Any Yankee fans out there

jonjax71

Tony Bad

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Where have you been around the globe to see all of this Yankee love?  Do you just view it from your spaceship? 

 

I am NOT a Yankee fan...I root for the other team in NY that I would prefer not to mention...but I have often been very surprised by the number of Yankee fans in places I would not expect Yankee fans. It is almost unheard of to find Astros fans in Michigan, or Mariner fans in Miami, but where ever I have been around this and other countries I have met people who are Yankee fans or wear Yankee hats. I find it weird, but true.

 
I'd like to find a place on this globe where there are NO Yankees fans, like my across the street neighbor, a transplanted New Yorker says, "New York is the best place to BE FROM", then he adds the proof is that there ae more New Yorkers living outside of NY than in New York

I would suggest you move to Boston.

Niagara


     I would suggest you move to Boston.

 

Nope, plenty of Yankee fans in Boston...just like there are plenty of Sox fans in NY...even more since their recent successes.

I was in Palm Dessert. in a mall and was looking at team shirts...not many Yankee shirts. Said to my sister,well,this is California...the cashier overheard me and said, "Oh no, we stock them;They just go faster!"

Tony Bad

Niagara


    I would suggest you move to Boston.

 

Nope, plenty of Yankee fans in Boston...just like there are plenty of Sox fans in NY...even more since their recent successes.

Besides the fact that the Yankees are the best team in baseball, I know many fair weather Mets fans who always jump ship when the Yankees are doing well.
 
Here in Rhode Island , there are many Yankees fans, I wouldn't be surprised if 1/3 of the state support the Yankees, many of the fans here are of Italian descent and for some reason feel more of an affinity with NY rather than Boston

wanderingjew


Here in Rhode Island , there are many Yankees fans, I wouldn't be surprised if 1/3 of the state support the Yankees, many of the fans here are of Italian descent and for some reason feel more of an affinity with NY rather than Boston

I think that has to do with Joe DiMaggio. My dad grew up in Brooklyn as a Dodger fan, but also rooted for the Yankees during the DiMaggio years.

Tony Bad

wanderingjew


Here in Rhode Island , there are many Yankees fans, I wouldn't be surprised if 1/3 of the state support the Yankees, many of the fans here are of Italian descent and for some reason feel more of an affinity with NY rather than Boston

I think that has to do with Joe DiMaggio. My dad grew up in Brooklyn as a Dodger fan, but also rooted for the Yankees during the DiMaggio years.

 
And Yogi Berra too!

mr chips


Go Twins. I just hope that C .C continues his past play-off success and AROD continues his post Mariner playoff performances.

Looks like I'm rooting for the Angels first and the Red Sox second as far as the AL goes!
 
Brad

Hell No!

leethebard


Non Yankee fans need not reply...

In 1941 the Dodgers and Yankees met in the World Series.  Everyone in the neighborhood was rooting for Brooklyn except Tony Cignarelli.  We asked him why and he said that his father said he had to because they were the most Italian team in baseball.  Besides Joe D, there were Rizzuto, Lazzeri and Crosetti.  Mamma mia those were some good ball players. 

Mickey Owen let Hugh Casey's third stike on Tommy Henrick get past him, the Chankees rallied and won that game and the series 4 games to 1.   And there was no joy in Brooklyn, might Casey had struck out--Henrick---- but lost anyhow. 
mighty Casey

 
 

 
 
 
 
That's the first photo I have seen posted on this site that ACTUALLY DOES look like WANDERING JEW !!!

mayor al


 
 

 
 
 
 
That's the first photo I have seen posted on this site that ACTUALLY DOES look like WANDERING JEW !!!

Yep, that was me at the top of the 2nd inning of tonight's game, but I'm OK now!

Hey,Yankee fans...ring in...we just beat the HOT Twins.....

The Yankees are a better team than the Twins.  The Twins have been playing playoff baseball the last two weeks, came off an emotional extra-inning game last night,  had to travel, and then had a rookie with 9 career starts going against C.C. Sabathia.  It would have been an absolute shocker if the Twins would have won.

wanderingjew

Tony Bad

wanderingjew


Here in Rhode Island , there are many Yankees fans, I wouldn't be surprised if 1/3 of the state support the Yankees, many of the fans here are of Italian descent and for some reason feel more of an affinity with NY rather than Boston

I think that has to do with Joe DiMaggio. My dad grew up in Brooklyn as a Dodger fan, but also rooted for the Yankees during the DiMaggio years.

 
And Yogi Berra too!

Don't forget Billy Martin, Rizzuto and Crossetti

Yeah yeah yeah, shut it Twins haters.

I don't expect the Twins to win against a purchased, bully on the block, obnoxious rich kid in the classroom team. Actually I feel the Twins have achieved a successful season already and have won the respect and hearts of many. The Yankees must win the World Series to have a successful year and if they do it would be a, "So what? You should have with that artificially assembled all-star team." The Yankees are an impressive team to watch but a sad reminder of fair play lost. Their win would be akin to putting illegal 13 and 14 year olds in the Little League World Series. Yeah, some accomplishment.

The Twins are actually my second favorite team, but the deck was stacked against them in Game 1, as it will be throughout the series.  The Yankees just have too much depth.  An upset would be great, but the reality is that the Yankees payroll is over three times that of the Twins and they have been able to purchase more talent.

All you baby Yankee haters sound the same.  Same old excuses and arguments that you hear other people say and just repeat like a brain dead parrot.  Get over yourselves and stop whining.

GNeedles59


All you baby Yankee haters sound the same.  Same old excuses and arguments that you hear other people say and just repeat like a brain dead parrot.  Get over yourselves and stop whining.

Are you Yankee fans proud of kicking sand in the face of others on the beach?

:::charles atlas ads if you are old enough to remember:::

I don't really know that it will come about this way?  But if it does come about that you guys will pretty much get your hands on Joe Mauer on the Twelfth of Never, there will be noone laughing louder than me.

GNeedles59


All you baby Yankee haters sound the same.  Same old excuses and arguments that you hear other people say and just repeat like a brain dead parrot.  Get over yourselves and stop whining.

 
So you're saying that it's not true that the Yankees outspend everyone? 
 
The Yankees certainly have a rich tradition with Gehrig, Ruth and Mantle, which any baseball fan can recognize.
 
I think Yankee fans just can't handle it when they realize that in the past 20+ years, the Yankee winning tradition has been purchased, not attained. 
 
If baseball ever had a salary cap, the first people to cry would be Yankee fans.

Hello All,
I don't hat the Yankees, but the problem is
they have made baseball painful to me.
Their "stars"are no role models, and
I feel out of touch with baseball because
it seems it will always be the Yankee vs.
whoever is in the playoffs or the World Series.
I want real competition and excitement in baseball.
I seek the day when the Cleveland Indians battle
against the Chicago Cubs in a world series.
Always having the Yankees in the mix bores me.
Sorry for any hurt feeling to Yankee fans.
I am just a dreamer, and baseball was always
a sport and not a business to me.
Take Care,
Fieldthistle

No "Yankee Hater" here.  I'm just a baseball fan.  Anyone who doesn't see that the Yankees spending such a disparate amount on salaries - compared to EVERY OTHER TEAM IN THE LEAGUE just isn't paying attention.  Without the likes of the Royals, Twins, A's, Blue Jays and whoever else, the Yankees would have no other teams to play.  The NFL realized this very early on and Pete Rozelle got every team in the league on board with a little program called "revenue sharing."  He sold the idea that the financially dominant Giants would be better off sharing their money with the small-market Green Bay Packers -for the good of the league.  He was right. 

It's tough to compare competitive balance between two different leagues, but since 1988 every team in the NFL has made a conference championship game (with the exception of the expansion Houston Texans).  Every team - even the now-pathetic Lions made the conference championship game.  That's only 20 years.  Since 1999, every team (again, with the exception of Houston) has made the playoffs.  Using the same 1988 benchmark, eight MLB teams have not won a pennant - including the small-market Royals, Brewers, Pirates, Mariners and Nationals (Expos).  If you move that benchmark year forward just a little to 1991, you can also add the Reds, A's and Twins.

In the NFL, almost every team can think that they have a chance to make the playoffs at the beginning of the season - or, at least, most seasons.  Pirates fans enter spring training wondering which one of their veterans will get traded at the deadline. 

I went to a LOT of baseball games this year - in different cities.  I bought tickets significantly below face value in Cincinnati (against in-state rival Cleveland), Kansas City, New York (Mets), Washington DC, and Arlington (in September, when they were still in the pennant race, against Anaheim!).  I was fortunate enough to have friends secure tickets in Pittsburgh and Baltimore, but I suspect that I could have also found below-face value tickets for other games in those cities, as well.  When I last spoke with Tony Bad, he told me that his friend who has $200 club-level tickets for the Mets sold a number of his tickets on StubHub for $10 apiece.

None of this can be good for baseball.  Period.  To that end, the Yankees have fought revenue sharing tooth and nail since the topic was first broached.  I wonder why?

Nancypalooza


I don't really know that it will come about this way?  But if it does come about that you guys will pretty much get your hands on Joe Mauer on the Twelfth of Never, there will be noone laughing louder than me.

This will be interesting because Joe Mauer is by far the best catcher in baseball and the Yankees will probably take a shot at getting him. However, the Twins will be driven out of town on a rail if they allow that to happen. Joe Mauer is going to be a very rich man no matter what.

The Travelin' Man has it nailed.

There are individuals on the Yankees that I like- Derek Jeter, and Mariano Rivera, whose achieved what he has with only one pitch in his toolbox.

The Yankee tradition is good for baseball, just as it is with the Canadiens in hockey, the Celtics in basketball, etc.  All great stuff.
 
But today's Yankees simply buy their winning seasons.  It's Yankee money, not Yankee mystique.

GNeedles59


All you baby Yankee haters sound the same.  Same old excuses and arguments that you hear other people say and just repeat like a brain dead parrot.  Get over yourselves and stop whining.

Deal, as long as the annoying Yankee fans stop bragging and preening. Since that will never happen, I guess we push.

saps

GNeedles59


All you baby Yankee haters sound the same.  Same old excuses and arguments that you hear other people say and just repeat like a brain dead parrot.  Get over yourselves and stop whining.

 
So you're saying that it's not true that the Yankees outspend everyone? 
 
The Yankees certainly have a rich tradition with Gehrig, Ruth and Mantle, which any baseball fan can recognize.
 
I think Yankee fans just can't handle it when they realize that in the past 20+ years, the Yankee winning tradition has been purchased, not attained. 
 
If baseball ever had a salary cap, the first people to cry would be Yankee fans.

Has it only been 20 years?

I personally would not mind a salary cap, I never like it when the Yanks spend ridiculous amounts of money on players and ignore developing prospects.  But keep in mind that the Yankees have one of the more prolific farm systems in baseball.  A salary cap would force them to develop their talent, rather than sell it off.

NYPIzzaNut

saps


I think Yankee fans just can't handle it when they realize that in the past 20+ years, the Yankee winning tradition has been purchased, not attained. 

 
Has it only been 20 years?

The Steinbrenner era started in 1973 and IIRC his first marquee free agent signing was Reggie Jackson in 1977, so one could make a case that the "purchased" tradition has been in place for at least 33 and as many as 37 seasons now.
 
Brad