I'm A Bad Sport

I just couldn’t watch the end of the World Series the other night.

I have also successfully avoided ESPN so as not to be exposed to the Yankee’s celebration.

I admit it—when it comes to the Yankees, I’m a bad sport.

Yeah, yeah…I know…New York has won more championships than any other franchise in sports. Exposure to any Yankees fan for more than five minutes will have you well versed on the Bronx Bombers “dominance” over the years.

If I were a Kansas City fan, I could use the phrase “Best Team That Money Can Buy”—which of course is true, but since I am a Red Sox fan, I root for the “Second Best Team That Money Can Buy”-and that argument sounds feeble.

I harken back to the All Star break this season, where the Red Sox had a 3 game or so lead over New York and had beaten them 8 or 9 consecutive times.

What happened?

The Sox imploded and the Yankees exploded—it was truly both scenarios that created the situation that sent NY to the Series.

Funny thing is that I really don’t attribute it to “jealousy” of the Yankees. As a baseball fan, I totally respect the teams of old-and players like Ruth, Gehrig and DiMaggio, who were legends. Somewhere along the way-definitely in the Steinbrenner era—and probably when Reggie Jackson was on the team, there arose a kind of ARROGANCE—from the team and from its fans—that the Yankees were somehow a team bestowed with a divine RIGHT to be World Series Champs every year.

It was this sense of entitlement that causes fans of other teams to recoil.

Of course, no one can ever take away the Red Sox comeback in 2004, where the vaulted Yankees CHOKED!!!! A three games to none lead in the ALCS—and they blew it!! Let’s relive it, shall we?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrhNRkbs5N4

Do I hate ALL of the Yankees? Well, yes and no:

Derek Jeter: Great player-wish he was a Red Sox player (highest praise I can muster)
Alex Rodriquez: Loser, in almost every sense of the word
Johnny Damon: Traitor
Hideki Matsui: Great player-I HATE how he owns Pedro—would love it if Red Sox
Sign him if Yankees abandon their World Series MVP
Mark Teixera: Great player, but should be playing for Boston
CC Sabathia: I like his contract better than his talent
Andy Pettitte: Looks like an ex-con
Joe Girardi: OK, but is lucky the Yankees won-as his management of the pitching staff
was shaky at best---liked his predecessor much better.

I’m tired of listing more Yankees—and with their holier-than-thou attitude back, long suppressed by a few years of choking, we should make a point of making their mega-million off season signings last year a ONE-SEASON phenomenon.

Just WAIT until next year!!!

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