Ok Yankee haters, explain why you hate them

[JohnKleeb]

This is meant to explain that some of our motivations aren't about money at all.
My story,
I was born in the Va suburbs and brought up on the orioles, and my dad was both a Yankees and Dodgers hater, dont really know he did off hand, I believe he was a Washington Senators fan, why but my personal reason is the 1996 ACLS, I dont wanna go in to depth but goddamnit, if only that kid in right field sigh.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Red Sox fan.

Need a better reason? Too bad.

[JohnKleeb]

2. no thats an understandable reason

Sigh I just wish sometime that the yanks would become like they did after 1964, they haven't truly suffered in such a long time.

[Princess Turandot]

3. I was a Mets fan until they traded Seaver, which broke my heart..

(I was a mere yute at that point) and by a fluke years later, I had the privilege of seeing him win his 300th at the Stadium when he was with the White Sox. By the 5th inning, the Yankee fans were cheering for him to win. I think he came out for at least 30 minutes of curtain calls, since the fans would not leave.

Sometime later, I became a rabid Yankee fan.

I saw the orioles play several times at the old Memorial stadium, because I went to college in B-more. I saw Palmer pitch a few times.

[JohnKleeb]

6. psst this isnt yankee fans why youre a fan, its for haters

Palmer was good, if Angelos could fucking own a team, Mussina would still be with the orioles, and who knows, maybe the orioles could have been the wild card this year.

[Princess Turandot]

18. I can read..

so I knew what the title of the thread was. I might have stayed a Mets fan if they hadn't traded Tom Terrific. Then I just started reminiscing.
You must admit it was a cool thing to see any pitcher win their 300!

psst..every time I saw Palmer pitch (in person), he lost.

[JohnKleeb]

19. I know you can read

I was messing with you. Ive never seen a pitcher win number 300 or a hitter get a big hit.

[whalerider55]

10. princess...

me too! i was so pissed that I wrote M. Donald Grant a letter telling him he had no right to work for (or own, or be CFO, I forget which)the Mets, and that he was a terrible person.

he never responded. I watched Seaver pitch for the Red Sox-

i left the mets when they hired Bobby Valentine, who as far as i could tell was a miserable human being whose teams always took the choke when the they hit the bigtime.

i could never ever be a yankees fan, they whupped my ass so many times when i was a kid in the Bornx for being a Mets fan.

whalerider55

[JohnKleeb]

12. Valentine is a friend of Bush

:puke:

[LSdemocrat]

4. I just don't like the whole New York attitude

New York is not the center of the universe.
Just because a story is big in New York doesn't mean that anyone else in the country cares.
Just because you make it in New York doesn't mean you're a better person.
Just because a city is bigger, faster, brighter, and louder doesn't make it better.
Contrary to what the major networks think, just because a New York team is playing doesn't make the game anymore deserving of a national broadcast.
And finally Rudy Guiliani is NOT America's Mayor.

[JohnKleeb]

7. Have you ever noticed that the broadcasters seem to root for them

That's always kind of pissed me off.

[Princess Turandot]

21. They DO NOT..

all season long, the national newscasters have been dis'ing them (altho ESPN is not as bad as Fox.)

[JohnKleeb]

22. it feels like it

maybe they're not but it sure does feel like it when all you hear about is how great they are, maybe not this year but in seasons past, it has felt like it.

[LSdemocrat]

24. It drives me nuts when Yankees/Mets interleague games get shown nationwide

Who outside of New York cares? It seems like the networks take every opportunity they can get to show those games.

[Princess Turandot]

28. I hate interleague games, period..

although when the Colorado team came to Yankee stadium, they spent time taking pictures of each other in Monument Park, which was a little amusing.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

30. A-FUCKING-MEN to this!

New York is just the Northern version of Texas.

[redstateblues]

5. The best team money can buy, George Steinbrenner, arrogance of the fans

etc, etc.

[fishnfla]

8. because they are so anal about it

for example there are 2 threads tonight.

plus the fucking game is over

[JohnKleeb]

9. I know that from experience

always bragging at school, etc. I just hope they realize that hypothetically if Meier hadn't screwed with that ball, O's win Game 1, then win Game 2, then go to Baltimore and with a little luck perhaps take Yanks out in 6.

[Swede]

11. This says it all.

Team Payroll
New York Yankees $180,322,403
New York Mets $116,253,927
Los Angeles Dodgers $109,248,680
Texas Rangers $106,277,880
Boston Red Sox $104,873,607
Atlanta Braves $103,912,011
St. Louis Cardinals $101,825,848
San Francisco Giants $100,061,211
Philadelphia Phillies $95,338,704
Arizona Diamondbacks $92,665,040
Seattle Mariners $92,268,063
Chicago Cubs $86,576,763
Anaheim Angels $83,235,098
Houston Astros $79,946,964
Colorado Rockies $78,738,492
Baltimore Orioles $75,502,154
Chicago White Sox $71,336,029
Minnesota Twins $65,318,977
Cincinnati Reds $65,083,196
Florida Marlins $63,281,152
Pittsburgh Pirates $62,314,723
Toronto Blue Jays $61,175,638
Detroit Tigers $59,006,941
Cleveland Indians $58,108,824
San Diego Padres $57,871,722
Oakland Athletics $56,596,691
Kansas City Royals $48,475,322
Milwaukee Brewers $47,294,226
Montreal Expos $45,853,889
Tampa Bay Devil Rays $31,660,602

[JohnKleeb]

14. eeek

[OneBlueSky]

27. yeah, well don't forget that they pay a HEAVY tax to other teams . . .

because of their payroll . . . now if those owners would just use the money to improve their teams rather than pocketing it (which most do, I hear), they too might learn how to win . . .

[Princess Turandot]

29. Not to mention filling the oppositions' stadiums..

on most of their away games. Cha-Ching.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

31. That's some ass-backward logic

You're telling me they pay a tax to each team worth almost $70 million?!?!? Because that's the difference between their payroll and anyone else's. God, that's Republican logic right there!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

13. I was halfway through your damn post

before I realized you were talking about a freaking sports team.

DAMN SPORTS.

[JohnKleeb]

15. haha

sorry bout that.

[whalerider55]

16. who was it who said...

it's like rooting for General Motors?

The Yankees think like a corporation, and run like one.

They remind me of the frickin' republicans. they wrap themselves in the flag (in the yankees case, its a bogus tradition of accomplishment that is built on, in reality, the human ability to transcend hangovers and still play baseball) and buy the best team they can.

they aren't baseball, they are fortune 500.

they screwed NYC on Yankee Stadium.

Steinbrenner was a convicted felon, for making illegal contributions to richard nixon, for chrissakes. and then, reagan's last officail act as president was to pardon the bastard.

yeah, its guilt by association. they can sue me. they can afford the lawyers.

grrrr.

whalerider55

[JohnKleeb]

20. a lotta people say that

That they're like one big corporation, which is probably why my dad was no fan of the Dodgers either, because to him and I guess I believe this too that the dodgers were like the Yanks of the NL.

[whalerider55]

23. we were...

a new york giants family, because the polo grounds were close to us.

and as much as we respected the brooklyn dodgers, those of us from the bronx had a hard time rooting for another boro.

whalerider55

[JohnKleeb]

25. My dad lived in Arlington, Va but he loved Mays and the Giants

I can't help it, I can't stand em yankees. I dont care if I can't debtae it, I just really can't get over 1996 and so many other things because the yanks frankly piss me off, even though they havent won a WS since 2000.

[ClevelandSportsCurse]

17. Because they pull every freakin game out of their ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[JVS]

26. THEY HAVE DONE ME NO WRONG. I BEAR THEM NO GRUDGE

[NamVetsWeeLass]

32. because I am from Pittsburgh

and I bleed Black and Gold.... and it isn't the Yankees I hate so badly, It's the Mets... and even at that, I tolerate the Mets for one reason, It is behind Home plate.....

[WilliamPitt]

33. They always always always always always always win

Even when the don't win, somehow they win.

Even for all the years they were terrible, they still won, because they had Babe and Mantle and Gherig and the whole fucking history of the game with them.

They always always always always always always win. So fuck them. :)

In truth, one cannot love baseball and hate the Yankees. It makes no sense. This is especially poignant as a Boston fan. But there it is.

[sniffa]

34. i hate them because of their fans

and their freedoms.

oh, and go red sox!! :evilgrin:

[CTLawGuy]

35. there are

185 million reasons to hate the Yankees, and they're all pretty similar.