26 Championships, check. 36 Hall of Famers, check. Impressive state of the art stadium, check. Fans like this guy, unfortunately. Check mate.
I love New York, and I’m a big enough baseball fan to admire a team with the history and stream of talent that the Yankees have had over the past million years or so, but the disturbing nature of the obnoxious yankee fan is too much to handle.
They have enabled me to connect the name Yankees with the word suck. This point is illustrated nicely over at YankeeFansSuck.com.
So, Why do most Yankee fans suck? I did a little research and was able to come up with these potential answers.
This song:
Derek Jeter dated Mariah Carey. Period.
He’s also about as good an actor as Ashton Kutcher, and Fords? Really?
The Babe Ruth Story is one of the worst movies EVER MADE.
The Reggie Bar was terrible in just about every way a candy bar could be. I also believe it to be Racist.
Mrs. Robinson: Joe DiMaggio connection. DAMN YOU PAUL SIMON!
Don Mattingly refused to shave his sideburns.
Finally in all seriousness, and mostly thanks to Hayden Miller here are Ten legitimate Baseball reasons to Hate the Yankees.
10. The Yankees honored a truant, Jeffrey Maier, whose interference transformed an out into a series-turning Yankee home run in the 1996 playoffs.
9. The Yankees retired Reggie Jackson’s and Billy Martin’s numbers. These two played a combined twelve seasons for the Yankees and hit .261.
8. On July 1, 1990, pitcher Andy Hawkins became the first Yankee ever to lose despite throwing a no-hitter.
7. The Yankees exiled their greatest legend, Babe Ruth, to the 38-115 Boston Braves. They let stars like Frank Colman and Roy Weatherly wear Ruth’s #3 before retiring it.
6. Bill Mazeroski got the key hit in three Pirate wins, hit the World Series-winning home run, batted .320 and watched Yankee Bobby Richardson get named the MVP of the 1960 World Series.
5. Yankee reliever Sparky Lyle wrote The Bronx Zoo, a 300-page whine about how tough life is when you’re earning a large salary for pitching for a World Series winner.
4. Their dynasty began because the Red Sox owner, Harry Bleeping Frazee, needed money to finance his theatrical ventures. We are not talking about hard work by the Yankees; this was Dumb Luck I.
Just before the end of the 1920 season, the Chicago White Sox were a better team with a brighter future than the Yankees. By the end of that season, the Sox were a shell of a great team. Eight of their stars were on their way to lifetime bans as a result of throwing the 1919 World Series. This was Dumb Luck II in establishing the Yankee dynasty.
3. Yankee hype resulted in Joe Gordon winning the 1942 MVP award over Triple Crown winner Ted Williams. The “Splendid Splinter” led the American League in six offensive categories; Gordon led in one, most strikeouts.
2. Alex Rodriguez
1. The Yankees have the greatest skeleton in their closet of any sports franchise ever, the team you all know and love as The New York Yankees was actually formed in 1901 as THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES!!
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