CallMeChief
04/14/06, 11:01 PM
One of my friends directed me toward my neighbor's (he's, like, 12) myspace and he is apparently a vehement yankee hater, which is funny because i cant picture hating anything at 12, but my friend wanted to show me this post, 50 reasons to hate the yankees. I read it out of pure interest, and it was absolutely hilarious. Only about 1/3rd of it (MAYBE) even makes sense.
1. The first and foremost reason ought to be their post-season successes. Under the ownership of George Steinbrenner the team earned the credibility, affection and endurance.
2. Steinbrenner did not have to go to jail after having been convicted for his criminal act. Yankees GM is merely 33 years of age. Derek Jeter dated Mariah Carey.
3. The Yankees privileged a truant, Jeffrey Maier, whose intrusion altered the momentum of the 1996 playoffs. He turned an out into a series-turning Yankee home run.
4. In 1942, Joe Gordon won the MVP honor over Triple Crown winner Ted Williams.
5. Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is considered to be a record in baseball.
6. Reggie Jackson's and Billy Martin played a combined twelve seasons for the Yankees and hit .261. The Yankees retired their numbers.
7. The Yankees admirers are very enthusiastic and deck up themselves irrespective of the jeer they earn. Roger Angell described them as "overdressed, uncomprehending autumn arrivistes."
8. In the worst-ever made-for-television movie, Dent played a football player who fell in love with a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader.
9. Yankees ought to owe the supremacy of their dynasty to Red Sox owner Harry Frazee and their good luck. An envious reason indeed.
10. The Yankees were destined to become the powerful team. They superseded the Chicago White Sox who were on the verge of establishing themselves as the team of future. It was only after the Black Sox scandal, the Yankee dynasty became all the more powerful.
11. Yankees broadcaster Phil "Holy Cow" Rizzuto. His partialities would have earned him the nickname "Homer" despite of the fact that he hit only thirty-eight four-baggers during his thirteen years of major league career
12. Convicted criminals Darryl Strawberry and Steve Howe played efficiently in the Yankees uniform.
13. As a Yankee, Don Zimmer has advanced from "the Gerbil" to a Grand Old Man.
14. The Yankees followed their glorious past consistently and won the coveted Fall Classic title 26 times.
15. The Reggie! Bar was as hard to stomach as its namesake.
16. Steinbrenner after having been rusticated from baseball for life restored his duties once again after three years.
17. Yankees never dying spirit resulted in Joe DiMaggio winning the 1947 MVP accolade over Triple Crown winner Ted Williams.
18. Roger Maris played only for three seasons in the Yankees jersey. Yankees gave him his due obeisance and retired his number.
19. Yankee reliever Sparky Lyle wrote The Bronx Zoo, a 300-page book, which revealed the tid-bits about the tough life faced by a contender who earns handsome salary for pitching for a World Series winner.
20. The adversities in the Yankees are believed to consume the nation. Tony Conigliaro, whose life was more tragic than Munson's, and who hit more home runs than Manson’s was simply forgotten by the Red Sox.
21. Jim Leyritz.
22. After the culmination of World War II, Yankees after winning their first flag in twelve years lost the Fall Classic title against the Cincinnati Reds. Steinbrenner criticized the loss and took it as a personal humiliation.
23. The Kansas City A's were effectively a Yankee farm club.
24. Probably Babe Ruth’s Story was the worst sports movie ever made.
25. In the 1970s Howard Cosell praised Mickey Rivers and Chris Chambliss when the Yankees were on Monday Night Baseball in the 1970's.
26. Monday Night Baseball was indeed The Yankee Game of the Week.
27. The above-average playing skills of ordinary Yankees contenders were published on the magazine covers.
28. Chris Chambliss's trip around the bases after his 1976 pennant-winning home run was more of an adventure
29. Steinbrenner has demanded from the New York City to build him a paint-by-the-numbers stadium with lavish boxes.
30. The former owner of the team, Larry McPhail made it unfeasible for Hall of Famers Joe McCarthy and Bill Dickey to take the hold of managerial duties of the Yankees.
31. Steinbrenner and five-time Yankee manager Billy Martin patched up and broke up recurrently.
32. A Yankee fan's contribution to baseball chat rooms is restricted to "Red Sox suck" and "1918."
33. Yankees after exiling their star player Babe Ruth to Boston Braves gave the opportunity to stars like Frank Colman and Roy Weatherly wear Ruth's #3 before retiring it.
34. Yankee co-owner Del "Mr. Baseball" Webb.
35. Yankee General Manager George "Chuckles" Weiss.
36. Catcher Charlie Silvera contended in 227 major league playoffs and one World Series game. He was also on six World Series winners.
37. Bill Mazeroski hit the World Series-winning home run and batted .320 in 1960, but Yankee Bobby Richardson earned the MVP honor.
38. Yankees have the largest payroll.
39. Bouton is a liar. The Yankees issued a paycheck to a big-mouthed complainer who had a record of 4-15 1965.
40. DiMaggio was voted baseball's "Greatest Living Player."
41. It was awfully wrong when Luis Tiant pictured in a Yankee jersey, holding a hot dog and saying "It is great to be with a winner."
42. Wally Pipp could not play with a headache.
43. The Yankees prohibited radio broadcasts of their games in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
44. You had to applaud for someone in the Billy Martin-Ed Whitson fight.
45. Shane Spencer had a few great weeks in the New York jersey. The media compared the initiation of his career with various Hall of Famers. A great achievement indeed.
46. Hurricane Hazle, after a six-game major league career with the Reds, hit .403 in forty-one games for the '57 Braves and within a year the twenty-eight-year-old was gone from the major leagues. He often visits ailing kids in the hospitals.
47. The Yankees have assisted cause the exorbitant salaries in baseball. Bernie Williams makes over $12 million a year.
48. Ron Blomberg earned the designation of baseball's first designated hitter.
49. Jerry Coleman, whose malapropisms (unintentional humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase) as a Padres announcer are renowned. Incidentally he is a former Yankee.
50. Hillary Clinton claims to be a lifelong Yankee fan despite of not knowing much about the game.
I especially like number 5 ( yea, its not like joe dimmagio actually holds a record?) and number 50, just because how the hell is number 50 a basis for hating the team. It's rather hilarious. i didnt read through it all though.
1. The first and foremost reason ought to be their post-season successes. Under the ownership of George Steinbrenner the team earned the credibility, affection and endurance.
2. Steinbrenner did not have to go to jail after having been convicted for his criminal act. Yankees GM is merely 33 years of age. Derek Jeter dated Mariah Carey.
3. The Yankees privileged a truant, Jeffrey Maier, whose intrusion altered the momentum of the 1996 playoffs. He turned an out into a series-turning Yankee home run.
4. In 1942, Joe Gordon won the MVP honor over Triple Crown winner Ted Williams.
5. Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is considered to be a record in baseball.
6. Reggie Jackson's and Billy Martin played a combined twelve seasons for the Yankees and hit .261. The Yankees retired their numbers.
7. The Yankees admirers are very enthusiastic and deck up themselves irrespective of the jeer they earn. Roger Angell described them as "overdressed, uncomprehending autumn arrivistes."
8. In the worst-ever made-for-television movie, Dent played a football player who fell in love with a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader.
9. Yankees ought to owe the supremacy of their dynasty to Red Sox owner Harry Frazee and their good luck. An envious reason indeed.
10. The Yankees were destined to become the powerful team. They superseded the Chicago White Sox who were on the verge of establishing themselves as the team of future. It was only after the Black Sox scandal, the Yankee dynasty became all the more powerful.
11. Yankees broadcaster Phil "Holy Cow" Rizzuto. His partialities would have earned him the nickname "Homer" despite of the fact that he hit only thirty-eight four-baggers during his thirteen years of major league career
12. Convicted criminals Darryl Strawberry and Steve Howe played efficiently in the Yankees uniform.
13. As a Yankee, Don Zimmer has advanced from "the Gerbil" to a Grand Old Man.
14. The Yankees followed their glorious past consistently and won the coveted Fall Classic title 26 times.
15. The Reggie! Bar was as hard to stomach as its namesake.
16. Steinbrenner after having been rusticated from baseball for life restored his duties once again after three years.
17. Yankees never dying spirit resulted in Joe DiMaggio winning the 1947 MVP accolade over Triple Crown winner Ted Williams.
18. Roger Maris played only for three seasons in the Yankees jersey. Yankees gave him his due obeisance and retired his number.
19. Yankee reliever Sparky Lyle wrote The Bronx Zoo, a 300-page book, which revealed the tid-bits about the tough life faced by a contender who earns handsome salary for pitching for a World Series winner.
20. The adversities in the Yankees are believed to consume the nation. Tony Conigliaro, whose life was more tragic than Munson's, and who hit more home runs than Manson’s was simply forgotten by the Red Sox.
21. Jim Leyritz.
22. After the culmination of World War II, Yankees after winning their first flag in twelve years lost the Fall Classic title against the Cincinnati Reds. Steinbrenner criticized the loss and took it as a personal humiliation.
23. The Kansas City A's were effectively a Yankee farm club.
24. Probably Babe Ruth’s Story was the worst sports movie ever made.
25. In the 1970s Howard Cosell praised Mickey Rivers and Chris Chambliss when the Yankees were on Monday Night Baseball in the 1970's.
26. Monday Night Baseball was indeed The Yankee Game of the Week.
27. The above-average playing skills of ordinary Yankees contenders were published on the magazine covers.
28. Chris Chambliss's trip around the bases after his 1976 pennant-winning home run was more of an adventure
29. Steinbrenner has demanded from the New York City to build him a paint-by-the-numbers stadium with lavish boxes.
30. The former owner of the team, Larry McPhail made it unfeasible for Hall of Famers Joe McCarthy and Bill Dickey to take the hold of managerial duties of the Yankees.
31. Steinbrenner and five-time Yankee manager Billy Martin patched up and broke up recurrently.
32. A Yankee fan's contribution to baseball chat rooms is restricted to "Red Sox suck" and "1918."
33. Yankees after exiling their star player Babe Ruth to Boston Braves gave the opportunity to stars like Frank Colman and Roy Weatherly wear Ruth's #3 before retiring it.
34. Yankee co-owner Del "Mr. Baseball" Webb.
35. Yankee General Manager George "Chuckles" Weiss.
36. Catcher Charlie Silvera contended in 227 major league playoffs and one World Series game. He was also on six World Series winners.
37. Bill Mazeroski hit the World Series-winning home run and batted .320 in 1960, but Yankee Bobby Richardson earned the MVP honor.
38. Yankees have the largest payroll.
39. Bouton is a liar. The Yankees issued a paycheck to a big-mouthed complainer who had a record of 4-15 1965.
40. DiMaggio was voted baseball's "Greatest Living Player."
41. It was awfully wrong when Luis Tiant pictured in a Yankee jersey, holding a hot dog and saying "It is great to be with a winner."
42. Wally Pipp could not play with a headache.
43. The Yankees prohibited radio broadcasts of their games in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
44. You had to applaud for someone in the Billy Martin-Ed Whitson fight.
45. Shane Spencer had a few great weeks in the New York jersey. The media compared the initiation of his career with various Hall of Famers. A great achievement indeed.
46. Hurricane Hazle, after a six-game major league career with the Reds, hit .403 in forty-one games for the '57 Braves and within a year the twenty-eight-year-old was gone from the major leagues. He often visits ailing kids in the hospitals.
47. The Yankees have assisted cause the exorbitant salaries in baseball. Bernie Williams makes over $12 million a year.
48. Ron Blomberg earned the designation of baseball's first designated hitter.
49. Jerry Coleman, whose malapropisms (unintentional humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase) as a Padres announcer are renowned. Incidentally he is a former Yankee.
50. Hillary Clinton claims to be a lifelong Yankee fan despite of not knowing much about the game.
I especially like number 5 ( yea, its not like joe dimmagio actually holds a record?) and number 50, just because how the hell is number 50 a basis for hating the team. It's rather hilarious. i didnt read through it all though.