Baseball and the Yankees
The Yanks. The Bombers. The Bronx Zoo. The Evil Empire.
All names for my personal favorite and probably the U.S's number one team in baseball, the New York Yankees. This club has been going since 1901, founded in Baltimore and originally called the Baltimore Orioles (no, not the Baltimore Orioles of today), and 106 years later, they're both the most popular team still playing and also the most hated.
Why so hated? Well, let me see, it could be jealousy...
The Yankees have won 26 world championships, which makes them the holder of the record for the most championships by a single franchise IN SPORTS HISTORY.
They are the only team which has a player from every single position recognized in the baseball Hall of Fame.
They've won 39 American League Pennants, another record.
And hated by whom?
For a start, many Red Sox fans. The Red Sox are also known as dirty cheaters, scumbag, and many assorted painfully true nicknames. Some say the reason for their 86 years of failing to win a single World Series is a cause of the Curse of the Bambino, or what fans explain to be the aftermath of losing in 1918 in the World Series and selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees.
Many baseball fans of other teams also hate the Yankees, because they wish their team was half as good :]
Yes, yes, I know, we're about 13 games behind right now, but we'll pull together once we start hitting and batting well in sync, and that's a promise!
All names for my personal favorite and probably the U.S's number one team in baseball, the New York Yankees. This club has been going since 1901, founded in Baltimore and originally called the Baltimore Orioles (no, not the Baltimore Orioles of today), and 106 years later, they're both the most popular team still playing and also the most hated.
Why so hated? Well, let me see, it could be jealousy...
The Yankees have won 26 world championships, which makes them the holder of the record for the most championships by a single franchise IN SPORTS HISTORY.
They are the only team which has a player from every single position recognized in the baseball Hall of Fame.
They've won 39 American League Pennants, another record.
And hated by whom?
For a start, many Red Sox fans. The Red Sox are also known as dirty cheaters, scumbag, and many assorted painfully true nicknames. Some say the reason for their 86 years of failing to win a single World Series is a cause of the Curse of the Bambino, or what fans explain to be the aftermath of losing in 1918 in the World Series and selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees.
Many baseball fans of other teams also hate the Yankees, because they wish their team was half as good :]
Yes, yes, I know, we're about 13 games behind right now, but we'll pull together once we start hitting and batting well in sync, and that's a promise!
Yeah, right... Tell that to Derek Jeter and his 13 errors this season
:]
Shorty of Suburbia, July 5th, 2007 at 08:16:37pm
The Yankees are just sucking this season. Don't really have an excuse *shrug*
Yay, Baseball fans :]
Miley Cyrus, June 8th, 2007 at 09:31:21pm
Baseball :dance: I love reading blogs about baseball cause Kurtni got me interested a lot. So far I know irs Cardinals > everyone else, cause Kurtni says so.
worn-out astronaut., June 8th, 2007 at 01:30:13pm
If I could contribute to this in any way, I could. Sadly, I know virtually nothing about baseball since the Dodgers went down the toilet. I stopped watching all the games.
I'm a softballer, not a baseballer. =)
Funky Platypus, June 8th, 2007 at 11:41:16am
The yankees in no way shape or form are the best team in baseball. Not even remotely close. The Cardinals are up there with them in breaking records. They are trailing their world series wins in the double digits too. And oddly enough, both teams are having a horrible season this year. Half the Cardinals are injured/dead, what excuse do the yankees have?
I'll give you this, you have balls for admitting you're a fan of the single most hated team in baseball =)
Kurtni, June 8th, 2007 at 12:34:24am
I like the Red Sox. And the Phillies[Even if the Phillies suck this season..and last],but I don't follow baseball too often.
I'd rather watch football.
ohmygodshutyourbutt, June 8th, 2007 at 12:08:00am