OT: The Yankees

[KeithK]

[q]Watching the trot is boring, but you are missing the fun of gasping when the ball explodes off the bat and disappears into the night on the real monster shots and the will it/won't it tension of the ones that are in the neighborhood of the fence. [/q]OK, I'm exaggerating in reaction to the over-hyped nature of the home run.  Personally I think they'd be more exciting if they were a bit more rare.  

[Tub(a)]

 ::nut::

[KeithK]

Hey, we're keeping our little off-season baseball discussion in a single thread clearly labeled off-topic.  If we want to obsess about this issue and argue the fine details of baseball aesthetics and excitement ad nauseum why shouldn't?  Well, as long as Age doesn't mind the waste of bandwidth, anyway.

(Didn't I say "enough" already?  Why am I still posting?  Oh, that's right.  I'm at work...)

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]Tom Lento Wrote:

 Runners at the corners with the tying run on third late in the game.
[/q]

one out?

[jtwcornell91]

And it's certainly better than the Yanks-Sox pissing match that was going on a few posts back.

[Dpperk29]

what's wrong with pissing on the yankees?

before everyone jumps all over me... it was a joke... laugh... or don't laugh... just realize it was a joke

[Rich S]

I saw a decal on a car today showing a gnome-like Yankee figure pissing on the Red Sox "B" with the caption, of course..."Red Sox suck".

Like we didn't know that already. :-}

[Tom Lento]

[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote:

 [Q2]Tom Lento Wrote:

 Runners at the corners with the tying run on third late in the game.
[/Q]
one out?[/q]

Of course.  Sorry, should have specified.

[cth95]

....................Record......ERA.......Runs.....Runs Allowed
Boston...........10-6.......3.59........87............62
New York........7-9.........5.05.......89............96

If Boston sucks then I hate to think of where that puts the Yankees with these numbers and Boston's back-to-back shutouts against a team with a stacked line-up that was hitting .295 and which just swept the forementioned Yankees.  I am expecting the trite remarks about seeing where we are in September, but I think these numbers are glaring enough to provoke some thought.  After the results of the last two years I will happily see where both teams are in September and I have 2 tickets to Fenway for the last game on Oct. 2 to enjoy it first-hand.
Considering the Ford-Chevy-Dodge versions of these stickers have been around for years that is not very original.

[Trotsky]

[Q]French Rage Wrote:
Frederick Keys?[/q]

None other.

[DeltaOne81]

Geez, cth, did you have to take it so literally. I hate the Yanks, but it's a freakin' bumper sticker. I'm sure the bumper sticker doesn't update itself based on current stats :-P

That said, yup, they sell them both ways. Seen them at a shop in Cooperstown, with the two reversed versions hanging right next to each other. Same with just about all other Yanks/Sox rivalry merchandise.

Anyway, this may be the first time in the history of humanity that anyone has or will utter this phrase, but... "Can we move back to the discussion of the Infield Fly rule?"  ::nut::  ::nut::  ::nut::

[KeithK]

[q]If Boston sucks then I hate to think of where that puts the Yankees with these numbers[/q]I would gladly say the Red Sox suck if they were ten time defending wolrd champions and were unbeaten heading into September and my Yankees hadn't yet won a game.  The numbers really don't have anything to do with it.

[ugarte]

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:

 Geez, cth, did you have to take it so literally. I hate the Yanks, but it's a freakin' bumper sticker. I'm sure the bumper sticker doesn't update itself based on current stats  [/q]Plus, I think what RichS was saying was "If the picture is a guy pissing on the B, does adding Red Sox suck tell us anything we didn't know about the sticker man's opinion of the Sox?"

[RichH]

[Q]cth95 Wrote:
If Boston sucks then I hate to think of where that puts the Yankees with these numbers [/q]

Wow.  In the past 10 years, how many times did I hear "Yankees suck?"  About eleventy billion times, even though they were winning lots (and lots) of stuff.  One "Boston Sucks" and we get this defensive reply, complete with a standings breakdown after 3 weeks of the season.  It's a rivalry.  It's supposed to be fun.  Saying "Boston Sucks" or "Yankees Suck" is akin to Lynah Faithful dropping a "Safety School" on Harvard.   If people hate your team, it must mean they're doing something right....even if they are the Red Sux.  cth95: Get over yourself, respect the rivalry, and get used to the criticism that comes with being one of the top dogs.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=schoenfield/050412&num=0

Dammit.  I can't believe that's what made me break my oath to not post to this idiotic portion of this thread.  Now I'm going to have to take another shower after posting here.

[cth95]

     Don't worry, every one can lighten up.  I am just having fun doing a little trash talking and the Yankees numbers are so bad right now I had to post them.  I am pretty sure they won't stay that way for long.  
     On a side note, I have always thought that the "(insert big rival here) sucks" cheers are stale and often used at dumb times like when the favored team is tied or losing.  In Albany this year I was sitting next to some neutral fans from the region who got a big kick out of some of our creative cheers, but I could tell they thought the number of Vermont and Harvard sucks cheers was a little excessive (as did I ).  Our fans definitely have the ability to be a little more creative.  For example, the "our team's sleeping" cheer late in the 2nd OT was awesome.  Again, the "sucks" cheers are ok and have their place, but they definitely have become overused.