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0bsessions:
Myself as well, but I can relate to SilentJ. I remember 2004 quite vividly. I damn near keeled over during each of the last four games of the ALCS. Not to mention, rooting for the Pats this season, I can sympathize with some of the crap Yankees fans catch.
SilentJ:
Let me guess, stuff along the lines of "THEY ONLY WIN BECAUSE THEY BUY ALL THE BEST TALENT" and "YOU ONLY LIKE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE BEST"?
'Cos I've been catching that shit since I was like 6.
Narr:
I have to say that I really hate the Yankees. I think one of the reasons I don't like baseball as a whole is because of the Yankees, to be honest. It's downright boring that 99% of the time, the team to beat in any given year? The Yankees. It's been that way since before I was born and it'll probably be that way when I finally die. Dynasties in sports are kind of a bummer because it takes a lot of the fun out of it. That's one thing I like about college basketball. Yeah, some teams are pretty much always good but you never really know which is the best until the very, very, very end of the year.
At least with football, you just gotta be patient. The Patriots' success won't last forever, and neither will any other team's. I mean, during the 80s and into the 90s, it was like the team to beat was the 49s, but proof you don't stay good forever would be them this season. A new coach will come in or a star player will get hurt or traded or pretend to retire just to sign on with a better team (*coughjrseaucough*).
Off topic: While trying to find the season records of the Patriots on Wikipedia, I noticed Pete Carroll was the last head coach of Dynasty™. I just find that interesting.
Storm Rider:
--- Quote from: SilentJ on 22 Jan 2008, 20:02 ---Let me guess, stuff along the lines of "THEY ONLY WIN BECAUSE THEY BUY ALL THE BEST TALENT"?
--- End quote ---
And are you going to deny that? Because they do spend 80 million dollars more than the Red Sox, who have the second highest payroll in Major League Baseball.
SilentJ:
I am not going to deny that, but nor will I hold it against them, because Steinbrenner has the money to sign these players, so he's going to do it. The upper brass of the Yankees organization has the funding to maintain what the team has become, and they're going to do it. They're not just gonna sit back on their laurels in the interest of "making things fair" or whatever bullshit you can feed me.
So, no I'm not going to deny it. But it pisses me off, because if another team did the same thing, the fans of that team would catch the same shit. This point is only brought to light because the Yankees are good. It's the same reason people hate them so much, merely because they're good, so people find whatever reason they can to hold something against them.
I guess the reason I'm so bitter is because literally every baseball fan I know that isn't a Yankees fan maintains that you either love or hate the Yanks, there is no middle ground. And this pisses me off. Especially when people tell me their favorite team and I have to kindly remind them that the Yankees do not give a rat's ass about the Twins/Giants/Reds/Nationals/etc.
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