Yeah you know me. And I would bet that most Mets fans are after Ollie Perez continued his dominance over the Evil Empire which some call the New York Yankees. Improving his record to 5-1 with around a 2 ERA against the New York Bankees. Now only if, as Keith Hernandez loves to say in the broadcasts "the real Oliver Perez would please stand up" it would help the Metropolitans and inordinate amount down the stretch. However, the pitching was not the only thing better about today's game. The announcing was great as usual with the CW11/ SNY crew. However, the best part about today's game was the feeling one gets when realizing that in the year 2008 the Mets beat the Yankees in their head to head series.Proving once again who the real team of New York is, like we all didn't know all along.
However, for some odd reason this series more than usual sparked my flame of hatred for the Yankees. Here are the top 10 reasons I hate the Yankees.
10) Pinstripes- Every team wears pinstripes, Yankee fans. Stop calling yourselves "The Pinstripes" and expecting us to know who you're talking about.
9) Monument Park- Just retire the numbers like a normal franchise. Retire your greatest players, not every single player to every wear a Yankee uniform.
8) The Steinbrenners- I don't even know why, just something about them makes me hate them.
7) Their no crazy hair rule- Why no ridiculous Johnny Damon hair but all of a sudden Jason Giambi can just sprout this "Starsky and Hutch" mustache.
6) Their Payroll- They consistently have a 200 million dollar payroll and have not won a World Series in seven years. By the looks of it won't win it this year, either.
5) Every Store Has More Yankees Stuff Than Mets Stuff- Given, this isn't the Yankees fault but I still hate them for it, every store you go into thy have about 120 different Yankee Caps and only 4 or 5 Mets caps, it drives me crazy.
4) Yankeeographies- What the heck is a Yankeeography? Just a combo of the words 'Yankee' and 'biography' mushed into one. Not to mention they make one about every single mediocre player ever to dawn the Yankee pinstripes.
3) The Farm System- Tyler Clippard, Ian Kennedy, Chase Wright. All of these guys were brought up by the Yankees and touted as the next great player only to flop later on.
2) Derek Jeter & Roger Clemens- I know it's two but I count it as one because their both obnoxious players. Jeter's first, every single play he makes gets treated as a gift from God, when they are all mediocre he plays he makes because he has no range and has to dive at every ball because he can't get to it standing up. Or that famous Jeter flip tag thing against the A's, that did nothing but slow the ball down on it's trip to the plate. Plain and simple, I hate Roger Clemens because he blatantly threw a jagged piece of wood at Mike Piazza.
1) The Fans- 75 percent of them know nothing about baseball except the fact that the Yankees have won 26. Most of them hardly even know what the Yankees have won 26 of, they just know 26. Also they do that ridiculous roll call thing that the players clearly hate.
Ugh, just thinking about the New York Yankees makes me angry.
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3 months ago
I think that some of your points are good and some of them don't really make much sense.
I do agree that above all your #1 reason is key. I do hate Yankees fans. Most of them couldn't name the entire team yet call themselves fans, and pretend they know everything.
Derek Jeter is not a bad person. He is a great baseball representative and should go down as a great Yankee.
Also, Ian Kennedy is not a flop. He has had very little major league experience and can flourish as a pitcher.
I agree with most of your other points. If you would like, check out my articles and leave your comments. Good article!
from 3 months ago
thanks so much for reading my article, although I do disagree with you I understand where you are coming from. I just called Ian Kennedy a flop because leading up to the season all I heard was how good Ian Kennedy was going to be to which I replied "I'll believe it when I see it" much to my pleasure he has not recorded a major league win yet, so I called him a flop for this season whcih waws supposed to be his breakout year.
But again thanks so much for reading,
sincerley Brian Elberg
3 months ago
Brian,
Kennedy already does have a major league. He got it last season. As for your list some of them I agree with. Most I don't. You hate the Yankees because they are more popular than the Mets? That doesn't seem like a good reason to me. The hair rule is put in place to make the team look professional. However in recent years with George more out of the loop, this rule has become more lax. I understand the payroll thing except the Mets spend the most in the NL every year and haven't won a pennant since 2000. I don't ever think Tyler Clippard and Chase Wright were supposed to be 'the next big thing'. Kennedy for some reason was but at BEST he will be a 3 or 4 starter. Jeter was one of the top clutch hitters in the game and even though he has gotten older is still a good player. His defense, as you mentioned, has always been WAY overrated, but that's not why he is beloved by Yankee fans. And yeah, there are alot of Yankee fans who become fans simply because this team is good year in and year out. Many don't really follow the team but the same goes for Mets fans when they are having a good year.
-John
3 months ago
thanks for reading the article,
if you don't think Tyler Clippard was ever touted as the next big thing than check out this picture
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/docs/images/Dc1AC.jpg
3 months ago
It doesn't say he's going to be a decent starter does it? Someone needed to come up with a headline for clippard, The Yankee Clippard is the obvious choice. All it says is that he won a big game for them.
3 months ago
How can you say that Jeters flip play was plain and simple.........he came out of nowhere, he wasn't supposed to be in that spot but used his instincts and flipped the ball home to save the same. You can even tell that was supposed to be an easy run Jeremy Giambi didn't even slide because it should have been an easy run, if he had slide though he probably would have been safe. Also mets payroll is the 3rd highest in the league and still below .500 so mets fans cannot talk about payrolls. The mets haven't won a world series since 86............and the last time you were there you lost in 5 games to the New York Yankees.
3 months ago
One, I didn't call Jeters flip play plain and simple, the phrase "plain and simple" came after the period. And two, just as you said if Jeremy Giambi had slid he would have been safe so that play is much more the fault of Giambi than than the play of Jeter. Two, Jeter was about 5 feet from home plate so the time it took him to pick up the ball and flip it the ball probably would have reached the plate.
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