For years Red Sox fans have had the embarrassing habit of chanting “Yankees Suck” even when playing other teams, and Yankee fans have smugly pointed and laughed.
From the Lohud Yankees Blog during a game against the Tampa Bay Rays:
The Bleacher Creatures are chanting “Boston sucks.” That makes sense. The Yankees are 0-5 against Boston and playing Tampa Bay.
Now bury that item of superiority along with the 1918 chants.
Smartest Fans?
During the Red Sox 7-3 victory over the Yankees the YES Network asked their viewers to choose the ‘player of the game’. They chose Joba Chamberlain after giving up 4 runs over 5.2 innings and taking the loss.
Remember that the next time you see a ‘smartest fans in the league’ article*.
* I don’t expect Yankee fans to choose a Red Sock, but Damon, having hit a 3 run homer to give New York their only runs, would have been the brain dead choice.
Hello, My Name is Hyperbole
From the WasWatching comment section:
At this point, a 75 win disaster of a season wouldn’t even upset me. It’s absolutely impossible to win games when nearly your entire 25-man roster is going on the DL.*
* Please tell me this is a kid, please tell me this is a kid…
Or on crack…
The Weight of a Professional Blogger
Peter Abraham recently critiqued “The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez” by Selena Robert:
…a good editor would have kicked the manuscript back and told her to come back when she had more.
I haven’t read the book, and probably won’t, but I don’t think someone with Robert’s credentials is going to worry about Peter Abraham’s opinion. Abraham judging journalistic integrity is like Tommy Lee giving child care advice.
Nick Swisher Is Kind of Dumb
Swisher was also dismissive of Roberts’ book, which provides details of Rodriguez’s steroid use, alleged pitch-tipping in Texas and numerous other transgressions. He apparently hasn’t noticed that it was 194th on the Amazon list entering the weekend.
“Ain’t nobody gonna read that book,” he said. “Write that down.”
Would have been even better with a “nuff ced!”.