Giants in 1923…..

.... how many minutes until pitchers and catchers?

While it’s hard to hide my general disgust for another Yankee championship, they won because they were the best team.  There will be a lot of Yankee fans out there gloating (as anyone would be if their team won) about how this is just the beginning of a dynasty.  Truth is though, it’s likely not.  The core Yankee players are over the age of 35 (Jeter and Posada, 35; Pettite, 37; and Rivera, 39), and several of the other key players are on the wrong side of 30 as well (Damon and Matsui, 35, A-Rod, 33, and Burnett, 32).  As we’ve learned in supposed post-steroid era, players don’t age nearly as well as they did 5-10 years ago.  This championship, much like the Red Sox in 2004, is a culmination of a bunch of veteran players putting together fantastic years at the same time.  One has to wonder when the inevitable decline will begin.

The Yankees have spent somewhere between $1.5B-$2B over the last decade trying to win championship number 27.  When you spend that much money, you’re bound to win a championship eventually.  Regretably, I bid the Yankees congratulations on number 27.  I still hate them more than anything in the world (except perhaps clowns), but this year, they were the best team.

“When you spend that much money, you’re bound to win a championship eventually”

A good chunk of the enjoyment of the championship is watching the disgruntled whine.  Ah, how sports brings out the best in all of us…(yes, I’m including myself).

I am proud to say that my prediction (Phillies in 6, Pedro wins games 2 and 6) was 100% wrong, but also 100% consistent.

Although I can’t really root for the Yankees, there are a few guys on the team that I can root for.

And the other team of defending champs the Yanks beat was the ‘23 Giants, after losing to them in ‘21 and ‘22.

What a fantastic win! And to inaugurate a new Stadium as well.Wasn’t it 86 years for the Red Sox before that year we won’t mention?  It’s 86 between stadiums with 26 in between for us. Matsui and Damon will be back, just like Bernie Williams was for a couple of extra years, and we have sentimental reasons after a few years service.  So will Andy (fiddly-fart) Pettitte but that goes without saying. The parade should start at Times Square and go south to Chambers, that part of Manhatten is impossible to navigate even on foot.
Thanks everyone for leaving ARod alone, I think he’s got the hang of it now.
Editors note: I’m writing like Mike Lupica’s Sunday column for no apparent reason (Or is it Larry King?)

TC, don’t know where your thinking comes from, but it’s way off base.

Being a Kansas City fan sucks right now, but I would still much rather be a fan of the Royals than the Phillies.

There are many reasons to be a fan of any particular team, but just because they won a pennant doesn’t rank anywhere near the top. That’s just another example of a bandwagon fan.

Sure, the Phillies won two pennants in a row. They are alos the losing francise in professional sports history. Two years doesn’t define fandom.

And just like the Royals stink up the joint, at one team, they were the prevailing model of a successful franchise, particularly an expansion one.

People who are fans of a team just becasue they win something aren’t really fans of that team. They’re just fans of winning. And will abandon that particular team as soon as the winning stopss.

I think the only comparison to these four is the core from the ‘53 Yankees of Berra, Mantle and Ford that had the run through ‘62.

As a Yankee fan, the best thing about this team is rooting for players you like.  It’s been tough to pull for Gary Sheffield, Randy Johnson and Kevin Brown.

So much hypocrisy!  During the Yankees’ “dry spell,” fans of other teams used to ridicule them incessantly for their supposedly misguided attempts to “buy a chamionship.”  That was fun while it lasted; but now that the Yankees have won the WS again, IT’S ALL SO UNFAIR!

As a Yankee hater, the toughest part has been rooting against players you like. It’s been tough to root against CC Sabathia, Tex and Rivera.

There’s a simple fix for that, come to the Dark Side, we have cookies