If you have read my articles before you probably know that I am a New York Yankees fan that has spent his entire life in Red Sox Nation. I get looks from people when I walk around town with an NY on my hat, often with some comment that borders on funny. I always understood why I got that treatment, for I was in enemy territory.
As I got older and started going to sports sites online I realized it wasn’t just Red Sox fans that hated us Yankee fans, it was pretty much everyone. I always passed it off as everyone hates a winner, but I think there may be a bit more to it than that.
The latest shining example came from an article I wrote about a week ago talking about the Yankees hole at designated hitter. The comments on the article were just ridiculous.
“Go for Fielder, 10 yrs. and the lefty punch they need.” Frank S.
“I think the Yankees should get Andrew McCutchen.” Terry P.
“Jeter to third, Arod to DH, Ramirez from Miami to play SS. Swap Jeter and Arod at dh and third.” Frank D.
This is why other fans hate Yankee fans; we are, in general, incredibly greedy. Anyone who thinks that the Yankees should pay a guy like Fielder $20 million a year for ten years just to DH doesn’t understand that even the Yankees have a budget.
As for the comments about McCutchen and Hanley Ramirez do Yankee fans really think that other teams exist just so we can grab what we need from them like a thrift store? These fans are so unrealistic that they deserve the abuse that is often heaped on them.
I will be a Yankee fan until the day I die, but I also see things from the other side too. When you think the baseball world revolves around only your team, you make the fans that are actually sane look bad. The funniest thing is that Red Sox fans are slowly becoming more and more the Yankee fans. They have become what they have always hated. Oh, irony can be such an amusing thing.
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