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[catslash]

Stupid Yankee fan alert!

Last night after the Sox game was over, our local sports station switch to the Yankees game. So I'm listening to the sportscasters discuss how poor Jaret Wright has turned into your basic human target in the past month, with balls and bats flying at him and the Hubble threatening to fall on his head.

Meanwhile, this chick in a shiny new Yankees hat (which, astoundingly enough, was not pink, which is the only detail that is missing to really complete the picture) is heading for the counter. As she arrives, I say to the radio (I like to talk to the radio), "Man, take a hint and retire before you get killed!"

"Who?" asks the Yankee fan.

"Jaret Wright," I tell her, and go into a bit of detail about all the missiles he's been hit or nearly hit with lately.

And she says: "Who? Is he on the Red Sox?"

. . . yeah. *facepalm*

While I'm floundering in my amazement, she somehow comes to the conclusion that I am a Yankee fan and announces, "I think the Red Sox are just the worst team in the league."

Uh huh. That's why they made the playoffs. I didn't even bother to disabuse her of her notion because, really, what do I give a shit what some moron bandwagoner thinks?

Oh, I wanted to make fun of her SO BAD, and if she hadn't been my customer, I would have. As it was, I had to settle for replying to her chirpy departing "Go Yankees!" with an icky sweet, "You go ahead and Google Jaret Wright when you get home, sweetie."

Hahaha wow. I'm so used to the intelligent Yankee fans I know, like Sars and new_world_smurf, that I totally forgot about how many bandwagoners show up this time of year, the dumbasses in new hats that'll be worn for three weeks who couldn't name half the lineup and think Joe Morgan is insightful. Sure, the Red Sox have their share of those, but for the Yankees, they just show up every year like clockwork.

Comments

[maggiesox.livejournal.com]

Yes. The Red Sox are the worst team in the league.

With the exact same record as the Yankees.

Dumb cunt.

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

You know Sars from TwoP?

Wow. I'm impressed liek wo.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Sort of. You know, the equivalent of a real life acquaintance. it was mostly sentence structure convenience, though. *g*

[ravensgurl211.livejournal.com]

and think Joe Morgan is insightful

And Tim Carver is TEH_SEX.

Man, I haven't been able to follow my beloved team so much this year, mostly because almost all the games have been on cable this year... so I don't know as many faces as I should, but, I know names, because, duh, I read as much as I can because I still love my team - even if I hate their owner who, besides having sold his soul a long time ago to the Devil, also sold it to the ESPN / YES Network Gods.

People hurt my head. -_-

[new-world-smurf.livejournal.com]

Your icon is friggin' hilarious. And, believe it or not, I actually like A-Rod as far as play goes. Plus he has a really nice ass, but I digress.

Yeah, the Yanks always attract the bandwagoners, but what sucks is that we longtime fans also get painted with the bandwagoner brush. Young people forget that the Yanks basically blew in the eighties--they could always put together a winning record but it was never good enough to get into the playoffs. They had no pitching and the only decent player was Don Mattingly. But I still rooted for, supported and loved them, just as I do now.

[ealasaidh.livejournal.com]

OK, I'm sure you've had this icon forever, but I usually read LJ through an RSS aggregator so I miss the icons. I just had to say: Best. Baseball. Icon. Ever.

That is all.