Knuckles the CLown wrote:Yeah, Rochester and New York City are in the same state. If you live in Rochester though, New York City is basically on a different planet. If you are from the ROC, I could understand if you like the Pirates or Blue Jayes maybe even the Indians, but liking the Yankees is inexcusable.

100% keeeerect.

People in Connecticut are more Noo Yawk than people from Rochester.

Knuckles the CLown wrote:Chris actually gives a rational explanation for being a fan of the team that brings the entire sport down to gay.

Neither of my parents was big into baseball when I was young. The reason I became a fan was being 8 years old, watching the '77 World Series, and seeing Reggie Jackson hit 3 home runs back-to-back. That and the Reggie candy bars they sold at 7-11.

I ride to softball Wednesday nights with a guy who thinks Derek Jeter is a better athlete than Michael Jordan, and I point out every week, that he isn't he in the same universe.

Jeter is a damn fine ballplayer, but he certainly doesn't (yet) have the legendary status of Michael Jordan. However, if you want to compare their baseball careers.....

Yeah, Rochester and New York City are in the same state. If you live in Rochester though, New York City is basically on a different planet. If you are from the ROC, I could understand if you like the Pirates or Blue Jayes maybe even the Indians, but liking the Yankees is inexcusable.

The problem is- being a Yankee fan is a family thing. When I was growing up, me and Robb were free to choose whatever team we wanted to root for (My dad liked Willie Mays and the NY Giants and basically stopped following baseball when the Giants moved to San Fran), if you are a the product of a Yankee fan you do not have that choice and you are ruined at 5. Yes ruined, if you are brought up rationalizing why the Yankees are a great franchise other than having billions of dollars, it hurts your development.

Chris actually gives a rational explanation for being a fan of the team that brings the entire sport down to gay.
If schedule permits I will compile the reasons I hear the Yankees are great, besides the billions of dollars they have. It is known, I hope, that I enjoy the Mariners. It was fun as Knuckles to pretend I like the Indians, upon me even pretending I liked them and the Browns brought instant 9 losing streaks for both franchises.

I ride to softball Wednesday nights with a guy who thinks Derek Jeter is a better athlete than Michael Jordan, and I point out every week, that he isn't he in the same universe as a shortstop as the idiot who plays 3rd base for the Yankees, it gets tiresome but our rides together have produced enough material for a feature.

And I mean, at least chris lives in the same STATE at his favorite team. That counts for a lot.

A lot.

Knuckles the CLown wrote:Has it ever been explained how liberal boy can be a Yankee fan? I mean if the Yankees aren't the poster boy for the evil right wing army then who the fuck is?

To quote congress, it's like Jews accepting Hitler in to their homes.

Ya know, I can understand why a fan of another team would hate the Yankees....they've been the most successful baseball team in history, and have deep enough pockets so that they don't have to homegrow all of their players. But the fact of the matter is that I've been a Yankees fan all my life...it's not like I converted to being a fan in '96 when they started winning the World Series again. I see no reason to switch my allegiance simply because most of the rest of my life exists outside of the mainstream.

Has it ever been explained how liberal boy can be a Yankee fan? I mean if the Yankees aren't the poster boy for the evil right wing army then who the fuck is?

To quote congress, it's like Jews accepting Hitler in to their homes.

Yeah, except the Yankees are in the American League and the Nationals are in the National League, so their performance has little do do with each other. But I'm sure you knew that.

pinback wrote:I'm posting here today because today is likely the last time for the next 20, 30 years or so that the Washington Nationals will be in first place.

It's been a great run, guys. But you suck.

Go back to Montreal, losers.

Ah, but the Yankees are now in first place. For every action, there's an equal but opposite reaction. Thank you Sir Isaac!

I'm posting here today because today is likely the last time for the next 20, 30 years or so that the Washington Nationals will be in first place.

It's been a great run, guys. But you suck.

Go back to Montreal, losers.

We all aren't Knuckles the Clown, but we ARE all "Forum Tough Guy."

I wasn't going to do anything.

(Alternatively, I was going to do a long rant about how there's a little Knuckles in ALL of us, so WE ARE KNUCKLES THE CLOWN.)

But you fucked it all up.

It is July 4th, unvail me as planned, I want to see what you were going to do.

You were funnier when nobody knew who you were.

pinback wrote:The Nats are now 5.5 games clear of the rest of the division, CRUSHING their so-called "rivals"!!!!!

The funny part is, I'm here in Washington? The place that screamed for a team for 35-some-odd years? And now they've got a first-place team which nobody expected?

And nooooooobody cares. None. Zero.

How would you know? You never leave your house, and never speak to anyone unless they bag your wine the improper way.

pinback wrote:The funny part is, I'm here in Washington? The place that screamed for a team for 35-some-odd years? And now they've got a first-place team which nobody expected?

And nooooooobody cares. None. Zero.

Which is probably the reason the Washington Senators left town to begin with. How quickly people forget.

The Nats are now 5.5 games clear of the rest of the division, CRUSHING their so-called "rivals"!!!!!

The funny part is, I'm here in Washington? The place that screamed for a team for 35-some-odd years? And now they've got a first-place team which nobody expected?

And nooooooobody cares. None. Zero.

pinback wrote:Seriously, though, this is getting ridiculous.

The Nats were something like 2-1 to open the season (or something) when all the sports writers declared, "enjoy it while it lasts, they're still finishing cellar."

They're fucking clueless. EVERY time the Expos have ever been counted out they've bounced back. The only way to stop them was to:

1) Cancel the goddamn season in 94. Baseball didn't want three straight Canadian teams winning it all so they cancelled the season

2) Move the goddamn team

Oh, and the fans FILLED THAT PLACE in Montreal after they acquired Colon and Floyd. Man, fuck baseball.

I hope they win it all and give Montreal their fucking team back.

Oh, and the other thing -- Baltimore has been in first place as well. All season long it's been people saying "IT'S EARLY!!!" They just went on their first losing streak. IMMEDIATELY it became "IT'S TOO LATE!" The same thing will happen with the Nats. There's nothing but a bunch of stupid rednecks who can't figure out what a cover-2 is following baseball. If they weren't made up of a thousand dumb fuckers and Peter Gammons they'd be covering a better sport.

Seriously, though, this is getting ridiculous.

The Nats were something like 2-1 to open the season (or something) when all the sports writers declared, "enjoy it while it lasts, they're still finishing cellar."

Then they were 15-11 or something, and the sportswriters declared, "Yeah, beginner's luck, they're still cellar by the all-star break."

Now they're four clear of the ENTIRE REST OF THE NL EAST. I don't profess to know anything about baseball that Craig Biggio's armguard is heading to Canton and Joe Torre makes bad TV commercials, but, I mean, isn't this something?

This is kinda something, isn't it? Against the powerhouse Atlantas and the powerhouse Floridass and the decenthouse Philadelphias and the suckhouse Mets?

I mean.

"I mean!" - Phil Collins, _South Park_

Blue Jays 9, Nats 5, eat my cock.

Not only are the Nats still in first, but they are now DOMINATING the NL East, and are (still) the hottest team in baseball!

GO NATS! None of whom I actually know who they are, and haven't yet seen a game of theirs!