It’s EASY Being a Yankees Fan
No offense Jane, your Yankees are one of the top 5 greatest franchises in the history of sports. In fact, if you put the Yankees against Denmark in anything, I’d pick the Yankees.
But it’s easy being a Yankees fan.
It’s easy because it doesn’t take any work.
There’s no agony in being a Yankees fan, no frustration, no heartbreak.
And please… Not winning the world series every year doesn’t qualify as “heartbreak.”
They’re winners, and Yankees fans are passionate, I’ll give you that much.
But talk to a Cubs fan, talk to a Sox fan prior to ’04, most of all, talk to a Phillies fan.
Cubs fans have come to the point where they’re selling their loyalty on EBAY.
Red Sox nation had gotten to a place where they expected to lose, and the phrase “wait until next year” lost all meaning.
Phillies fans, though, had a different dynamic.
We can’t always be called as “supportive.” When our teams aren’t playing well, we let them know. But we’re always there, and we always believe. This year’s championship was a surprise to no one in the city of Philadelphia, we knew it would happen, we just didn’t know when. We never gave up, never game in, never assumed the worst.
The Yanks have had problems the last few years. But who else can you blame but the Yankees themselves. For some inexplicable reason, their entire team dynamic has all but disappeared and their solution to the problem is the same every year. It’s like a doctor who keeps prescribing a medicine for a disease when it hasn’t worked the last eight times he prescribed it.
Why, I don’t know. But this year looks to be exactly the same thing. They’re probably going to sign CC Sabathia, maybe Mark Texieira and who knows, Manny as well. What the hey? Why not, right? But based on the last few seasons, I don’t think anything will change.
How does it feel Yankees fans? How does it feel to always be excited about what your new free agent will do this season?
From my perspective, being a Yankees fan is like being a rich teenager. You crash your convertible so daddy just buys you a new one.
Being a Phillies fan, or a Cubs fan or a Sox fan is like being the teenager who gets the hand-me-down Jetta. It’s nice. Not very flashy, not very fast but it’s reliable and we’ll drive it until it’s last dying sputter.
Keep your convertibles. If it doesn’t work again this year, maybe Hank will buy you a Hummer next year.
The Good of the Game 
Nice post, Scott, but may I respectfully point out that in ’07 the Yankees passed up a shot at Santana, put three farmhands in the starting rotation and stuck with the same mix of young players (Cabrera, Cano, Wang) and star veterans (Jeter, A-Rod, Damon) from the ’06 team? Where’s the Hummer? And what, exactly, is meant by not having the right dynamic? The Yankees may not have won a championship since 2000, but we’ve made it to the postseason every year for over a decade. What other team can you say that about in either league? Do I love that my owners pour money onto the field? You bet. And I don’t pretend to know the agony of Cubs fans. I only know that I root for my team like you root for yours and that it is, indeed, easy to be a Yankee fan.
Oops. In my zeal I forgot to leave my calling card.
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Ah, shameless plugs… Lol, good hearing from you as always Jane.
Nice blog, just discovered it.
I agree with you Scott. Haha.
And the Braves have the Yankees beat by a year in the play-off factor, but they were only 1-14 in winning the series. Only making the series 5 times in that span.
Greg
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