I ran a topic on Twitter…called: #ThingsYankeesFansHate and I got a ton of responses. It even became a trending topic in New York City. I thought I would share a bunch with some of you guys. I don’t agree with all of these, but I’ll let these fans speak out (so, don’t get offended). Here is a list in no particular order:
Things Yankees Fans Hate
- The Boston Red Sox and Red Sox Nation
- The Wave
- Dallas Braden and “His Mound”
- West Coast Night Games
- Fox, Joe Buck, Tim McCarver
- Fans who wear Yankees jerseys with a name on the back
- ESPN, ESPNNewYork.com, Joe Morgan, Jon Miller, John Kruk
- Morons who say Jonathan Papelbon is “the best closer in baseball”
- Playing in Anaheim
- Fair weather/Bandwagon fans
- Games televised on MY9
- The Rally Monkey
- “Rays Fans”
- Luis Gonzalez and his bloop single off Mariano & Game 7 of the ’01 Fall Classic
- Listening to Sterling & Waldman on the radio
- The Cleveland Indians drum
- The “Yankees Suck” Chant
- Joe West. You sir, are a disgrace to umpires everywhere
- The Zales Fan Marquee & people who actually pay money to be on it
- W.B. Mason Commercials
- The suits sitting in the expensive seats
- Mike Lupica, Ian O’Connor
- People who really believe you can buy a championship
- When girls say yes to marriage proposals at Yankee Stadium
- Carl’s Steaks with a 20-minute line and 67 hot dog stands with no line
- Outrageous facial hair
- Fans of other teams doing a roll call
- Curt Schilling, Kevin Youkilis, Kevin Millar, Jason Varitek, Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Bill ‘Spaceman’ Lee
- Carl Pavano, Chan Ho Park, Hideki Irabu, Kyle Farnsworth, Jaret Wright, Kevin Brown, John Rocker, José Valverde
- Fans of other teams sitting in the bleachers
- Mascots
- John Henry
- Rainouts and off-days
- Flash doing commentary
- Michael Kay and his man-crush on Paul O’Neill
- Kate Smith’s rendition of God Bless America
- Josh Beckett’s Game 6 performance in the 2003 World Series
- Giuseppe Franco
- Yankee Stadium Parking Garages $
- Derek Jeter double plays
- Fans who really think Cervelli is Posada’s heir apparent
- Empty Legends seats
- The price of the Lobel’s Prime Rib Sandwich
- YMCA and Cotton Eye Joey
- Not being able to hit a pitcher we haven’t seen before
- People who bring gloves up in the grandstand
- Felix Hernandez, Edgar Martinez, Francisco Rodriguez
- The 2004 ALCS
- Pink Yankees hats
- Jimmy Rollins talking shit during the 2009 World Series
- The B Train
- Bill Mazeroski
- The Rays tank at the Trop, The Green Monster
- A-Rod (Pre-2009)
- Stupid Yankees Fans
- Losing
- Stub-Hub Saturdays
- Box Seats, according to the Bleacher Creatures
- ROGER CLEMENS IS IN GEORGE’S BOX AND ROGER CLEMENS IS COMIN’ BACK. OH MY GOOD–GOODNESS GRACIOUS! OF ALL THE DRAMATIC THINGS–OF ALL THE DRAMATIC THINGS I’VE EVER SEEN, ROGER CLEMENS STANDING RIGHT IN GEORGE STEINBRENNER’S BOX ANNOUNCING HE IS BACK! ROGER CLEMENS IS A NEW YORK YANKEE!
Now, I’m sure you could come up with a lot more. If you want me to add more to the list, feel free to drop more in the comments section below.
M. B. Rozell
Kevin Rozell
This list just makes me laugh. Also I take offense to #6 because I have a Jeter jersey with the name…shoot me…I’ve had it since I was a kid but thanks to you I refuse to wear it now…thanks lol
I take take major issue with # 15.. I love John and Suzyn no matter what anyone says and Im not ashamed to say it!!=
and please add kevin brown and perhaps even tanyon sturtze to # 26.
Thank you.
Brandon- I like them as well. I love listening to them, but I know a lot of other people don’t.
Zell
Astro turf, Bill Lee, Howie Kendrick, Baseball in Canada, “you can’t predict baseball…..I don’t care what anyone says,” beer in plastic bottles.
Love this!!! Haha
15feet – you should have made that watered down beer in plastic bottles. ;-)
Zell – good post; too bad I wasn’t around y’day to participate in the poll!
Ray- Feel free to submit ideas and I’ll add it to the list.
Zell
Amen on all especially #33 he’s annoyingly arrogant.
Derek Jeter double plays
Empty Legend seats
Fans who really think Cervelli is better the Posada and should start.
Michael Kay’s man-crush on Paul O’Neill. It is out of control. Talk about baseball, not food.
$Parking Garages$
A Yankee Hate List and nobody mentions Ben Affleck/Matt Damon/Mark Wahlberg/Stephen King, dumb Michelle Beadle from SportsNation or the Seattle Mariners scumbag front office that pulled the rug out from underneath us at the last second on the Cliff Lee deal?! C’mon man!
“Seats between the bases. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity !!!”
I don’t believe a word Paul O’neill says. I truly believe he only says something because he believes it is his turn to talk. He just said in the Red Sox game that the pitcher was dripping wet and Jetes was dry. Textbook he called it? Textbook what? Jeter grounded into a double play.