Notes from The Mail Room
By ThrowsLikeAGirl
We get some scintillating e-mail @YankeesSuck.com. It's all about the love...and the hate. So we thought you readers might want a peak at the mail files. You may find the comparison between our Yankee and Red Sox fans interesting...
Here's a soldier from Red Sox Nation who writes to us from Mosul, Iraq:
Name: Michael S.
Head: Yankees suck in Iraq!!!!
"My name is Michael S___ and I am currently serving overseas in Iraq as a part of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2. My unit is Alpha Company 118th Medical Battalion, from Concord Massachusetts. We were mobilized this past December and after a few months in Ft. Drum, NY arrived in various areas of Iraq in February. I am writing because residing in Massachusetts, I have enjoyed and appreciated your website, I particularly enjoy it now during the free time I have. During my active duty time in Korea, Bosnia, and Ft. Drum, NY, I remained a faithful Sox fan and put up with alot of BS especially being stationed in Upstate NY. It is extremely helpful having a terrific website supporting the Sox and hating the Yanks, especially over here in Iraq!!! (it's pretty hard to keep up with the time difference and all)! Unfortunately, our choices of television and sports to watch are somewhat limited here in Mosul, and it is hard finding out what happened with the home town team!!! There are many of my fellow soldiers from Massachusetts and various parts of New England whom would also love to stick it to the Yankees!!!! I appreciate your taking the time to read my letter and I look forward to being able to take in a few games once I return to the U.S. early next year. Keep up the good work with and I look forward to the new items your website has for the future. Thank you for your time."
. . . and here's our Yankees Fan:
Name: nyy
Head: I'm a yankees fan, chill out
"You people are pathetic. Listen to yourselves- you're just as bad as the people you paint to be a__holes (yankee fans). It's just a sport. You root for your home team and boo the other. But god, the stuff you're all saying is ridiculous. Do you actually hate the yankees? If you had gotten A-Rod, would you be booing? That's just hypocritical. Sure, Steinbrenner is a jackass. But that doesn't mean the yankees are. Don't diss talent. Honestly, how do the yankees buy championships? Jeter was brought up as a prospect. He turned out to be a great player. The only negative part about the yankees is Steinbrenner, and he's not the one out there playing the game. Look at Pedro Martinez, the guy has been the heart and soul of your team for however many years, and look at him now; he's abandoning you because he isn't getting payed enough (like $17 mil. isn't enough). Sure, he's got talent, but a mentality like that is far worse than a rich owner. The yankees worked their asses off since the franchise was started. We weren't rich from the start. And another thing; you haven't won a World Series since 1918. Boohoo. That's baseball. Look at the Devil Rays, they get pounded and humiliated every year. None of their fans go around talking trash about other fans.
I know there are Yankees fans who seem like jerks, but they're just so caught up in your hatred for us that they forgot to just love the pastime.
None of you have any reason to truly hate the yankees or any other team.
Grow up. (this coming from a 15 year-old)"
