GASP! Yankee Fans Begin to Panic!
By Derek Bunker
As the Yankees hit their first real swoon of the season, I’ve been poking around the different Yankees’ fan sites on the web to see what their fans are saying. I wanted to amuse myself by seeing how close the Red Sox have to get to the Yankees in order for Yankee fans to panic and say ridiculous things.
It didn’t take long to find out how spoiled and overdramatic Yankee fans really are. When I went to nyyfans.com, one of the main Yankee chat sites, I actually saw a thread discussing whether or not Joe Torre should be fired.
I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Fire Joe Torre? Are these fans serious? To hear them talk about Torre since 1996, he is God. So does that mean they want to fire God? Now I’m not saying I think Torre is the genius he’s made out to be, but the man has won four World Series in his tenure. That must count for something, doesn’t it? I’m quite certain if he were in Boston he’d be manager for the rest of his life if he wanted to be.
MEMO TO ALL YANKEE FANS SURFING THIS SITE: Give me a break with your whining will you please? This is a prime example of why every non-Yankee baseball fan hates your team. It’s never enough for you people. YOU’VE WON 26 RINGS FOR PETE’S SAKE!!! (Four in the last eight years with 2 other losing World Series appearances mixed in) How many do you need to be happy?
As a group, your capacity to be the sorest of losers is incredible. (And the team hasn’t even lost yet this season!). Every year you fans think it is your divine birthright to have your team in the playoffs and World Series.
Here’s some advice: try being a fan of one of the other 29 teams for a year to experience what it feels like to lose once in a while. I mean lose as in not make the playoffs. Losing in the playoffs or World Series doesn’t count.
Yankee fans are legendary as the biggest bunch of front runners in the history of sports. As long as you win, everything is good. But as soon as there is a little bit of trouble or uneasiness you, like your buffoon of an owner, want to fire everybody from here to California.
It really is sad that you actually are so insecure about your team that you would even suggest firing a man with four World Series rings. It shows how as front-running fans you cannot ever put the problems your team is facing into perspective. You don’t know how to lose gracefully so you over-react to any problem no matter how small. YOU’RE STILL 6 GAMES AHEAD GOING INTO SUNDAY!! I wish the Red Sox had the Yankees’ problems.
