Eat My Sports: &%$@ it, I’m becoming a women’s basketball fan

Posted on August 26, 2008
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Don’t read to much into the headline children, that was a direct quote, from a New York Yankees fan.

I love baseball so much more now. Sure, the Boston Red Sox are 4.5 games back of the Tampa Bay Rays and only one game up in the Wild Card. However, my main goal of the season, as a Sox fan, was no matter what the outcome, just to be ahead of NY when the final game of the season came to an end. Truth be told, I’m honestly really hoping for a post-Manny playoff push now, but the fact that the Yankees are almost down and out brings a smile to my face.

You want to know what brings an even bigger smile to my face? Their “fans” are giving up on them. I have several friends that are Yankees fans, and in previous years, the playful banter and jarring back and forth made the rivalry even more fun. Now, they will try and direct the conversation anywhere but on baseball, because the Yankees and their 26 world championships are finally shutting up.

Actual conversation I had with a Yankees fan last week:
Me: So, Steinbrenner’s finally taking the “next year” approach, huh?
Yankees fan: &%$@ it, I’m becoming a women’s basketball fan. I am so [bleeping] disgusted right now, I give up. I can’t even watch that joke on the field right now. I’m sick of it.
Me: That Damon investment really paid off.
Yankees fan: [bleep] all of them. Damon, Rodriguez, Matsui, Giambi.
Me: Well, at least you guys might be willing to overpay Manny for four years at $100 million.
Yankees fan: Dude, honestly, even bringing in Manny just for spite won’t make me feel any better about any of this.

That above sentence brings this rivalry to a perfect point, at least for Sox fans. The Yankees have waved the white flag, and their fans are showing their true colors. The Yanks are rolling over for dead, and that my friends, in roughly 300 words, is what is putting a smile on my face.

Top five things that annoy me in sports this week:
5. Fantasy football
Only in a league where I counted on my friend to draft for me could I draft two injured starting receivers (Chad Johnson and Kevin Curtis), amazing.
4. MLB officiating
I’m not pulling for Tampa, but they are getting hosed. Good timing though.
3. Redeem Team Vs. Dream Team
Which overpaid group of primadonas would win? More importantly, who cares?
2. NFL injuries
This pre-season is even more evident of why we need to go to an 18-game regular season format.
1. L.T.
Thirteenth straight pre-season game sat out last night. Way to lead by example.