| 11/05/01 (A note: This article is not technically an archive, but a letter Rob sent to me and several of our friends. It was just such a good message that I felt that I would be depriving everyone if I didn't include it somewhere on the website. Thanks as always, Rob. Leo) I woke up early this morning getting ready for another stressful Monday on the golf course. As I was taking a shower I realized that I had a bad taste in my mouth. What was it from? Was it the General Tso Chicken or the pork egg roll I ate last night? (or was it a shrimp eggroll?) No, it was an unusual bad taste, unbelievably disgusting. So after gargleing some turpentine trying to strip the taste, I found out what it was.....it was from the Game 7 of the World Series that I unfortunately watched till midnight. UNFORTUNATELY??? Yes, that's what I said. Unfortunately. What's with you guys? Rooting against the Yankees in this World Series is as un-American as cricket, pierogies, and the Taliban. And if you did root against the Yankees GET OUT! LEAVE! There are a thousand more buildings you can fly a turbo prop jet into in New York City. Go ahead, I know you want to. (And yes, I am screaming.) How can anybody root against this team? I know you think I'm going to use the ole New York deserved this win because of what happened on 9/11; well your right I am, but it goes deeper than that. Unlike the jailbirds in Dallas in the mid 90's that thought they were God's gift to football, unlike the holier than thou Michael Jordan and the Bulls who got every call in the book during their 8 year stretch, unlike the Braves who's cocky attitude only brought them 1 World Series ring even though going to the playoffs 10 consecutive years, the Yankees were the poster boys of a true team. Not one arrogant soul among them. A team that played hard for one another. It's a team that plays for the glory first, and the money a distant second. Oh how I hate the "anybody can buy a team and win" comments that you hear. Tell that to the Dodgers who spend the cash. You don't think Ted Turner has any money for his Braves? The Rangers, the Mariners, they all spend the cash. But don't tell me the Yankees "buy" a team. Steinbrenner and Cashman never get enough credit. They build a solid team from top to bottom year after year. From Joe Torre all the way down to the bench player that always seems to get a hit when you need it. Once again, it's called being a team. I can hear it now, on sports radio: "This is one of the greatest World Series ever" or how about "The Diamondbacks deserved to win." That's why I have declared the week of November 4th-11th as "Turn Off Sports Radio Week." 'Cause I don't want to hear it! This wasn't one of the greatest World Series ever, because the Yankees lost! Pure and simple. And the Diamondbacks didn't deserve to win, they got handed 3 runs through 3 costly Yankee errors. A gift! Yuck! Excuse me a second, I need my mouthwash again. Oh, and I can see the stupid rednecks with a Bill Elliott shirt on, a Budweiser in hand, and Redman oozing out the side of his mouth, who think the Yankees come from a city called "them damn", jumping for joy over this one. Well, as the old philosopher Socrates used to say: "kiss my ass!" Ok, maybe Socrates didn't say that, but I did, and that's what counts. Now don't get me wrong, you people in Arizona should be proud. You filled the BOB with standing room only excitement. (Unlike some places... uuhhmm, Atlanta). You have the two most exciting pitchers in baseball, and a team that looks very similar to the Yankees. But why now? Why? Why not next year? Why did it happen the way it did? Those errors, the last second bottom of the 9th heroics. It just doesn't sit well. Something feels wrong. It wasn't supposed to happen that way. I don't think it will ever sit well with me, and I'm not even a Yankee fan. It was the closest I have come to vomiting watching a baseball game since the Cabrerra Incident of '92. The Yankees, as American as .....well......the Yankees. Say good-bye to a dynasty, maybe the best one ever in sports. I hope you're happy, Yankee bashers. You got what you wanted. |
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