Comments on: Everything Is Nothing If You’ve Got No One

By: thekoreanmafia

thekoreanmafia — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:59:00 +0000

Boston sucks

By: blindbejeezus

blindbejeezus — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:34:00 +0000

i’m not sure yankees fans ever formed part of the ‘adoring public’ of the corpo-calamity that is red sox nation or the bittersweet fan base that pre-dated it. I am just amused because basically everybody I know who roots for the yankess was all fired up monday because the sox lost, and i find the whole bitter fans clinging to their 26 trophies and outfield busts dynamic that has evolved an ironic switch of roles. It’s like the bronx is the new fens (thanks WGG). Don’t take me as an example of red sox sentiment, I am just an observer of life’s ebb and flood…and America is predisposed to beer, bbq, and doughnuts, with a little church on the side (drowned in butter), not east coast sport rivalries…

By: cdy

cdy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:22:00 +0000

You made my point too, Mr. Bejeezus. This is the reason that people hate the Red Sox, even though America is predisposed to like stories like yours.

You, Charlie Brown, spent 86 years missing that ball and falling on your ass. We, the adoring public, spent 86 years saying "awwwww" and rooting for you, what with your endearing tenacity and sticktoitness. Then, in 2004, you finally got your clumsy little foot on the ball, and we cheered. Because we love a good underdog story.

But then, you went and retreived the ball from across the yard, brought it back, spiked it in Lucy's face, and screamed, "YOUUUUUUUUK!" And we were like, "what?" And you were like, "YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUK!"

And now we hate you.

By: koala

koala — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:19:00 +0000

Well done, bbjezus, you made her point while trying to unmake it.

As an A's fan, I must say that not having any real-deal rivalries TOTALLY sucks. We like to think that we do. But I read somewhere recently that most teams love to play the A's, not because they are an easy to beat quadruple A squad (although I'm sure that's nice) but because they are a young fun team, with players who are "just happy to be here."

Ugh.

Would rather be hated or feared or at least fiery in our competitiveness.

Same goes for the Warriors. No rival, no care.

By: blindbejeezus

blindbejeezus — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:16:00 +0000

man mel, with this post you confirm that you are living in the past….here’s the truth: We, the chowdas, are over it. You may need us, but we don’t need you. For the last few years the middle-aged professional country club that is the NY Yankees clubhouse inspires neither fear nor a sense of rivalry without the grit and poise of pinstripes past. Girardi? He’s to busy trying to produce diamonds from coal (see Bueller, Ferris)to do anything meaningful form his club. What do the yankees need? One of the things you hate: YOUUUUUUUK. or a least some cles facsimile…You’re club ain’t sniffed a Paul O’Neill type for nearly a decade and it shows.