Many of us Native New Yorkers loathe the Yankees. The only teams we loathe more are the Dodgers and Giants who broke our hearts back in '57, abandoning us to the hated Yankees (a decent chunk of my childhood baseball experience was spent in Yankee Stadium 1958-61 rooting - along with half the Stadium - against the hated Yankees). And even though we hated the Dodgers, 1963 was a revelation and a joy, and while it was still difficult to actually enjoy the Dodgers and Lasorda, it wasn't hard to root for them in '77, '78, and '81.
And that's what it comes down to - we don't gotta enjoy them - we just gotta enjoy their beating the Yankees when it happens - and that we do. You Red Sox fans aren't alone. I'm not even going to make the obligatory 1986 joke.
And although I am obviously not a hardcore Kunce person and have refused to vote for him for now 2 primaries in a row I shook Lucas Kunce's hand and spoke polite words to him.
Just an explosion of pure joy to watch that ESPN clip which I missed in order to in theory monitor the Nets game for Twitter. (I got as far as typing x.com/nba into the bar very slowly.)
I was also entrusted by HKBH to interact with Jon Hamm for probably 30 seconds at a Lucas Kunce rally (I have scrawl from his pen not obviously recognizable as a signature on my "Revolution was Televised" cover but then more fans were waiting so I could not deliver any of the remarks I had drafted for years) so possibly I am not entirely spiritually failed the way I felt after Yom Kippur. Maybe Trump could even lose the election. Anything is possible.
Yes, this has become an ambivalent time of year for Sox fans since our owner decided to relocate to the ISS for the rest of his life (but let's recap WS titles in the 21st Century: Sox: 4; Yankees: 1). That said, in 2018, Bryan Hoch wrote an only-in-NYC, delightfully presumptive, arrogant book titled The Baby Boomers, The Inside Story of the Next Yankees Dynasty. Oh my, that aged well. I take this time every year to point out we're now in Year __ of this "Next Yankee Dynasty" and how great it's going! And don't forget, last night's Biggest Single Game Choke Job makes a spiffy bookend to their Biggest Series Choke Job. Thhhhhe Yankees Win!
No baseball gods" present causing Judge to drop an inning-end fly ball, or a bungled lapse of pitcher covering 1st base, or fumbled force-out throw at 3rd,
or the entirety of Game 5 cock-uppery by NY...sad, sad, effort, and although Aaron Boone wasn't playing in the field, too many dumbass decisions caught up with him, and the guy is getting the chop, deservedly so.
Could tell how much you enjoyed writing this issue.
-a Yankee fan….ps My Maine born wife agrees with you.
Many of us Native New Yorkers loathe the Yankees. The only teams we loathe more are the Dodgers and Giants who broke our hearts back in '57, abandoning us to the hated Yankees (a decent chunk of my childhood baseball experience was spent in Yankee Stadium 1958-61 rooting - along with half the Stadium - against the hated Yankees). And even though we hated the Dodgers, 1963 was a revelation and a joy, and while it was still difficult to actually enjoy the Dodgers and Lasorda, it wasn't hard to root for them in '77, '78, and '81.
And that's what it comes down to - we don't gotta enjoy them - we just gotta enjoy their beating the Yankees when it happens - and that we do. You Red Sox fans aren't alone. I'm not even going to make the obligatory 1986 joke.
And although I am obviously not a hardcore Kunce person and have refused to vote for him for now 2 primaries in a row I shook Lucas Kunce's hand and spoke polite words to him.
(The pure loathsomeness of Josh Hawley requires keeping one's eyes on the prize here)
Just an explosion of pure joy to watch that ESPN clip which I missed in order to in theory monitor the Nets game for Twitter. (I got as far as typing x.com/nba into the bar very slowly.)
I was also entrusted by HKBH to interact with Jon Hamm for probably 30 seconds at a Lucas Kunce rally (I have scrawl from his pen not obviously recognizable as a signature on my "Revolution was Televised" cover but then more fans were waiting so I could not deliver any of the remarks I had drafted for years) so possibly I am not entirely spiritually failed the way I felt after Yom Kippur. Maybe Trump could even lose the election. Anything is possible.
I think the Yankees were sunk no matter what. They would have had to face Yamamoto again, who looks exactly like Sandy Koufax. Not winning that one.
Yes, this has become an ambivalent time of year for Sox fans since our owner decided to relocate to the ISS for the rest of his life (but let's recap WS titles in the 21st Century: Sox: 4; Yankees: 1). That said, in 2018, Bryan Hoch wrote an only-in-NYC, delightfully presumptive, arrogant book titled The Baby Boomers, The Inside Story of the Next Yankees Dynasty. Oh my, that aged well. I take this time every year to point out we're now in Year __ of this "Next Yankee Dynasty" and how great it's going! And don't forget, last night's Biggest Single Game Choke Job makes a spiffy bookend to their Biggest Series Choke Job. Thhhhhe Yankees Win!
"But then Cole allowed his first hit in that fifth inning, and chaos ensured."
s/b "But then Cole allowed his first hit in that fifth inning, and chaos ensued."
Actually, considering what followed right after, both verbs work.
Erstwhile hardcore Yankee fan here, but now that I'm too old to root for specific teams, I am happy for your happiness.
No baseball gods" present causing Judge to drop an inning-end fly ball, or a bungled lapse of pitcher covering 1st base, or fumbled force-out throw at 3rd,
or the entirety of Game 5 cock-uppery by NY...sad, sad, effort, and although Aaron Boone wasn't playing in the field, too many dumbass decisions caught up with him, and the guy is getting the chop, deservedly so.