# Go A's (Yankee's suck) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631 "2001-10-10T19:11:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/61 "2001-10-12T16:59:49Z")
**Green Bean** that was great, so fitting. If you notice I choose to ignore the moronic rumblings of a _boy_ (who also probably has cooties, shudder) so thanks for holding up our end. He just doesn’t understand fun, right? 🙂 If you are ever in the L.A. area, I would love to go to a baseball game with you. I would even go to a dreaded Yankee game. We could cheer for different teams, argue about the good and bad of players stats AND judge the looks (or lack thereof) of the different players. deb ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/62 "2001-10-12T17:18:51Z")
You’re on. I love a good ball game, and I don’t care who’s playin’! ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/63 "2001-10-12T20:12:56Z")
LOL! I don’t believe I’ve ever inspired a song before. Why it’s still all right to root against the [Yankees.](http://www.msnbc.com/news/641511.asp) > [@](#): > > The idea that we should transform ourselves for the moment into Yankee fans is, while well-intentioned, completely ludicrous. (As is the suggestion, floated by the mayor of Rome, that the rest of the world bidding to host the 2012 Olympics should stand aside and let New York take that prize.) Anyone who knows New Yorkers understands that the last thing they want is some kind of misguided sports pity, which is what the sudden allegiance of Red Sox or Phillies fans would be. He said that the primary reason last year’s World Series was a ratings bust is because no matter what happened, a New York team would win! ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/64 "2001-10-13T13:27:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > \*\*But seriously, why do you think that the Yankees suck? \*\* Beacause they offered to if I gave them $20. Well, Clemens did, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/65 "2001-10-13T20:42:58Z")
I hope so bad that Roger Clemens doesn’t win the Cy Young Award. Hell, _I_ could have gone 20-3 with his run support. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/66 "2001-10-15T17:36:41Z")
Bingo bango, clackety clack. Hmm. Odd that no As fans have posted to this thread for the past two days. . . If the last four years have proven nothing else, they’ve shown that the Yanks play best when their backs are to the wall (although they haven’t been in that position very often). Just when you think they’re dead and buried, they rise up out of the grave, pull the stake from their hearts, and whup ass. If the As can beat The Rocket twice in a row I will tip my hat to them, and will wish them the best in the next round. Let’s play one! Go Yankees. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MFS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MFS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MFS)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/67 "2001-10-15T18:42:35Z")
oh, yeah, the Yankees think they’re so cool now… of course, they had to take out one of the A’s with a broken lag to do it… damn Yankees… I do hope that both the A’s and Indians can pull it together in their respective game 5’s… I’m sick of the Yankees, and, again, I’m maritally obligated to root for the Indians, which I don’t mind, but its not like I dislike the Mariners or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/68 "2001-10-15T18:48:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Colibri \* > **If the As can beat The Rocket twice in a row I will tip my hat to them, and will wish them the best in the next round.** Yes, yes. In fact, I can already tip my hat to them. Through this series, I have gained a lot of respect for them as a team. For example, game 3 was an amazing pitching match-up. When you consider the $10,000,000 salary of Mussina with the $240,000 salaray of Zito, it becomes even more amazing. The A’s have managed to build a heck of a team on a tiny budget. There has been some talk of the Yankees trying to hire some of the guys who will become free-agents this year, like Giambi and Damon. On one hand, I hope the Yankees get them, because I’m a Yankee fan. On the other, I hope they stay with the A’s, because I really like this A’s team. Unfortunately, they probably won’t stay with the A’s. I do bemoan the seeming greediness of professional sports stars, but I really can’t blame Giambi if he turns down 4 or 5 million for more than 10 million per year. That’s a huge difference. Anyway, I am looking forward to game 5. I feel really bad that Jermaine Dye won’t be in the game (poor guy!!). But Clemens won’t be at his best, either–so maybe that’ll save us. In an unrelated rant–I wish those damned announcers would stop saying–“In this, which could be [insert name]'s last game as a Yankee.” Okay, we get the point–person X may be retiring and persons Y,Z, and Q will be free agents. But, so you have to harp on it every time they make a play or come to bat? Let’s face it, any game could be anybody’s last. It’s just depressing to keep talking about it. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/69 "2001-10-15T18:53:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MFS \* > \*\*oh, yeah, the Yankees think they’re so cool now… of course, they had to take out one of the A’s with a broken lag to do it… > \*\* The above squeezed in while I was composing my above reply. Jermaine Dye fouled it off his own leg. How is that the Yankee’s fault? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/70 "2001-10-15T18:58:54Z")
And yes, I made the same grammatical error in my above post that I attempted to rank on the OP about. Please stop laughing at me. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/71 "2001-10-15T19:13:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MFS \* > **oh, yeah, the Yankees think they’re so cool now… of course, they had to take out one of the A’s with a broken lag to do it…** Yeah, as **Green Bean** said, Dye broke his own leg. It wasn’t Duque’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![MFS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MFS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MFS)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/72 "2001-10-15T19:26:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Colibri \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by MFS \* > > **oh, yeah, the Yankees think they’re so cool now… of course, they had to take out one of the A’s with a broken lag to do it…** > > Yeah, as **Green Bean** said, Dye broke his own leg. It wasn’t Duque’s fault. \*\* oh, pooh. stop it with this whole “reality” thing… of course, I should reply… “and **who** threw the pitch that careened off his bat? If it had been a simpler pitch, this would not have happened”… but that might make me look even more insane… ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/73 "2001-10-15T23:18:55Z")
Quick stat for ya . . . New York in Oakland this season (regular and post) : 8-0 Oakland in New York this season (regular and post) : 5-0 The home team has not won a game in this series all year. Tonight they are in Yankee Stadium. Go A’s !! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/74 "2001-10-15T23:22:18Z")
Then the Yanks are due, right? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/75 "2001-10-16T00:11:25Z")
If nothing else, we’ll get to see Mulder again tonight. [HomerSimpson]Mmmmmm…Mulder.[/HomerSimpson] He’s enough to make me not miss Ben Grieve anymore. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/76 "2001-10-16T01:00:38Z")
Has any team ever won a playoff series without winning even one game at home? (Right now, the A’s are ahead 2-0 in the second inning.) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/77 "2001-10-16T03:37:22Z")
It really was inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![MFS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MFS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MFS)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/78 "2001-10-16T03:45:59Z")
damn Yankees… bastards. damn Mariners… bastards. **GO DIAMIONBACKS!!!** [sub]oh well… what can I say…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/79 "2001-10-16T03:49:54Z")
The Yankees Win… theeeeeeee Yankees Win! I think all you A’s fans forgot that you DO NOT BRAG until you actaully have won something. Nice try Oakland, better luck next year. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-as-yankees-suck/86631/80 "2001-10-16T03:51:01Z")
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