# Meatball for the Yankee fans... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 6, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861 "2004-10-06T15:38:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/1 "2004-10-06T15:38:20Z")
Lets say that Boston and NY meet in the ALCS again this year. What a series that will be, huh? Now, **19-18!** is getting to be a little old, admit it. “19-18!”…“Yankees suck!”… “Oh yeah? 19-18!”…“Oh yeah? Yankees Suck!” Pedro jammed his foot about knee deep down his throat when he said that he should “just tip my hat and call the Yankees my daddies.” What sort of banners and signs would be in the rafters of Yankee Stadium if they were to meet again this year? Just giving you your chance now, just in case 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/2 "2004-10-12T18:52:14Z")
Since this matchup has come to fruition, I’ll bump it up to see if it catches a response this time around. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/3 "2004-10-12T22:28:13Z")
Well, the obvious is “Who’s your Daddy?” tomorrow night, anyway. I read today that there had been a t-shirt made along those lines but it was removed from the market as being “offensive.” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/4 "2004-10-13T00:00:18Z")
I can understand not liking the Yankees. I don’t like the Yankees. But the “Yankees Suck!” chant has always mystified me. It’s false. They don’t suck. They’re awesome. Greatest franchise in any major North American sport, easy. And they led the league in wins this year. Now, “Yankee FANS suck!” is a subjective call, so that’s okay. “Go to hell, Yankees!”, “Beat New York!” and “Steinbrenner is a fatass!” are all fine. “Yankees Suck!” makes the heckler sound like a fool, or a Red Sox fan, not that there’s a lot of difference. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/5 "2004-10-13T01:24:20Z")
Manuel Aristides Ramirez = Rick James. I have nothing of substance to add. Sorry. Go Sox. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/6 "2004-10-13T01:55:39Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I can understand not liking the Yankees. I don’t like the Yankees. > > But the “Yankees Suck!” chant has always mystified me. It’s false. They don’t suck. They’re awesome. Greatest franchise in any major North American sport, easy. And they led the league in wins this year. Ahh, but you see, sucking is in no way related to how many games or world series a team wins. Sucking is merely an intrinsic quality independant of everything else. A team either sucks, or does not suck. The Yankees, from my observation, suck. It’s just that simple. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/7 "2004-10-13T02:08:53Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Ahh, but you see, sucking is in no way related to how many games or world series a team wins. Sucking is merely an intrinsic quality independant of everything else. A team either sucks, or does not suck. The Yankees, from my observation, suck. It’s just that simple. Fascinating. We are using totally different versions of “suck.” I am intrigued. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/8 "2004-10-13T03:02:43Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Fascinating. We are using totally different versions of “suck.” I am intrigued. Sort of. For instance, if I lose $20, I would say that sucks. And my friends would commiserate by saying, that sucks. Or, I would look at my pathetic fantasy football team and say that my team sucks - while cursing the day Ahman Green was born. The third way you can use it is in a way that’s more akin of calling someone an asshole. For instance, if we’re at Vegas and I’m losing money and my buddy is winning money hand over fist, I might tell him that he sucks. In this case, it would be a friendly jab, but it doesn’t have to be. I could say, “Dude, you suck.” He’d ask why. Then I’d say, I’m losing all this money here. And he’d say, that sucks, man, but it’ll turn around. See? So Yankees Suck is basically saying that the Yankees, their owner, their players, their fans and everyone associated with them are assholes and we hate them. So Yankees Suck is another way of saying that the entire organization is a fucking ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/9 "2004-10-13T04:24:34Z")
Neurotik: ``` I THINK I follow you. Let me see if I have this right. "Suck" can mean either ``` a) “to be repulsive, nauseating and beneath contempt.” b) “to be utterly incompetent, to fail miserably at everything, to be a perpetual source of embarrassment.” ``` So, Yankees fans suck in the A sense, whereas the guys who haven't won the World Series since 1918 (and who shelled out a small fortune for Curt Schilling for sole sole purpose of starting him in the playoffs against the Yankees!) suck in the B sense. Works for me! Of course, this is almost an unfair exchange. Because Yankee fans really don't care that Bostonians think they suck! But Bostonians DO care desperately that the Sox haven't won the World Series since their grandfathers were in diapers. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/10 "2004-10-13T12:39:35Z")
Perfect, **astorian**. And you summed it up better in two lines than I did in 13. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/11 "2004-10-13T12:55:42Z")
Do Yankee fans need a Swami at one of their lost players grave to try and break a curse to make them play better? Heh… **NO** I Sox fans need a little more cheese I’d say…With their _whine_ that is … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/12 "2004-10-13T13:11:15Z")
Hehe. Clear sailing ahead. Yanks 1 Losers 0 😛 ---
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/13 "2004-10-13T14:06:51Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Of course, this is almost an unfair exchange. Because Yankee fans really don’t care that Bostonians think they suck! But Bostonians DO care desperately that the Sox haven’t won the World Series since their grandfathers were in diapers. Exactly! Remember a couple of years ago when the Patriots won their first Super Bowl title? That spring a bunch of the players brought the Lombardi Trophy to Fenway for an on-field ceremony before a Sox game. What was the spontaneous chant that rose from the crowd? Not “We’re Number One!” Not “Let’s go Pats!” Not even “Let’s go Sox!” No, the chant they started during the celebration was “Yankees suck!”. How pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Elvez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Elvez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elvez)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/14 "2004-10-13T16:52:28Z")
I predict at least one sign held by a Yankee’s fan tonight that says "Daddy says: “Go to Bed!”. (FTR, I can’t stand the Yankees. I hope the Red Sox win. But I can’t stand the Red Sox, either, so I hope they get slaughtered by St. Louis. I’m an A’s fan. I know, I know. I can’t help it.) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/15 "2004-10-13T18:12:49Z")
waits, IIRC, they even chanted “Yankees Suck” at the parade celebrating winning the Super Bowl! Nothing makes a Yankees fan heart feel warmer than to know a Sox fan is thinking about them. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/16 "2004-10-13T18:23:23Z")
It was hilarious last night hearing: WHO’s your DAD-dy WHO’s your DAD-dy in that only-baseball-fans-do-it sort of way. I first heard it when other teams’ fans would taunt Daryl Stawberry: DARE-yl! DARE-yl! Then, when I started going to Yankee games, the Bleacher Creatures do the infamous Yankee Roll Call when the Yanks are on defense during the first inning: DARE-ek JEET-er! DARE-ek JEET-er BER-nie WILL-iams! BER-nie WILL-iams until each player tips their cap - too funny. But hearing Who’d Your Daddy was just freakin’ hilarious. I can only imagine how loud and continuous it is going to be tonight for lil’ Petey… ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatball-for-the-yankee-fans/267861/17 "2004-10-13T18:32:23Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Then, when I started going to Yankee games, the Bleacher Creatures do the infamous Yankee Roll Call when the Yanks are on defense during the first inning…until each player tips their cap - too funny. This is fairly recent, right? Maybe 5 years old or so? It _is_ kinda cool. And to hijack, where’s Ronan Tynan been? If I’m gonna watch a Yankee playoff game, I needs me some Ronan Tynan during the stretch.