# Question for Yankee fans **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 6, 1999, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529 "1999-10-06T19:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 1999, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/21 "1999-10-10T05:03:00Z")
Just wanted to put this thread back at the top, what with our three-game sweep of Texas. _evil laughter_ ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/22 "2000-02-17T21:09:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Pete: > \*\*The other 8 is Bill Dickey. > They were retired together in the 70s. > \*\* Leave it to the Yankees to misunderstand the concept of retiring a number! The best team money can buy… ---
**Author:** ![Bobby\_O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bobby\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobby_O)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/23 "2000-02-17T22:07:00Z")
Jinx: The best team money can buy is still the best team. The Yankees are the best baseball team of the 1900’s, by results. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/24 "2000-02-17T22:10:00Z")
And don’t believe that just because a team has deep pockets that they’ll necessarily be a _good_ team. Witness the $80 million payroll of the very pathetic Baltimore Orioles last year. * * * JMCJ Winner of the _Mr. & Mrs. Polycarp Award for Literalizing Cliches_ for knowing an actual atheist in a foxhole. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/25 "2000-02-17T22:11:00Z")
OY! \< holding head \> thank you for reminding me, John. * * * Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/26 "2000-02-17T22:22:00Z")
You know, down here in Georgia, we always **figured** Satan was a Yankees fan. Here’s hoping you and your team are reunited in the hereafter! 😛 * * * –Love ya. Mean it. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/27 "2000-02-18T06:56:00Z")
I believe you mean the TWO-TIME DEFENBDING WORLD CHAMPION FRANCHISE OF THE MILLENNIUM NEW YORK YANKESS. Get tyour terminology straight! Q) What do Braves players dress up in on Halloween? A) Nothing. The Braves never show up in October! Yes, I made that up just now. If it becomes a cult classic, tell everyone Satan started it! 😃 * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/28 "2000-02-18T12:30:00Z")
What kind of dumbass is a Columbia Football fan… ---
**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:** [February 18, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/29 "2000-02-18T14:00:00Z")
Ah yes, the Yanks, whatta team. Chris Chambliss, Lou Pinella, Craig Nettles, Micky Rivers. . . Wait a minute, what decade is this? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/30 "2000-02-18T15:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > What kind of dumbass is a Columbia Football fan… He made that up. He’s never mentioned Columbia football in his life before that point. AFAIK, he’s a Penn State fan. Which still makes him lame, but at least it’s not Michigan. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/31 "2000-02-18T16:48:00Z")
. . .The Gator, Bucky Dent, Dave Righetti. . . ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/32 "2000-02-19T02:05:00Z")
Ukelele Ike: > [@](#): > > any New Yorker originally from someplace else (excepting, probably, those backwaters without professional baseball teams) who sets himself up as a Yankee fan is by definition the lowest form of human life. ## You mean Hillary? The Dave-Guy “Since my daughter’s only half-Jewish, can she go in up to her knees?” J.H. Marx ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/33 "2000-02-19T02:08:00Z")
Snetho: > [@](#): > > First of all, I should hold all comments until after the playoffs, but The Curse of the Bambino should be expiring soon with our new ball park…so pending the ALCS results, NY may soon have a new force to reckon with. Ya know, you’re right. Every time the Red Sox built a new ballpark, they win the World Series!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529/34 "2000-02-19T10:04:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Satan: > > Bill Buckner Why does everyone forget that Calvin Schiraldi had a two-run lead with two outs and two strikes in his favor, yet couldn’t get the job done? Granted, Buckner’s error let in the winning run, but the score was tied by then. An effective relief pitcher would never have let it reach that point. > [@](#): > > Drain Bead: > > Which still makes him lame, but at least it’s not Michigan. From The Columbus Report: ``` "This is the most fanatical football city I've lived in, due mostly to the Ohio State University team. Their hated rival is the University of Michigan; the annual OSU-Michigan game is treated like a major war. In their last 10 tries, OSU has lost 8 times to Michigan (one game ended in a tie). I was born and raised in southeastern Michigan, where there have long been many choices between sports and teams, so the Ohio State game is a local media item for about a week up there. But here, they hate Michigan all year long. The primary Michigan color is blue. Fortunately, I've got blue return-address labels, a blue pick-up truck, plenty of blue jeans, and even a pair of blue cowboy boots. Hmmm, where are my blue ink pens?" ``` (Update: 9 OSU losses to Michigan in their last 12 tries.) And let’s not forget, the new Columbus NHL franchise will be called the \Blue Jackets\. * * * “A lot of Christians wear crosses around their necks. You think when Jesus comes back, he ever wants to see a cross?” – [Bill Hicks](http://www.billhicks.com/darktimes/index.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-yankee-fans/7529.md?page=1)