God is a baseball fan

[JimmyBlueEyes]

As I sat at work watching my beloved Mets get humiliated again at 800 Ruppert Place last night, I made a comment to my boss, a die hard Yankee fan.

God is a Yankee fan. How else can one describe the successes of this team over the past 100 years without mentioning the possibility of Divine Intervention. He has granted them 26 world championships and countless other league and division titles. He has brought in top notch players over the years, guiding the hands of owners and players to make deals that benefit the club.

Derek Jeter spoke of the ghosts in the stadium, It was God, how else can you explain Aaron fucking Boone or Bucky fucking Dent?? The Curse of the Bambino had a little help from the Man upstairs. It's obvious God has a serious problem with Boston.

This is not to say I am converting, to a Yankee fan, however. I do believe also that the good Lord has a sense of justice. He will, and has punished the Yankees for commiting at least two of the Seven Deadly Sins. Greed and Pride. Examples: Joe Torre comes to town and they win the world series in 1996, 1998, 99, and 2000. They pick up big name players, in trades and free agency, showing little loyalty to certain team members who really gave it their all. There is the greed. Many fans walk around with this huge chip on thier shoulders(as do some of the players, and the owner) after winning all those championships. Pride.

We come now to 2001, the Yankees face off against Arizona in the World Series. Arizona beats them. They move on to the ALCS next year, only to have their asses handed to them by Anaheim, who went on to win it all. Pride again, by underestimating the Angels. Showing how our Lord and Savior is a just ruler, especially since the team that beat the Yankees is called, the Angels.

Last year, Yankees/Marlins, a team that fired its manager about two weeks into the season. Nobody expected them to get anywhere, yet, they won the wild card, and then went on to beat the Yankees rather soundly.

In closing, I do believe that God is a Yankee fan. However, He is also being just and fair in his punishment of the Bronx Bombers. For the greed of their owner and the pride of its players and fans, especially the fans who jumped on the bandwagon after 1996. Think about it, folks. Stranger things have happened.


Fuckin Mets...

[Sloats]

wrong. People sell their souls to the devil for fame, money, and championship. Jeter makes millions. Mother Teresa lived in poverty. If Mother Teresa was made a saint because she was the closest among us to God, where is Derek's alliances with. Hint: He banged Mariah Carey.

[Keyser Soze]

in some ways im glad the mets lost this series because i'm beginning to think that met ownership thinks they've accomplished something by having a near .500 team that happens to be in contention because they're in the worst division in baseball.

i want the mets to continue losing until the ownership is forced to put a team capable of beating the yankees on the field and not become lulled into some false sense of competitiveness.

met fans who are excited about this team are doing themselves a disservice. you are appeasing an ownership that wants to spend just enough money to take your hard earned money and cares nothing about WINNING.

[Hasegawa]

Actually, California beat the Janquis in the ALDS, I remember because Oakland gave up a 2-0 to Minnesota in the other one...fuckin choke artists.

It does make me happy to know that the last team the Janquis beat in the series were the lowly Mets...

[The Brain]

If God really were a Yankee fan, Lou Gehrig would not have had to stop at 2,130-- forced to retire due to a then-incredibly rare and fatal illness eventually named for him.

George Herman Ruth, the man who <i>made</i> the franchise, would have never had to suffer a single day from the throat cancer which eventually killed him. And maybe he would have lived past the age of 53.

Thurman Munson would probably be gearing up to play on Old Timers' Day right about now. Mickey Mantle, at the now ripe old age of 73, would probably be coaching against Yogi on that day, and maybe trot out to center field one more time, to remind us of what once was. And Catfish Hunter would be the starting pitcher.

Maybe Billy Martin wouldn't have died in that auto accident... maybe he would have managed the Yanks a few more times (he did it on 5 seperate occasions).

Joe DiMaggio would be going on 90, and maybe still talking to us about how someday, someone will surely get to 57 in a row.

Roger Maris would be a few months shy of 70 right about now, and still amazed by how easily McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds all shattered what was, for him at least, one of the most difficult accomplishments ever. More importantly, he would have actually lived to see it done.

When Paul O'Neill, Scott Brosius, and Luis Sojo celebrated the championship over the Braves in 1999, they could have done it with their fathers (who all died that year).

Joe Torre would have celebrated his very first world title (as either player or coach) with his brother Rocco, who died in 1996. And he wouldn't have had to worry about his brother Frank's heart, either.

Maybe if God really were a Yankee fan, he would have made sure the Yanks won in 2001, if for no other reason than to help this city heal.

God doesn't play favorites.

[TheDude]

He may not be a Yankee fan... but, he still sure the hell loathes Boston!

[madmick]

Who doesn't.

[The Man]

Bucky Dent's homer was in Boston, not New York.

There is no God, idiots.

[TheDude]

Sure there is, he posts here

[The Man]

you are so gay for GIP