04-15-2009, 06:40 PM
Gus...let me tell you about my Yankee fandom. Growing up in N.E. New Jersey, you were either a Met fan or a Yankees fan. When I was a little kid, the Yankees were pitiful (late 60's). All of my friends were Mets fans because they had Tom Seaver and were on their way to the World Series. I came to like the Yankees because (believe it or not) they were the under dogs and nobody around me paid any attention to them. Well obviously, all that changed. For the record, I know that George Steinbrenner has done a great deal of harm to baseball and I wish that the television revenue was shared like the NFL. But I loved the Yankees as a kid when they stunk and I can't stop loving that team, but I am embarrassed by The ownership and the gross amounts of money he wastes on fielding a glorified "rotisserie team". Unfortunately, this idea of "buying a winner" runs in his family, so I don't see an end to it any time soon. I have to tell you though, I don't watch professional sports like I used to. I am really put off by all the ...........................fill in the blank.
Steve