Why I Hate the Yankees

Well, the backup catcher hit a game-winning-ground-rule-double to put the Yankees 8 1/2 games ahead of the Red Sox after being down 4-3 with an 0-2 count and 2 outs, so of course I can't sleep. But why can't I sleep? Would I not be able to sleep if the Red Sox lost to the White Sox and the Yankees beat the Tigers in extra innings? The Yankees still would have gained a full game, still be 8 and a half ahead. The Red Sox are still the favorite to win the Wild Card and should be able to return to the ALCS against the Yankees, so why can't I sleep? Because I hate them so much.

The Yankees? Well not the Yankees themselves. Truth is, if you put Jason Giambi and Derek Jeter in B hats they would be the most popular Red Sox in franchise history. Play "Enter Sandman" at Fenway Park for Mariano Rivera and I'd be jacked as hell.

George Steinbrenner? Well everyone hates him. But he's in his seventies and the truth is, again, if he owned the Red Sox and was pulling free agents and money trades on the Yankees, I'd love George too.

New York? Well, that may be part of it, but you can't hate New York by itself. The Statue of Liberty is there. They suffered through 9/11 more than anyone. It's hard to include New York in your hatred for the Yankees, but it's part of the problem and to overlook that would be foolish.

It's quite obvious that when Red Sox fans chant "Yankees Suck", they don't mean the Yankees actually suck. The Brewers Suck, the Rockies Suck, the Royals Suck, the Devil Rays used to Suck. The Yankees could win 120 games this year, it's hard to argue that the team sucks. But the truth is not as conducive to mass-chanting and marketing as the often used phrase.

It is indeed, Yankee Fans, who we hate. It is Yankee Fans who "Suck". I am up tonight because the last thing I saw before I turned off my TV was a couple thousand Yankee fans jumping up and down like the cast of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy after a makeover, the 50th makeover in the show's history. Some crying like a girlfriend during her 500th viewing of "Beaches". Embracing each other like they were long lost relatives. The one overarching theme to all of these similies is that each and every one of you has been there before, you knew what was going to happen. Yet you act like you've never seen it before just because you know that we unfortunately have seen the same stomach punching scene THOUSANDS of times.

It's disgusting the superior complex some of you people have, it even extends beyond the superiority of your franchise to ours.v So to put into detail here are just some of the things I hate about Yankee fans.

We hate how you bang the drum of the history that the Yankees have had over the Red Sox yet ignore the history the Celtics have had over the Knicks or the dominance of New England Clam Chowder over Manhattan Clam Chowder (it hasn't even been close).

We hate how five of you will walk Faneuil Hall in Yankees caps each thinking that YOU are the "asshole" that's pissing everyone else off.

We hate how you call your city "The City" as if our city and all other cities are just a suburb of your city.

We hate your bridge tolls.

We hate how your highway signs list New England at the bottom of all destinations, as if more people are headed to New Rochelle on I-95 North than an entire region.

We hate how none of your even cared about baseball between 1983 and 1994, except for in 1986 when you became Mets fans.

We hate how you bitch about waiting "on-line".

We hate how you say "on-line". There ain't no computer in front of you!

We hate your Jim Kaat and your Tim McCarver and your Mike and your Mad Dog.

We hate every single song, TV show, or movie written about your city. Why didn't Frank call it "Hoboken, Hoboken"?

Most of all, we hate how you have enjoyed coming to expect it all. To expect a franchise with 26 World Championships to beat a team that hasn't won one in 86 years. Although we can't hate how you expect it, we expect it too. It's how you can take so much joy in so much of our pain. See you in October assholes!

Now I can sleep!

The Difference between the Yankees & the Red Sox

This is just simple psychology...

If you hope for good things to happen, they may.

If you expect good things to happen, they will.

The Red Sox are built, developed, covered, and followed with the idea that they will hopefully, finally, overcome the Yankees and win their first World Series in 86 years.

The Yankees are built, developed, covered, and followed with the idea that they need to fend off the next best team in their division (for the past five years its been the Red Sox) and then beat a National League team in a seven game series to win their first World Series in 4 years.

In April, the Red Sox are always juiced to play the Yankees and do fairly well. The Yankees are always trying to get a few new stars acclimated to their system and stumble out of the gate.

Usually, the Red Sox and Yankees are neck and neck around the All-Star Break and the Yankees distance themselves around lateAugust/early-September when they meet around that time. This series feels a lot like a September series because the Yankees are so good this year that they have distanced themselves sooner.

Whenever critical moments and pressure situations arise the Yankees prevail because they expect good things to happen to them and the Red Sox HOPE for good things to happen to them. For example, the Red Sox and Yankees are tied at 3 in extra innings, and I'm at my computer writing this.

That said, I firmly believe that the Red Sox and Yankees are the two best teams in the American League. The Red Sox will improve, they have too much talent not to make the postseason. I have no doubt that this October will be the same as last October with New York and Boston in a seven game series for the American League Pennant.

And I will be hoping for good things to happen.

Who Red Sox Fans really Hate and Why?

Well the backup catcher hit a game-winning-ground-rule-double to put the Yankees 8 1/2 games ahead of the Red Sox after being down 4-3 with an 0-2 count and 2 outs, so of course I can't sleep. But why can't I sleep? Would I not be able to sleep if the Red Sox lost to the White Sox and the Yankees beat the Tigers in extra innings? The Yankees still would have gained a full game, still be 8 and a half ahead. The Red Sox are still the favorite to win the Wild Card and should be able to return to the ALCS against the Yankees so why can I not sleep? Because I hate them so much.

The Yankees? Well not the Yankees themselves. Truth is put Jason Giambi and Derek Jeter in B hats and they would be the most popular Red Sox in franchise history. Play Enter Sandman at Fenway Park for Mariano Rivera and I'd be jacked as hell.

George Steinbrenner? Well everyone hates him. But he's in his seventies and the truth is again, If he owned the Red Sox and was pulling free agents and money trades on the Yankees, I'd love George too.

New York? Well that may be part of it, but you can't hate New York by itself. The Statue of Liberty is there. They suffered through 9/11 more than anyone. It's hard to include New York in your hatred for the Yankees, but it's part of the problem and to overlook that would be foolish.

It's quite obvious that when Red Sox fans chant "Yankees Suck", they don't mean the Yankees actually suck. The Brewers Suck, the Rockies Suck, the Royals Suck, the Devil Rays used to Suck. The Yankees could win 120 games this year, it's hard to argue that the team sucks. The truth is not as condusive to mass chanting and marketing as the often used phrase.

It is indeed, Yankee Fans, who we hate. It is Yankee Fans who "Suck". I am up tonight because the last thing I saw before I turned off my TV was a couple thousand Yankee fans jumping up and down like the cast of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy after a makeover, the 50th makeover in the show's history. Some crying like a girlfriend during their 500th viewing of Beaches. Embracing each other like they were long lost relatives. The one overarching theme to all of these similies is that each and every one of you has been there before, you knew what was going to happen. Yet you act like you've never seen it before just because you know that we unfortunately have seen the same stomach punching scene THOUSANDS of times.

It's disgusting the superior complex some of you people have, it even extends beyond the superiority of your franchise to ours. So to put into detail here is just some of the things I hate about Yankee fans.

We hate how you bang the drum of the history that the Yankees have had over the Red Sox yet ignore the history the Celtics have had over the Knicks or the dominance of New England Clam Chowder over Manhattan Clam Chowder (it hasn't even been close).

We hate how five of you will walk Faneuil Hall in Yankees caps each thinking that YOU are the "asshole" that's pissing everyone else off.

We hate how you call your city "The City" as if our city and all other cities are just a suburb of your city.

We hate your bridge tolls.

We hate how your highway signs list New England at the bottom of all destinations, as if more people are headed to New Rochelle on I-95 North than an entire region.

We hate how none of your even cared about baseball between 1983 and 1994, except for in 1986 when you became Mets fans.

We hate how you bitch about waiting "on-line".

We hate how you say "on-line". There ain't no computer in front of you!

We hate your Jim Kaat and your Tim McCarver and your Mike and your Mad Dog.

We hate every single song, TV show, or movie written about your city. Why didn't Frank call it "Hoboken, Hoboken"?

Most of all, We hate how you have enjoyed coming to expect it all. To expect a franchise with 26 World Championships to beat a team that hasn't won one in 86 years. Although we can't hate how you expect it, we expect it too. It's how you can take so much joy in so much of our pain. See you in October assholes!

Now I can sleep!

Real World San Diego: Season in Review

For as funny as it was at times, this season of the Real World was very poorly casted and produced. You could tell the producers wished this cast had more depth but then again I believe they dug their own hole here.

The idea was obvious, let's put this Goth chick with a Frat Boy, a Player, an intelligent black guy, a Southern Belle, a Coyote Ugly chick, and a quiet Asian.

The intelligent black guy would hang out with the Asian as they are the two youngest, obviously the Frat Boy and the Player will hit on the Southern Belle and the CU chick and the Goth chick will be left alone to brood all season long. Not a bad premise but here's where it goes wrong. The Goth chick gets so isolated she leaves the show, plus her relationship causes her to leave, which has NEVER happened in Real World history (usually they cheat on the boy/girlfriend, a la Brad).

Then it goes really wrong, they JTS and take on a NEW cast member for THREE episodes, this guy goes to work one day, pisses everyone off for one show and does nothing remarkable, in fact I forget his name already.

Other than Frankie there appeared to be almost no drama, except if you watched or listened to the news you knew before the season started that alledgedly someone was raped at the house by a friend of one of the cast members. Apparently legal issues prevented that and any discussion of that from reaching air. That probably would have been the trademark of this season, that otherwise had none other than being a booze fest. There were however some highlights.

-Brad's girlfriend Andrea and the remarkable events that led to Brad picking her up from the airport.

-The Cameran and Andrea sunbathing scene

-Brad's one night stand with Jacqueline "What do you want to do?"..."You" (we should all be so lucky)

-Frankie in Greece yelling to Brad and Randy "You're ALWAYS drunk" and Randy's offense to that saying that would make him cry.

-The episode where Amaya #2 punches the Marine and the fact that guy actually called the cops over it

Other than that, a disappointing season, and next season takes place in Philadelphia, Horstman will be doing weekly reviews.