NEW link for NYYFANS companion site for politics and more: www.editorialme.com.
Thank God. Now the fans who bought OD tickets can be happy, and the Yankees can get a glimpse of something they need to strive for.
I was hoping for that, more fuel on the fire for the Yanks.
The 11th Commandment - "Thou shall NEVER count out The New York Yankees"
They have every right to do it -- they are the champions...It's interesting though...I would have thought nothing about it if they had just done it -- however, with the story about them not rubbing it in the Yankee faces, and then deciding to go ahead, that's just a little strange to me...I heard Francona on with Kay the other day and he said he was not in favor of doing it.
Either way, I was at the ring ceremony in 2000 for the Yankees (I think it was 2000, from the '99 season) and it was against the A's on Memorial Day weekend ...that's how long it took to get the rings...they must not have used the same company.
I agree, I would be insulted if they didn't do it for the reason of "considering the Yankees feelings".
NEW link for NYYFANS companion site for politics and more: www.editorialme.com.
As hard as it will be for me to watch, it was the right decision. The Yankees playing the Sox on opening day however, is asinine.
Never left the Betances bandwagon.
as they should have
I have a friend in the sox office and they wanted to hand them out on an off day so they could fill the park up another day during the summer and reap the benefits of cencessions/souvenirs. They still hadnt decided how they would distribute the tix. They also never announced that they were going to give out the rings OD anyway. My guess is since they havent won it in nearly a century all the dopes who bought tix for the game just assumed they would be doing it at the first home game.Originally Posted by GoRocket
Get 27!
Agreed, 6 games in April is ridiculous.
The 11th Commandment - "Thou shall NEVER count out The New York Yankees"
Mixed emotions on that. One one hand, it is incredibly cool and exciting to open the season home and away against the Red Sox. Flip side is playing the Sox opening day somewhat detracts from opening day itself. It feels like we're simply being launched into a continuation of the ALCS without starting a new season.
Agree 100%.
Refuse to Boo!
You'll actually watch it? You're stomach is better than mine.
Where Have You Gone, Bernie Williams? Where Have You Gone?
Thank goodness. I never saw such drama and carrying on (by Red Sox and their fans) over when rings are going to be given out. Let them give them out and get it over with and start playing some baseball.
I wont be able to stomach either. I have a ticket for the game and will be at the bar until that garbage is over.
Get 27!
I won't be watching. Best case scenario, Yankees kick their asses in the first three games of the season at Yankee Stadium. A sweep to start off 2005, then they can go to Boston, watch the hoopla, get riled up and continue to kick their asses in an embarrassing second sweep.
Red Sox fans, no need to reply to my opinion---I won't read your rebuttal.
The real deal for the fans, is raising the championship banner.
“I love winning man! It’s like, better than LOSING!” ~ Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh
Well, you'd think that would be it, but the fans have already started planning taunts for each Yankee when each Red Sox player gets their ring. Evidently, the fans believe the Red Sox will make it a real drawn-out presentation which will give the fans ample time to spew their venom at the opposing team.
Let them have their fun. It has no relevance to the upcoming season. 2004 is over, IMO.
“I love winning man! It’s like, better than LOSING!” ~ Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh
What fans? I hadn't heard of this.
Like school on Saturday....
My dad and my sister will be at the April 11th home opener for the Sox. So, if any of you see a screaming Sox fan and a teenage girl about 17 sitting next to him dying of embarrassment, that would be them.
Get over it folks! Regardless of what childish, unprofessional ranting the Sox are doing now, THEY WON LAST YEAR fair and square! Let them have their moment when they choose and let's move on to the 2005 season.
Second place only means you're first loser. Go ANSKY!! 23-2-21-42
Get over it folks! Regardless of what childish, unprofessional ranting the Sox are doing now, THEY WON LAST YEAR fair and square! Let them have their moment when they choose and let's move on to the 2005 season.
Please don't tell us to "get over it".
If I was going to that game, I wouldn't be able to watch it either. As a Yankee fan, it's hard to watch one your most hated rivals receiving their championship rings. I would surmise the same would go for Sox fans at YS if the Yanks had won the WS last year. Just because some people here don't want to watch doesn't mean we aren't letting them have their moment.
Yep.Get over it folks! Regardless of what childish, unprofessional ranting the Sox are doing now, THEY WON LAST YEAR fair and square! Let them have their moment when they choose and let's move on to the 2005 season.
Exactly.
I couldn't agree more.
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
I love it. Certainly jumpstarts the season.
true.... hmm, maybe I don't like them playing the opener...
The game or the ceremony?
They're world champions. This is their right.
they won the title...the can display their rings any way they want to...not a big deal...everyone in boston was flipping out about...now they can all live happily ever after...life goes on...
Couldn't agree more. the Daily Quickie did make an interesting point....Would it be such a big deal if they weren't playing the Yanks?
"Here's the question: If they were opening against the Royals -- with the Yankees two weeks later -- would they still want their rings on Opening Day?"
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/quickie
I was thinking the same thing. Handing out rings, raising the banner..... this is good for them to see. Motivation.
NYYFans FBB: Evil Empire
"Even though sometimes I can really be a monster... today, I'm just a sea monster."
Of course it's hard to watch. But that's part of having sportsmanship. They beat us, the won their championship, we just gotta go out there and dethrone them.
NYYFans FBB: Evil Empire
"Even though sometimes I can really be a monster... today, I'm just a sea monster."
I agree...until I heard Millar's reasoning as to why they should get them that day. As heard on WEEI this morning: "Why shouldn't we? They play Yankeeography while we do BP down there."
This isn't Millar's half-assed attempt at a burn, is it? I'm really getting tired of that whole effin bunch.
Listening to 1050 at lunch, some dude calls up saying how we want sympathy, to feel bad because the Sox are doing this.
Who says we want sympathy? Let them do it! Motivation people, MOTIVATION!
NYYFans FBB: Evil Empire
"Even though sometimes I can really be a monster... today, I'm just a sea monster."
I think it's undeniable that it IS a big deal to the Sox and their fan base that they give out their rings against the Yanks. You know what? That's fine by me. Their championship will forever be intertwined with that ALCS.
It's the 2005 Yankees' job to make everyone forget it happened.
Exactly. This is our year, whether the Sox like it or not.
I heard this from one of the personalities on EEI as well.
Yankeography is for the fans who get there early to enjoy, not to rub it into opposing teams. These guys have such a complex they'll grasp at anything.
I don't think it makes one bit of difference to any Yankee whether they do it or not. It made no difference to me. The only thing was that it had to be made a big deal of, rather than just doing it.
Is everything the Red Sox do a Broadway production? Do it, don't do it...get over yourselves. It happens every year, you aren't inventing the wheel. What a bunch of Attention Whores.
Is everything the Red Sox do a Broadway production? Do it, don't do it...get over yourselves. It happens every year, you aren't inventing the wheel. What a bunch of Attention Whores.
great post!
NYYFans FBB: Evil Empire
"Even though sometimes I can really be a monster... today, I'm just a sea monster."
OMG, are they paranoid about everything or what?
Me too. I'm glad they're going to give the rings out on Opening Day, then they can't say that they were being respectful of the Yankees and all that garbage. The Yankees will take their lumps and be over it and no one can say they were poor sports about it. Let them have their pound of flesh because that seems to be what they need to make themselves feel important. I never saw such melodrama over a bleeping ring ceremony. Did the Angels or Marlins go through this? I don't think so.
Agreed. I hd to laugh when I read what the Red Sox spokesman said that "giving out the rings on opening day is a tradition." Huh? Whose tradition? Not anyone I can recall recently, unless they're referring to a Red Sox tradition which hasn't ocurred since 86 years ago.
I thought Yankeeography was for my 7 year old nephew, to help him understand the great history behind this franchise, as well as info for any other interested FAN. Every team does something similiar. Is Millar that dumb?
Refuse to Boo!
Wouldn't a ceremony like this be held well before the game, without being televised outside of Boston, and with the Yankees probably still in the clubhouse? Why does anyone think that the Yankees would have to be subjected to anything at all? I can't imagine the Yankees sitting in their dugout or standing along the first base line while the Red Sox spend 30 minutes on their ceremonies.
Let the Red Sox get their well-deserved rings, raise their banner, and let's play 2005 baseball.
However, if the Red Sox fans DO use what should be THEIR moment as an opportunity to knock the Yanks, then they really are a pretty pathetic bunch.
Wow. He really is a piece of work. I guess he doesn't realize that Yankeeography is played before every game, not just Boston games.
And the reason is not to intimidate or humiliate opposing teams, it is to envelope baseball fans in the tradition of Yankee excellence while visiting the cathedral of baseball.
The people going to opening day are either season ticket, buyers at an ungodly amount of money from scalpers, or 10 pack holders for 95% of the seats.
I'm expecting a corporate crowd and I would disregard whatever you have read or heard. Those folks will be watching it at home.
This whole fiasco stems from some moronic fans assuming that the rings were going to be handed out on OD. The sox never said anything about this even happening on OD but they had people who have spent hundreds on tickets b1tching and moaning because something nobody ever told them was going to happen isnt going to happen. Good for the sox to move this ceremony to save the hide of these morons.
I doubt any of the yankees will be on the bench for the ceremony.
Get 27!
Do you really need to ask?
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
