DP World Series Game 1

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by mick

I like the shortstop from Michigan.

Yippee.

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

Everybody does, whether or not they admit it.

Uh, no they don't.

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

So, we'll just assume this is a joke, or simply the banal ramblings of a typical Yankee hater.

Is this in any way similar to a "typical Red Sox hater," or a "typical Dodger hater?" Just what is a "typical" Yankee hater? Do they have some special characteristic just because they hate the Yankees, which BTW is totally understandable?

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

(I neither love nor hate the Yankees.)

Well, take a stand then, fence-sitter.

Originally Posted by mbyron

You seem to be confusing talent and class.

Preach on, Mike.

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

Mariano Rivera, José Molina, Hideki Matsui, C.C. Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter, Nick Swisher ... these are classy guys. They'd be at home on any winner. I don't see why their dreaded uniform and all its trappings should cloud that.

That's exactly the counterpoint: They ARE on the Yankees, not any other team, so many folks hate their guts just for that alone. Guilt by association. BTW, you conspicuously left Axelrod off the list. Any particular reason?