Goodbye. From a Yankee fan
Well, that?s it Yankee fans. It?s over. It?s done. Let your heads drop for a while. Lower your eyes. Stick your hands in your pockets and let out a breath of air. The Yankees have lost to the Red Sox.
Lyrics from an Elton John song come to mind.
?I'm sorry I took your time
I am the poem that doesn't rhyme
Just turn back a page, I'll waste away. ?
The song is titled ?Goodbye?. And that is what I am saying. My hat is off to the Sox organization. I might not like their style, the moron crap, long hair, goofiness, throwing each other under the bus, complaining about the manager in public, faking illness to help out a friend, the list goes on and on. But they do know how to win. This year.
Look, any Yankee fan cannot complain. The mid to late 80s and early 90s were not good, but the last 10 years were fun. Actually, the last 100 years were fun. But as long as we have no salary cap, everyone in MLB should get used to the Sox and Yankees competing in October. 99, ?03 and now ?04 featured the Yanks and Sox in the ALCS. It was a matter of odds that the Sox would beat the Yankees. I just wished it happened next year. Or the year after.
After the Sox went up 6 -0, my friend Adam sent me an instant message. He is trying to make me feel better about losing. He is consoling me. Consoling me with stuff like ?hell, they're in game 7 of the ALCS, were a swing of the bat away from taking it last night...it's not like they're sucking ass. I mean, yeah, they blew the lead but..? Sweet mother of God, I am on the other side of the fence.
Sooooooo, this is what it feels like to be a Sox fan. This is what it?s like to end up leaving the dance alone. This is what it feels like walking away one number short of the winning lottery ticket. I am a?no?a?loser. Well, my baseball team is at least. But you get the idea.
The famous W.H. Auden poem ?Funeral Blues? comes to mind as well. It might be a little melodramatic, but you get the drink.
Anyway, I am done writing for a while. The Sox winning took a little bit of wind out of my sails. It?s just not as much fun writing about the Sox when they beat the Yankees. Kind of like calling a better looking guy ?ugly?. It is a shallow insult.
Goodbye and be well. I?ll stay in touch.
- David, a humbled Yankee fan.