A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…A baseball team was born. In the Inner Harbor city of Baltimore, Maryland. That’s right Maryland. 1901 was the year.  Baltimore is not really a galaxy far, far away, but the year 1901, now that’s a  long time ago, right.  Yeah I know, Star Wars.    Okay kids, here we go.  I’ve been wanting to blog for days now, but I didn’t want to bore you guys to death with more football yap.  So, how about I bore you to death with baseball?  The 105th World Series better yet.  I was thinking about not even acknowledging baseball and the World Series at all, but I couldn’t resist.  Former Yankee great Yogi Berra once said, “It ain’t over til it’s over”. Ummm, Mr. Berra, it’s over and the fat lady is singing.  Hats off to the N.Y Yankees.  The 2009 World Series Champions.  You won’t catch me hopping on the Yankee wagon though, you can bet you first born child on that my friend.  Did I just say hats off to the N.Y Yankees?  Ouch.  I did.  I’m just saying

Okay, so you might be asking yourself, or not.  What does a team born in Baltimore in the year 1901 have to do with the Yankees?  Well, that’s where it all started for the Yankees.  They were originally the Baltimore Orioles, then in 1903 they moved to New York city, calling themselves the New York Highlanders. Who knew?  Trust me I had no clue.  Did you?  Sileno, you probably knew that, didn’t you?  They officially became the Yankees in 1913.  It’s all history after that.  So many great ballplayers have graced the field at Yankee Stadium, it’s jaw dropping to think about.  Household names such as: Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Yogi Berra, Don Mattingly, Reggie Jackson and Derek Jeter.  Wow.  I mean what?  I could keep throwing out names, but you get the point.  I said a few weeks back that I wasn’t going to drop names.  Oops.  I would though give my right arm to have a chance to sit and hear these guys share stories, well maybe not my right arm.  Maybe my right pinky toe.  I’m just saying.

The 2009 N.Y Yankees.  Congratulations.  You guys definitely earned your rings, whether they were fitted in Philly or not.  Who knows?  The Yankees won the Series for the 27th time, the most in MLB history.  27 titles is the most of any professional franchise, period.  Impressive.  I believe that’s why Joe Girardi, the Yankees skipper wears number 27. Makes sense.  I wonder if he’ll wear number 28 next year?  Food for thought.

Alright, so now that I have given the Yankees the kudos they deserve, now I’m going to tell you how I really feel.  This was the 1st season the Yankees played in their new 1.5 billion dollar stadium. 1.5 billion.  Holy ghost Batman, people are starving.  Ahhhh, it doesn’t matter.  If we build it, they will come.  I’m just saying.  The Yankees payroll was an astonishing 208,097,414 million dollars, to be exact.  33 million went to A-Rod.  21.6 million went to Derek Jeter, I wonder how Jeter feels about making 11.4 million less than A-Rod?  The next highest team payroll goes to, wait for it.  The other N.Y team, the Mets coming in at 145,367,987.  Damn.  The Philadelphia Phillies payroll was 111,209,046, the team that the Yankees beat to win the World series.  That’s almost 100 million dollars difference in their payrolls.  I guess money can buy championships.  MLB baseball needs a freaking salary cap. I’m just saying.  Hideki Matsui, a.k.a Godzilla, the Yankees designated hitter won the World Series MVP.  I’ll give it to you, you’re the 1st Japanese player to win a MVP trophy.  But damn, you would think with all those millions floating around they could hire someone to teach you how to speak English instead of hiring a translator.  Just my opinion.  I guess it really doesn’t matter as long as you’re getting MVP trophies and what not.  Please people, don’t read into that too much.  I’m just saying.  N.Y Yankees fans have got to be the worst.  Loud, in your face, bad winners and even worse losers. I will say, not all of you Yankees fans drive me nuts, but this one does.  Here’s what I had to listen to while watching the game last night.  Mike you’re okay with me.  For real.

I must say that I don’t understand what it’s like to be a Yankees fan.  I’m a Cubs fan, all day, all night.  I picked up this bad habit from my Pepaw.  I still love him, regardless.  I obviously don’t know what it’s like to win.  Hell, the Cubs can’t even win a post season game, if we’re fortunate enough to make it to the post season.  Damn goat.  I’m still a Yankee hater, just for the record.  Ahhhhh.  How I do love the underdog.  I always have and always will.  That’s the story of my life.  I’m just saying.

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