What I’m Thankful For: Yankees Fans
by Bill Baer on November 27th, 2008Posted in MLB, Media, Philadelphia Phillies | Print | No Comments »
With a hat tip to poster Squire at the Phillies forum Back She Goes, I direct you to a gem of a comment from Vito of New York City posted on an ESPN Chat with Jim Callis (press Ctrl + F and search for “Vito”):
Jim, I have come to the conclusion that cole hamels would look awesome in yankee pinstripes…do you think a deal involving ian kennedy and melky cabrera along with a lesser prospect like coke, would be enought to pry him away from philly?
The sentiment is so ignorant it’s not even deserving of an FJM-style bit-by-bit rebuke. It has to be a joke. No one with a room temperature IQ actually thinks like this, right?
According to this guy, this is what the Yankees’ Opening Day 2009 lineup will look like:
C – Joe Mauer
1B – Mark Teixeira
2B – Ian Kinsler
3B – Alex Rodriguez
SS – Derek Jeter
OF – Carlos Beltran
OF – Grady Sizemore
OF – Adam Dunn
DH – Manny Ramirez
SP – C.C. Sabathia
Speaking of giving thanks, David Cohen has a top-ten thanks list at The Good Phight. Because I know you were going to ask anyway, here are my top five after “Vito”:
- Chase Utley giving the FCC something to work on when he dropped an F-bomb on live television.
- Harry Kalas.
- Awesome blogs (see blogroll on the right-hand column).
- Cole Hamels putting the Phillies back on the map both on and off the field.
- Hilarious antics (from an observer’s perspective) following a World Series victory.
Happy Thanksgiving!
