tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post899028923361209557..comments2023-10-28T08:31:25.462-04:00Comments on Subway Squawkers - A Yankees-Mets Rivalry Blog: Why are Yankee fans cheering when Hideki Matsui hits a home run against their team?Subway Squawkershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156896665605326549noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-24082386230143189012010-07-21T11:26:35.277-04:002010-07-21T11:26:35.277-04:00I don't care if it's Babe Ruth back from t...I don't care if it's Babe Ruth back from the dead. If he's wearing some other team's uniform, I'm not cheering for him!Subway Squawkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04156896665605326549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-9894223505481527892010-07-21T10:35:05.860-04:002010-07-21T10:35:05.860-04:00Let's see, who would I rather cheer for, a guy...Let's see, who would I rather cheer for, a guy who helped the Yankees consistently make the postseason, and eventually won a World Series MVP... or Chan Ho Park, who pitches as if he's on a mission to sabotage the Yankees?<br /><br />Yeah, I don't get why people would cheer (or, to use Lisa's word, "worship") Matsui. After all, for all his talk about how he loved the Yankees and the tradition, he only won one World Series in Pinstripes, and that didn't come until 2009. Why should we give our veneration to such a man?<br /><br />Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go get a towel for this sarcasm that's dripping off me.<br /><br />Does nobody remember how much another Yankee-turned-Angel, Reggie Jackson, got cheered in 1982 when he homered off Ron Guidry? Not that I want to make one of Jon's points for him, but they stopped chanting "Reggie! Reggie!" in mid-trot to switch to "Steinbrenner sucks!" Oh yes they did, it came through quite clear on Channel 11.Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-61566522816329831232010-07-21T10:01:55.822-04:002010-07-21T10:01:55.822-04:00I agree. People cheered him his first AB. A few pe...I agree. People cheered him his first AB. A few people cheered after he hit the home run. This wasn't exactly Bernie Williams or Derek Jeter. The guy came as a free agent in 2003 and played until 2009. I'm grateful for his World Series performance last season, but it's not like he's going to have his number retired in Monument Park. The post-Pinstripe admiration for him has gotten silly.Andrew Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08605893532097091359noreply@blogger.com