The Finest Yankee Bashing West of Beantown!

I wonder if A-Rod cried?

As we all know- NOTHING (except for Megan) makes me happier than seeing the Yankees play like shit. More specifically seeing the Yankees play to the best of their two hundred million dollar payroll ability and still come up tanking horribly- AND do all this while losing HUGE to G-d’s children : The Boston Red Sox.

Last night the Red Sox CRUSHED the Yankees 14-3 in the Bronx. Randy Johnson gave up seven runs and five walks in 3 2/3 innings. Unless my memory fails me- the Smack Ass Spankees brought the “Big Unit” AKA “Ugliest Man Alive” to NY in order to counter Boston having added Schilling to the line up. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED BRIAN CASHMAN AND GEORGE STEINBRENNER… MISSION ACCOMPLISHED..

NY Yankees total pay roll for 2006: $198,662.180
NY Yankees have NOT won the world series since: 2000
NY Yankees last world series appearance: 2003 (LOSS TO FLORIDA)

Here are the 21st Century Yankees (1)

“In the emotional October 2001, following the September 11 attack on New York City's World Trade Center, the Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics 3 games to 2 in the Division Series, and then the Seattle Mariners in the ALCS, 4 games to 1. But, the usually unhittable Mariano Rivera shockingly blew the lead - and World Series - to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 7. Arizona manager Bob Brenly used his pitching staff, which included Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, very effectively. In addition, the usually potent Yankee attack turned ice-cold. The Yankee Dynasty was over.
After the 2001 season, fan favorite players Paul O'Neill and Scott Brosius retired. Tino Martinez and Chuck Knoblauch left for free agency. The Yankees had huge holes to fill. They signed famous slugger Jason Giambi and outfielder Rondell White. The Yankees also managed to bring back David Wells. The Yankees finished the 2002 season with a AL best record of 103-58. In the 2002 Division Series, the Yankees lost to the miracle Anaheim Angels in 4 games.
In 2003, the Yankees defeated their long-time rival the Boston Red Sox in a tough seven-game ALCS, which featured a near-brawl in Game 3 and a series-ending walk-off home run by Aaron Boone in the 11th inning of the final game, only to be defeated by the Florida Marlins - a team with a payroll a quarter of the size of the Yankees' - in the World Series, 4 games to 2.
After the 2003 season, the Yankees signed/traded for sluggers Alex Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield to add more power to their lineup that was shut down in the 2003 World Series. Throughout 2004, the Yankees' weakness was starting pitching. Despite their pitching weakness, the Yankees managed to get into the playoffs and win over 100 games with the power lineup.
In the 2004 American League Championship Series against the Red Sox, the Yankees became the first team in professional baseball history, and only the third team in North American pro sports history (it happened in the NHL twice), to lose a best-of-7 series after taking a 3-0 series lead. After the 2004 World Series, the Yankees needed to improve their pitching, which faltered in the devastating collapse to the Red Sox. They signed pitchers Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright. The Yankees also acquired dominant lefty Randy Johnson from the Arizona Diamondbacks.”

The Curse Reversed and the Future!!! (2)

“Post-2004 Era (2.1)
The 2005 season did not start as expected, once the Yankees were in last place in the American League East Division. Pavano, Wright, and Johnson struggled. As the season continued, the Yankees improved and slugger Jason Giambi started to hit again. Most of the season, the Yankees were chasing the Boston Red Sox for the division title. The Yankees, however, won the division, clinching it in the second-to-last game of the season against the Red Sox. Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez won the American League MVP award, becoming the first Yankee to win the award since Don Mattingly in 1985. Giambi was named Comeback Player of the Year, as voted by fans, and Robinson Cano was runner-up in Rookie of the Year voting. Another highlight of the season was the record-setting pitching by journeyman Aaron Small. Small was called up after the All-Star break to help fill some holes in the Yankees' rotation and became just the fourth pitcher in history to win at least 10 games without a loss, joining Tom Zachary, Dennis Lamp, and Howie Krist.
In the 2005 American League Division Series, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim defeated the Yankees in five games in the first round of the postseason, winning the deciding game by a score of 5-3.
In the 2005-2006 offseason, general manager Brian Cashman was given more control of the direction of the Yankees, and on December 23, 2005, the Yankees stunned the baseball world by signing center fielder Johnny Damon from the rival Red Sox, where he was a marquee player.
The Yankees began the season on April 3rd on a West Coast trip against the Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Last time the Yankees started off there, they won the World Series. As the 2006 season, began most of the players got off to great starts. Mussina, Jeter, Johnson, Giambi and Sheffield got off to great start, that helped the team win more ball games than in April 2005.
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World Series drought (2.2)
Normally, when a team has not won a championship in just five years, the time span would not qualify as a drought. However, for teams such as the Yankees, the Red Sox, the Braves, and the Cardinals, who have had either a long or recent history of winning postseason berths, division titles, league pennants, or championships, expectations are that much greater, especially for a franchise that based its culture on winning.
Many explanations have been given for the lack of Yankee World Series titles since 2000. These include depletion of the Yankee farm system because of trades and free agent acquisitions, the aging or departure of the players who had formed the core of the Yankees during the late 1990s, and allegedly poor coaching (like the overuse of Mariano Rivera in the 2001 World Series). Buster Olney, in his book The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, argues that George Steinbrenner's management style resulted in the players burning out psychologically. Several sabermetricians have argued that success in the playoffs is largely the result of luck. This argument is bolstered by the fact that the production of the Yankees' core players has decreased steadily since their 1996 World Series title.
One particularly creative explanation jokingly proposed by blogger Larry Mahnken is the "Curse of Clay Bellinger". By analogy with the Curse of the Bambino, Mahnken points to the departure of utility player Clay Bellinger from the Yankee roster following the 2001 season and asserts that the Yankees will never again win the World Series until either they make amends to Bellinger or they win the championship anyway. The tautology is part of the joke.
On another note, there is also belief that the Yankees world series drought has been attributed to the events of 9/11, thus coining the phrase Curse of 9/11. [citation needed]
Despite their most recent drought in World Series championships, the Yankees have continued to perform well in the regular season, recently winning their eighth straight AL East division title. In September 2005, the club set a new American League home attendance record of 4,090,696. The Yankees are only the third franchise in sports history to draw over 4 million in regular season attendance at their own ballpark (the others being the 1993 Toronto Blue Jays with 4,057,947 and the 1993 Colorado Rockies with 4,483,350).”

1-2.2 Credited to www.wikipedia.com