When the Yankees are officially eliminated from the playoffs in a few weeks, there's going to be a lot of blame going around. Fans will blame Alex Rodriguez for never coming through in the clutch, Brian Cashman for never making the deal for Johan Santana, and Hank Steinbrenner for forcing Joe Girardi to move Joba Chamberlain to the starting rotation.They'll also be blaming the Rays and Red Sox for having superior teams. Still, there's one person who probably deserves more credit for the Yankees demise than anybody else, it's just that most Yankees fans probably don't even realize it. That man is President of the United States, George Bush.
Are Yankees fans also Barack Obama supporters? The Yankees have won eight world championships during Democratic administrations in the past 50 years but haven't won a title with a Republican in office since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958. Since then, the Yankees have won titles during the terms of John F. Kennedy (1961-62), Jimmy Carter (1977-78) and Bill Clinton (1996, 1998-2000).The Rocky Mountain News' Tracy Ringolsby also digs a little further and notices that the Red Sox haven't won a World Series with a Democrat in office since Woodrow Wilson in 1918. So it looks like Yankees fans will have a lot easier time figuring out who to vote for this November than I am.
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9-08-2008 @ 10:17AM
FRANKIE C said...
I AM A YANKEE FAN, AND THEY SUCK, MANY WILL NOT WANT TO HEAR THIS BUT HERE GO'S ...THEY HAVE NOT WON ANYTHING SINCE JETER BECAME CAPTAIN;;;THIS IS A FACT;;;;THE YANKEE'S USE TO BE A TEAM;; NOW THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL'S IN A STATE OF DENIAL;;;;WE DONT NEED A LAID BACK SUPERSTAR AS CAPTAIN;;;DEREK IS A GREAT BALLPLAYER NOT A MOTIVATER. HE ACTUALLY PUT.S ME TO SLEEP DURING AN INTERVIEW. AND THEY PLAY THIS WAY;;;;;;;;
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