The Baseball Gods, finally so infuriated by Steinspender's gluttony, 'hereby lift the curse that lay upon the Nation and place thee upon the Evil Empire' - resulting in the first Championship for Boston in 85 years, and New York's subsequent drought until 2089

I don't know, works for me...

Here's what one $kank fan had to say.....

> /p/p
>
> It's tough being a New York Yankees fan these days. And I'm not being one
> bit facetious./p
>
> It may sound like an awfully strange comment in the wake of Alex
Rodriguez's
> heralded arrival this week, after Gary Sheffield's free agency signing,
> after Javier Vazquez's grand entrance, after the trade for Kevin Brown,
and
> especially after Big George opened his bulky wallet to buy the world with
> millions and millions of his own dollars./p
>
> But even for a Yankees supporter of more than 50 years, it's hard
defending
> what has been happening this off-season in the Bronx Zoo. And it is, no
> argument from me, a zoo./p
>
> I began cheering for the boys in pinstripes the year a kid from Commerce,
> Oklahoma, arrived in centre field at Yankee Stadium. His name was Mickey
> Mantle./p
>
> In the decades since, there have been so many wonderful moments. So many,
in
> fact, that it eases the pain to be, in winter, a blue-blooded Toronto
Maple
> Leafs fan./p
>
> But this is a baseball issue./p
>
> Mantle, with the likes of Maris, Berra, Kubek, Richardson, Skowron, Turley
> and Ford, provided so many glorious times from 1951 through 1964. American
> League championships and World Series triumphs were expected. Nobody could
> come close to the number of titles being won by the greatest franchise in
> the history of professional sports. Not hockey's Montreal Canadiens. Not
> basketball's Boston Celtics. Not anybody./p
>
> There were some low spots, like in the late 1960s, but winning returned
> before you knew it. Reggie and other new faces brought champagne
> celebrations back to the Yankee Empire. And more recently, stars Jeter,
> Williams, Pettitte and Rivera won some more championships./p
>
> Winning has been the Yankee way. In the 1950s-1960s, the Bronx Bombers
were
> atop the baseball world because they had the best talent, most of it grown
> on their own farms. But as free agency came into play, the organization
more
> and more began to throw George's money around like it was shredded
paper./p
>
> Now it has gone another step. Now it's becoming absolutely ridiculous. Now
> it's embarrassing./p
>
> Steinbrenner's riches are turning major league ball into a joke./p
>
> I loved when the Yankees were beating the Dodgers in their heyday. I loved
> the era when The Mick and Roger chased the Babe's home run record. I loved
> when the colourful Reggie put the Yanks back into headlines./p
>
> But I don't like what's happening now./p
>
> The A-Rod acquisition was done through a trade, not through free agency.
But
> it might as well have been another money grab, considering his asinine
> salary. What's he going to do with all his millions? Save thousands of
kids
> from a horrible disease? I don't think so./p
>
> Steinbrenner has worked this deal so well that the poor Texas Rangers, who
> couldn't afford to keep the game's best player, will be paying their
former
> star $67-million over the remainder of the contract./p
>
> You know, if the A-Rodiculous Story was all there was to New York's
> splurging, it wouldn't be that bad. Those kinds of things, with far less
> dollars, have been happening since the beginning of the game. Just ask
> Boston Red Sox fans about how the Babe got to the Bronx./p
>
> What's made the Yankees' situation deplorable is the extent of George's
wild
> spending. Just go through the list beyond Rodriguez. And these are salary
> figures for the 2004 season, not for now until the end of time. Jeter is
> playing this year for $18.9-million. Giambi is getting $17.1-million.
Brown'
> s first Yankee deal is valued at $15-million for the coming campaign.
> Williams is collecting $12.5-million. Mussina's year will net him
> $14.7-million. Sheffield will bank $13-million in the next few months.
> Rivera will work an inning at a time and get $10-million in 2004. Vazquez
> left the bankrupt Montreal Expos to be rewarded with $11.2-million for six
> months on the job. Count 'em -- no less than 10 Yankees making $10-million
> or more to try to stay ahead of the Bosox in the American League East.
Some
> franchises can't afford one star at those lofty prices./p
>
> It's insane, no matter how you examine it./p
>
> My own interest in major league baseball dropped off when free agency
began,
> though I certainly continued following what was happening. It wasn't until
> my son convinced me a few years back to get into fantasy sports on the
> Internet - now there's another story for another day! - did I really get
> keen about baseball again. I still favour the Yankees, even if from a
> closet, but I have far more interest in the players on my fantasy roster,
> whether they're Yankees, Braves or Blue Jays. Without that fantasy
> involvement - and it gets almost fanatical at times, I must confess - I
> think the present situation at Yankee Stadium might have been the straw
that
> broke the camel's back for me./p
>
> I'll linger on, still telling myself I'm a fan of the franchise with the
> best history and best traditions in sports, but I'll be doing it much less
> openly in the coming months./p
>

this should do them in

does it make me a bad person to wish injury upon A-Fraud or Sheffield?

It most certainly doesn't BOC....every year players get hurt, It's part of the game. Just because you want all of the injuries to effect doesn't make you a bad person....

For A-rod, asking for a case of season ending, chronic Diarrhea IS a bad thing....But I don't care

And no mention of the Sox on the cover.. good news.

what is the "SI Cover Jinx"? Who has had bad luck after appearing on the cover?

Mumbles... there have been more than enough examples, but the one that should hit home the most was the shirtless Nomar on the cover of the issue that came out, if I recall correctly, the same day that Nomar's wrist injury was announced.

That Old Black Magic The SI cover jinx



some Red Sox examples

10•2•1995 Mo Vaughn gets the cover treatment as the Red Sox enter the playoffs. He goes 0 for 14 in the Indians' three-game sweep of Boston


3•5•2001 Days after Nomar Garciaparra of the Boston Red Sox appeared on SI's cover, it was announced that he had split a tendon in his right wrist.


9•26•1988 More woes for BoSox fans. Slugger Dwight Evans goes 4-30 in the two-week span following his cover appearance

and the granddaddy of them all

Geesh, I was so excited about that cover...dont want to talk about it.

I don't believe in the curse of the SI cover

I don't believe in Curse of the Bambino

I don't believe in Curse of the ARod

The Sox (and all 30 teams) will win or lose it depending how they play and how they avoid the injury bug, not by some superstition.

Do you believe in love?

By the way, welcome. There's a few excellent Yankee posters on this board. And we appreciate you guys, and apologize for our, uh, fringe elements in advance.

-MALC

Great Huey Lewis song and yes I do!

I post on some Yankee forums and all some Sox fans have to do is say "Hi" and the "1918" posts come so I will try to have a thick skin. I can say I won't be the cause of any trouble or flaming.

Thanks for the welcome!

Isn't it incredible that we have a yankee fan telling us the real truth!? I could not agree more. There is no curse. That's why I have no doubt my Red Sox WILL win a championship!

:gosox

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I post on some Yankee forums and all some Sox fans have to do is say "Hi" and the "1918" posts come so I will try to have a thick skin. I can say I won't be the cause of any trouble or flaming.



welcome to the board....and i promise to try not to mention the f ucking 210 million payroll more than 5 times per post.....

just kidding...i dont mind intelligent posts but when the idiots(any idiots)start shit for the sake of it i really want to give them a frontal lobotomy....

BTW did i mention the 210 million payroll???????



once again welcome, and have a round on me

If I recall the SI Baseball Preview issues:

1998 - Mark McGuire (StL)
1999 - Kevin Brown (LAD)
2000 - Pedro Martinez (BOS)
2001 - Derek Jeter (NYY)
2002 - Jason Giambi (NYY)
2003 - New York Yankees Pitching Staff (NYY)

So not even the Yankee mystique are above the SI Jinx, 3-0 when they aren't on the cover, 0-3 when they are...

[quote=beatlesfab4fan,Feb 18 2004, 11:34 PM] [/QUOTE]
I post on some Yankee forums and all some Sox fans have to do is say "Hi" and the "1918" posts come so I will try to have a thick skin. I can say I won't be the cause of any trouble or flaming.



welcome to the board....and i promise to try not to mention the f ucking 210 million payroll more than 5 times per post.....

just kidding...i dont mind intelligent posts but when the idiots(any idiots)start shit for the sake of it i really want to give them a frontal lobotomy....

BTW did i mention the 210 million payroll???????



once again welcome, and have a round on me [/quote]
Thanks and while we may differ on baseball teams, from your name we share the same taste in music. Big Beatles fan here.

AYE CARUMBA! DONT BRING UP THAT COVER!

how do we get alex rodriguez on the cover of madden 2005?......now there's a jinx!

Doesn't make you a bad person at all. Every day ballplayers get hurt washing cars, or falling out of bed, or riding motorcycles, or playing basketball (DAMN YOU AARON FREAKING BOONE). There's no reason why this can't happen to A-Rod, Sheffield, Jeter, Giambi, Brown, Rivera...

Though its more likely that they get busted for illegal steroid use. Thats what I'm pulling for.


:gosox

I'm not one for wishing an injury upon any of the MFY's.

I would much rather see them (particularly Little-Rod, Gary Steroid, Giambi, and Jeter) each have a bad year at the plate.

Well, maybe I'd like to see Mussina and Brown have some arm problems.... :encore

Just to set the record straight. I find it highly unethical to wish injury upon anyone.... but, I do it anyway!!!