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[[Image:Arod1.jpg|right|thumb|Even moral relativists agree: the Yankees are categorically evil.]]
 
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The '''New York Yankees''' are the most successful major league franchise of any sport in the world, having won 26 World Series Championships (2nd are the Montreal Canadiens, with 24 Stanley Cups). The Yankees can be seen as a microcosm of white-collar [[New York City]]; flagrant extravagance, unbridled arrogance and the drive to win at all costs define the franchise.   
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The '''New York Yankees''' are the most overrated major league franchise of any sport in the world. Fans of the Yankees, among the most arrogant and insufferable people you'll ever have the misfortune of encountering, will often justify their boastful pride by citing the 26 World Series Championships won by the team, despite their likely not having been alive for more than 4. Tragically, pointing out that only 7 of those titles have been won in the 47 years of the expansion era, and other less than glorious facts do little to put these cretins in place.  
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The Yankees can be seen as a microcosm of white-collar [[New York City]]; flagrant extravagance, unbridled arrogance, extreme self-assurance, and the drive to win at all costs define the franchise.   
  
 
As of 2009, it appears that, like their fanbase and natural allies in finance, their spending has caught up to them.  Apart from Opening Day 2009, [[Yankee Stadium]] has not sold out a single game.
 
As of 2009, it appears that, like their fanbase and natural allies in finance, their spending has caught up to them.  Apart from Opening Day 2009, [[Yankee Stadium]] has not sold out a single game.

Revision as of 13:26, 30 April 2009

See also Wikipedia's article about "New York Yankees".
Even moral relativists agree: the Yankees are categorically evil.

The New York Yankees are the most overrated major league franchise of any sport in the world. Fans of the Yankees, among the most arrogant and insufferable people you'll ever have the misfortune of encountering, will often justify their boastful pride by citing the 26 World Series Championships won by the team, despite their likely not having been alive for more than 4. Tragically, pointing out that only 7 of those titles have been won in the 47 years of the expansion era, and other less than glorious facts do little to put these cretins in place.

The Yankees can be seen as a microcosm of white-collar New York City; flagrant extravagance, unbridled arrogance, extreme self-assurance, and the drive to win at all costs define the franchise.

As of 2009, it appears that, like their fanbase and natural allies in finance, their spending has caught up to them. Apart from Opening Day 2009, Yankee Stadium has not sold out a single game.