Ah the Yankees. As was said in the past rooting for them was like rooting for US Steel when it was so dominant. I don’t begrudge them but in my small sample of conversations in the NY metro area I was shocked how many local denizens really hate them.
Yankee-hate is almost always praiseworthy by me, but today’s Yankee team features stars that were mostly developed in the Yankees farm system. That’s a far cry from when the Yankees used the Athletics as their farm team.
Actually,that’s a left-wing talking point here in NYC. Liberals love the Dodgers and the Mets, not because they even know anything about baseball, but because it wasn’t the wealthy Yankees. Luckily, I grew up in an intelligent home that didn’t go pc on sports. I remain a Yankee fan even if they are doing badly.