I am stunned, Dr. Sanity, and deeply, deeply disappointed. Since I came across your weblog a year or so ago I have been reading it faithfully, quoting from it liberally (if you'll excuse the advervb) and recommending it to everyone. And now...now you show a moral depravity that I frankly had not suspected and I find disquieting in the extreme.

You're a Yankee fan? As far as I or any other decent person is concerned, the only question that needs to be asked about the Yankees is whether they are a metaphor for all that is evil, or the embodiment of it.

I became an active baseball fan in 1955 so volume one of my autobiography will be titled "Ten Years Under the Yoke of the Accursed Yankee Oppressors." Someone asked me once if I could conceive of circumstances under which I would root for the Yankees. Such circumstances exist. I would consider...consider only, mind you...doing so if the Yankees were playing the Palestinians.

It is one thing to be debased yourself, but to drag your innocent daughter into this swamp of abomination is something else. There is the story of how Hannibal's father took him to the temple of Ba'al and had him swear eternal hatred to the Romans. My father was concerned with my moral development and metaphorically took me to the Temple of Baseball when I was a mere lad and had me swear eternal hatred to the Yankees and although I do not have children of my own I have carried on this tradition with my nieces and nephews. (My father is 92 and if you ask him today what is favorite baseball team is he will tell you, "the New York Giants.")

I do not attend Tiger games anymore; I will do so when the Tigers return to their natural habitat, but that's another post. However, I will be watching the game and if I see a righteous mob setting itself on Yankee fans behind the dugout, well, usually I am opposed to vigilante justice but...

Dr. Sanity is a Yankee fan? I have not the words to describe my dismay and chagrin.
Alex Bensky | Email | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 9:06 am | #

This Alabama boy actually went to a game in Camerica Park recently. I must say its a wonderful place to hang out on a Saturday!

Well except for the eight dollar daquries part.
SteveH | Email | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 9:25 am | #

Glad you liked the game, Steve. Millions of dollars of public money went into it, the chief effect being to make the owner even richer. By the way, where did you sit? The closest upper deck seat in the facility is a few feet farther from the field than the farthest upper deck seat was in Tiger Stadium.
Alex Bensky | Email | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:24 am | #

"...Well except for the eight dollar daquries part".

Daiquiris? At a baseball game? At a Tigers game no less? I might have expected that in San Francisco, but never in Detroit. The shame, the horror! Whatever happened to Ball Park hot dogs and Stroh's Beer, fercryinoutloud? BTW, Go Tigers! (Sorry, Doc. Even though I haven't lived in Detroit for over 40 years, I'm still a fan of its sports teams).
waltj | Email | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 11:17 am | #

SEE: "ESCAPE FROM NEW JERSEY"

STARRING: Dr. Sanity as the humble but bold "Little Patty."

THRILL: As Little Patty makes heroic break-out from commie/mob re-education camp called New Jersey.

HORROR: As our brave girl devises and executes brazen escape from notorious East Coast SuperMax-SuperTax mind prison.

ANSWERS: To the most "axed" question in New Jersey; "You still here?"

SHOCK: As she morphs into an articulate premier voice of reason in a sea of collectivist doom and gloom.

LAUGH: As she slices and dices brain dead liberal zombies for your pleasure and amusement.

WEEP: As you try to read liberal troll comments backwards to see if they can possibly mean anything.

This summers' must see BLOCKBUSTER.
Now showing at an internet screen near you.

THIS JUST IN!!!

CODE PINK conjures voodoo "Spell" using popular "Little Patty Dolls" as pin cushions to put a hex on rational thinking. "No evil doctor from New Jersey will ever make ME think." boasted PINK official, Ms. Alice I. Wonderland.
Oracle of Delaware | Email | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 1:44 pm | #

In a related story, Derek Jeter has filed a restraining order against a Michigan psychiatrist.
Gagdad Bob | Email | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 3:50 pm | #

Go Astros!
LittleRed1 | Email | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 4:29 pm | #

I love this blog, It's very interesting, again
Nguyen Hoang | Email | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:13 pm | #

I used to 'dislike' (but grudgingly respect) Yankees. To me, their expecting to win everything is synonym to all that’s wrong with the NE elitism. Not any more.

Now I can NOT stand the Red Sox. Manny, Big Papi, etc. are the epitome of the show-all snobbery, even though Big Papi may be a perfectly good person. Together with the Patriots, I actively root for any of their opponents whenever I get a chance. That is why this year’s SuperBowl was such a Perfect Season for the rest of the country.

I’ve been a Cubby fan since 87. (OK, no more Cubby butt jokes, please.) Eternal optimist, this one is. [It took me two years to decide I strongly dislike the Braves.]
always right | Email | Homepage | 05.12.08 - 11:21 am | #

“To me, their expecting to win everything is synonym to all that’s wrong with the NE elitism.”

New York is NOT part of NE!!! Take the word from a born, raised and residing for 44 yrs. NYer.

Dr. considering I watched the game ( I watch ‘em all) and the dugout is always shown on TV, I no doubt “saw” you & yours. No restraining order needed, I couldn’t pick you out of a line up if I was paid.

BTW, great site.
tim | Email | Homepage | 05.12.08 - 12:44 pm | #

Always right, I warned my friends in Boston that their team would become as hated as the Yankees and that they couldn't handle it. I've been a Yankee fan since I was a little girl in the 50s, through triumphs and disasters. I make no apologies. I don't give a flying crap for those who don't like my team. They can bite my fat Italian-American ass.
Athenawise | Email | Homepage | 05.12.08 - 2:40 pm | #

I'm with Alex. While I may cheer for the Detroit Tigers, I will NOT be attending any games at "ComicEra Park." Bring back old Tiger Stadium, a far superior ballpark!

Even better than watching baseball is watching modern women's flat-track roller derby. It just so happens that Detroit has a Helluva derby league, the Detroit Derby Girls. Go check out one of their games! They next play at home on May 31, hosting Grand Rapids.

(I'll even buy Dr. Sanity a ticket if she wants one--two if she wants to take her daughter to the game!)
chicopanther | Email | Homepage | 05.13.08 - 10:10 am | #

Don't feel bad over all the flak for being a Yankee fan, Doc. I brought my daughter up to be a fan of General Motors and U.S. Steel, and they went into the crapper too. The only sure thing to put our monopoly money on is the U.S. Government, but I still can't bring myself to join the Democratic Party.
james wilson | Email | Homepage | 05.14.08 - 11:13 am | #

It will be interesting to see how this season goes. I'm a Boston fan, so may the best team win! I forgive you for being a Yankees fan, lol.
Southern gal | Email | Homepage | 05.14.08 - 5:08 pm | #