On Saturday, after spontaneously deciding to go to the O's-Yankees game, I was reminded about how much I hate the Yankees. I haven't written about my Yankee hatred in a while, so I felt this was a good time to renew my feelings for this stupid team.
At Oriole Park, it is now a rarity to see the stadium more than 50% full unless its opening day or the O's are playing the Yankees or Red Sox. Saturday, the crowd was over 40,000 but a good portion (probably 40%) were Yankee fans. Having so many Yankee fans at my stadium annoys me on so many levels. Many of these d-bag Yankee fans act like they own the place, like they're playing at home. And I can never decide if these people are just Yankee fans who live in Baltimore, travel in from NY, or are former Oriole fans who have turned to the darkside during the O's recent 10 year slump. Either way, when cheers of "Let go Yankees" break out in your home stadium, I get a little annoyed. But at the same time, having these Yankee fans here can be a good thing - they're supporting our payroll, they're putting money into our economy and most importantly, I think they actually make other O's fans want to come to Camden Yards because they can't stand having it full of these Yankee jerks (yours truly included).
Oh, how sweet it was when I started a "Lets Go O's!" cheer in the top of the 9th, from the last row of section 386 that caught on throughout the stadium as the O's recorded the final out to beat the Yankees 6-0.
The only cure to this problem is winning, plain and simple. The more wins the Orioles have, the less Yankee fans you'll see at Oriole Park. Hopefully, the O's can continue there early season success!
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1 comment:
The thing with Yankee fans making up a gigantic majority of the stadium, is you really can only blame your own team. It's not like O's fans were blocked out of getting tickets because Yankees bought out huge blocks, it's because they don't show up to support their own team. Now, you're one of the exceptions to that, because you genuinely are a fan, but there are far too many O's "fans" out there who can't be bothered to show up for a game. I think what you should be addressing is how the Yankee fandom can amass such huge attendance at an away game (which is a sign of great fandom), and how the O's can hardly amass enough for a smattering of applause. Don't hate on the Yanks just because the majority of O's fans are beyond fairweather. (Again, you are exempt from this classification). :)
-Mary
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