Cliff Lee is a ball player and knows it's all part of the game
Newsday - "I brush that off as fans being fans. You can't control 50,000 people and what they're going to do. There were some people that were spitting off the balcony on the family section and things like that, and that's kind of weak, but what can you do?...No, I don't know the guy that did it. It could be anyone. Who knows? Who cares? They're at home right now." - Cliff Lee
I'm tired of hearing all of this spiteful bullshit about people talking how the Yanks inevitable pursuit of impending free agent pitcher Cliff Lee has derailed because some dickhead fans were acting a fool to Lee's wife during one of the home games in the Bronx. You know, the usual stuff. Staring at her tits, probably calling her a skank, and spilling their $10 beers over her and the fellow skank Ranger wives. I'm no doubt being a little extreme but let's look at two very important bottom lines here: 1) EVERY fanbase in the world has some prick bastard fans. You think the Rangers don't have a couple of degenerates attending games where once they crush a couple of brewskis it's balls to the wall? Of fucking course they do bro. Whether your franchise has won 27 World Series' or none, there's always going to be those standout sour apples. Every team from every sport has them. 2) This is baseball, in the playoffs, in Yankee stadium when the Yanks are reeling. You think the fans are going sit back and not be rowdy in their own home especially when the Rangers fans/wives are just sitting pretty in the "regular" people's seats? Come on. This is Yankees baseball in October. Don't sit here and tell me that the Yankees don't have one of the greatest home field advantages in all of sports for no reason bro. The Bronx gets nuts in October when the Yanks are ballin'. Like I said, the shit these fans pulled was wrong, no doubt about it. But you can't expect to walk into Yankee stadium and see smiles and happy faces when your stroll in with a Texas fitted on in OUR home. Doesn't work like that, and never will work like that.
And whether the Yanks actually get Lee or not this off season, the deciding factor is certainly NOT gonna because of this shit. Sure, we all know it's the women we love that tend to have the most influence on the other facets of our lives. Happy wife, happy life. No question about it. However, forget what happens in the World Series, this offseason is going to be Lee's greatest stage. When it's all said and done he could be looking at the biggest year to year contract any pitcher has ever received. He deserves it. But he's also turning 33 next year. AKA this will no doubt be his last big deal. This impending contract is going to be his Deer hunter, his final symphony if you will. So he's gonna take the most money. Whether that's the Rangers, Yanks, or some other team - that's yet to be seen. But don't expect Mr. Lee to leave 20-40 million on the table because his wife wasn't happy about some fans keeping their stadium and home field on lockdown during a Pennant race. What's the old saying, there's no room for whining bitches in baseball, but I ain't mad at ya Kristen Lee.
From my experience, it's always the bigger ones that do more stuff.
-Dbl-A
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