Sometimes You Can't Hate the Yankees

[Willets Point]

Steinbrenner stars in weepy tv movie.

[nymr83]

you can ALWAYS hate the yankees.

[metirish]

Good for the kid, very cool of him.

[Zvon]

Very kool of the old general.

Yea, that kid has learned about karma at a young age.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Good of Steinbrenner to recognise the youngster's personal sacrifice. Good show by both of them.

[Guest cleonjones11]

Can't the Team Plane go down already

[metirish]

Dude if the team plane went down who would we root against?, plus can you imagine all the freaking movies they would make about the MFY?...

[Elster88]

irish, you have to get over hating the Yankees so much. You're embarrasing me. You make Bret look right.

[metirish]

No I won't get over it, and I don't care who I embarrass and Bret is never right.

[Centerfield]

Ok...how does a 13 year old save $1,000? When I was thirteen I think the highest total I ever reached might have been, oh, $30 or so.

Did newscarriers get a huge bump in pay? Has the going rate on lawn mowing/leave-raking spiked? What gives?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

This doesn't make me hate the Yankees any less.

[seawolf17]

Definitely from the tooth fairy.

Or drug sales.

[Guest Edgy DC]

]Ok...how does a 13 year old save $1,000?

Bar Mitzvah?

[metirish]

Bar Mitzvah? -- in Arkansas?

[Centerfield]

Perhaps I'm too cynical...the $1,000.00 (kids never have $1,000.00, they have $827.42, they have $924.86, they NEVER have $1,000.00)...the way it conveniently found it's way to Steinbrenner's desk...if I had to guess, I would say it's more likely a publicity stunt than it is a feel-good story.

And for the record, 83 is right. You can always hate the MFY's.

[seawolf17]

metirish wrote: Bar Mitzvah? -- in Arkansas?

You will note that the kid's name is Billy Joe Bob Schwartzbergstein.

[Guest Edgy DC]

A guess.

Jews in Arkansas.

Latest data I found shows .1% Jews in Arkansas as of 1990.

By the way, you look for demographics related to Judaism on the internet, you'll find a lot of nasty shit. One hate site I stumbled across included the subtitle, "This is not a hate site." If you say so, Herr Goebbels.

[Elster88]

Maybe I'm just selfish, but what idiot donates a grand to their school when they're 13? What a loser.

[seawolf17]

Who would you rather give a thousand dollars to? A non-profit organization, or George Steinbrenner? Hell, I started twitching when I bought $30 in Yankee Bucks for my MFY fan friend's 30th birthday.

[Elster88]

Why not keep it? He's 13 years old.

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[soupcan]

Elster88 wrote: Maybe I'm just selfish, but what idiot donates a grand to their school when they're 13? What a loser.

Don't be mean to the 13 year-olds. They might be sharpie's kids.

And where's your Guns N' Roses set list?

[metirish]

]And where's your Guns N' Roses set list?

Elster is like way too busy complaining about stuff to make a list.

[Elster88]

I'm not complaining. Just stating that normal 13 year olds spend their own money.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

My almost 13-year-old gave a portion of his Bar Mitzvah money to the American Jewish World Services. But it wasn't $1,000.

[Elster88]

I should clairfy, I don't think there's anything wrong with a kid donating money. But it sounds like this kid saved up $1,000, which I'm guessing took a while, and then just decided to give it all away.

Keep it man. It's not your job to support your school. Throw them $25.

[Guest KC]

So some silver spooned son of a ship builder who has a long history of being
an obnoxious ass who happens to own the most wretched team in the history
of organized sports is gonna let some kid who is dumb enough to part with four
figures of hard saved dough come see the Yanks play and give him a jersey that
they make in China for prolly $4 and I can't hate the Yankees?

I don't think so.

[Willets Point]

Much anger has this one.

[Guest KC]

No need to single me out, there's plenty enough hostility on this board. Some
of it truthfully blunt, and a lot it much more subtle.

Trust me, I don't hate too many things -- but the MFY's are pretty close to
the top of my "hate" list.

[Elster88]

Yo KC. Make your Natalie Portman pic smaller.

[Guest KC]

Fits fine on my screen, Mr. Mayor.