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Really hoping for a small asteroid to take out the Yankees clubhouse. Crossing fingers, all!

I would hate to damage OPACY, why not wait until they're playing Boston and kill two birds (no not birds because Orioles are birds), kill two teams with one 'roid?

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stomperspc Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Sitting at the game tonight, I couldn't help but marvel at the sense of entitlement most of the Yankee fans had. When you read quotes like these from Giradi and Granderson, it all make sense. When the Yankees' manager and players expect other teams to bend over backwards for them, then its no wonder that their fans feel the same way. It's ridiculous.

I also love that the ESPN article on the postponement points to attendance as the reason for the decision to play on September 8th. With the amount of Yankee fans in town today, I really doubt that the O's are going to draw significantly more for a ONE game home stand on September 8th than they would have for an afternoon game today. Acting like this was purely an attendance move is just false. The Yankees and ESPN also fail to mention that we would be coming home from NY for one game on 9/8 before leaving for Toronto, so its not like the O's really make out in this scenario in terms of ease of travel. It is just a bunch of whining from guys who always expect to get their way.

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ccbird Hangout Grand Counsel

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Yeah, the sense of entitlement by Boston and New York, the franchises themselves and their fans is what makes me alsolutely despise them. It's not that they spends tons and tons more money than everyone else but that they want to play by their own set of rules as well. If you don't bow to them it's nothing but *****ing and moaning.

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Sports Guy Hangout Grand Counsel

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I kind of the understand his point from a pure common sense point of view...Just schedule it for today since you know Saturday and Sunday are likely out.

But that doesn't mean logistically it was going to work due the Orioles road trip and stuff like that.

Plus, who cares? F the Yankees.

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