It was the late Dale Earnhardt who popularized the term that “second place is the first loser,” and there’s a lot of folks in our midst who have been feeling that for the past 10 days or so.
By just about any measure, the Yankees had a successful season this year. You can’t qualify for the World Series and not feel that way. For one thing, for eternity, the Yankees can rightly refer to themselves as champions twice over — of the American League and also of the AL East. That’s not everything, no, but it’s not nothing.
But there aren’t a lot of Yankees fans who’ll acknowledge that right now, and it’s not just because Yankees fans are drilled from the cradle to accept nothing less than a World Series championship as the measure of a successful season. The truth is,is almost always a devastating pill to swallow, for any team. You get that close, it’s hard to feel anything other than disappointment when you fall shy.
Interestingly, only Jets fans have been spared having to confront that issue through the years, since they are 1-for-1 in Super Bowl appearances. Everyone else has been a bridesmaid at least once and as many as 14 times .A general view of upset Yankees fans watching the New York Yankees vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers World Series Game 5 at Billy’s Sports Bar in the Bronx, NY on October 30, 2024.
Godspeed to Brendan McCann, son of Brooklyn and an ex-Knick and a St. Bonaventure Hall of Famer who brought grace and dignity to all three.severely undermines the job he did in 1978, restoring calm to the team in the aftermath of Billy Martin’s departure.When you’re right, you’re right. That wasn’t entirely fair to Lem, by most accounts. I’ll call a two-shot penalty on myself.It does seem like an unfair trade after Germany lent us the last few years of Franz Beckenbauer’s prime.
A general view of upset Yankees fans watching the New York Yankees vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers World Series Game 5 at Billy's Sports Bar in the Bronx, NY on October 30, 2024.New Jersey Nets' Jason Kidd, right, drives to the basket as he is guarded by Los Angeles Lakers' Derek Fisher during the first quarter Thursday night, Dec. 19, 2002, in East Rutherford, N.J.
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