Yankees defeat Royals 3-0

[mcbrider]

Lifetime Yankee fan here. As an eight year old in 1952 I watched my first World Series between the Yankees and the Dodgers. I grew up in Oklahoma City during the 50's and the Yankees were the team we got on television most often. Mickey Mantle was my hero. It was only recently that I learned from this boards expert on all things baseball/softball that the only reason my Yankees won the 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000 World Series is because they were given a favorable strike zone by the umpires. Wow! And all this time I thought they won because of their players. You know- Derek Jeter, Paul Oniel, Scott Brosis, Tino Martinez, Jorge Posada, Andy Petit, and Mariano Rivera. But no it was a conspiracy - the umps were cheating for the Yankees. After 2000 the Yankees won only one more World Series. Why??? Because they chahged the strike zone. Don' t believe any of the baseball analysis of that time who said the Yankees were very good at working the count ultimately resulting in a pitcher throwing a lot of pitches. The result of which is getting tired early. Nope our board expert is certain there was a conspiracy.

 

[CTOkie]

Lifetime Yankee fan here. As an eight year old in 1952 I watched my first World Series between the Yankees and the Dodgers. I grew up in Oklahoma City during the 50's and the Yankees were the team we got on television most often. Mickey Mantle was my hero. It was only recently that I learned from this boards expert on all things baseball/softball that the only reason my Yankees won the 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000 World Series is because they were given a favorable strike zone by the umpires. Wow! And all this time I thought they won because of their players. You know- Derek Jeter, Paul O'Neill, Scott Brosius, Tino Martinez, Jorge Posada, Andy Petitte, and Mariano Rivera. But no it was a conspiracy - the umps were cheating for the Yankees. After 2000 the Yankees won only one more World Series. Why??? Because they changed the strike zone. Don' t believe any of the baseball analysis of that time who said the Yankees were very good at working the count ultimately resulting in a pitcher throwing a lot of pitches. The result of which is getting tired early. Nope our board expert is certain there was a conspiracy.

Mcbrider, I am a Yankees fan too, since the 1950's.
Like you Mantle was and still is my favorite player of all time.
I would like to discuss baseball with you anytime.
Note: being a Yankees hater does not equate to being an "expert".

 

[anon_5z68cgtvj4ggn]

I'm a die hard Royals fan and clearly the Yankees got all the calls last night. It had nothing at all to do with the Royals being the worst offensive team in baseball.

 

[humblesooner]

If you guys ain't talking about the best team in baseball (Houston Astros), you may as well be talking NHL or NASCAR.
The Yankees and Royals don't have anything on the Astros......except all those pennants/championships and Hall of Fame players.