Word: rooting
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...realized that the presence of the Yankees makes finding counterfeit Met caps at the corner store impossible and that there is nothing fun about being treated like a second-class citizen in your own city because you wear the orange and blue. So we’ve learned to root against the Yanks in the postseason, and you can tell who the real diehards are because they’ve continued to root against the Bronx Bombers in this, the city’s darkest hour...
Every member of The Loop desperately wants the Yankees to lose the World Series, except for Scott, who has begun openly cheering for them. Scott’s realized that every team he’s rooted for in the World Series during the last decade and a half has lost, and he’s decided to take the Yankees down in his own special way. He has taken to writing poems about the Yankees to express his newfound “affection.” (“The Yankees fight for freedom/ And thus, they always...
Only if Israel is willing to help create a stable Palestinian state and to stop the helicopter attacks, invasions and other actions that help fuel hatred in so many Palestinians will the PA ever be able to handle its own affairs. Yasser Arafat should root out violent extremists and terrorists among his people, but Israel must give him the support necessary to do so and not continue to subvert his powers by invading the West Bank at will. It is difficult to ask a country that has just had a cabinet member assassinated to show restraint and patience in bringing...
...then there are the people who don’t even know who O’Neill is. These are the bandwagoners, the same folks who had the guts to root for the Cowboys and the Bulls in the 1990s. These are the wannabe New Yorkers who aren’t gritty enough to latch onto lovable losers like Rey Ordonez and Timo Perez. These are the same followers who were attracted to the Yankees by their “classy uniforms” and “winning tradition...
Let’s face it. It doesn’t matter how hard you root for Ichiro and Scratchy-ro and Ouchie-Ro and Hoochie-Ro, the 116-win Mariners will lose in six—again. And then, in the most boring World Series ever, the Yankees will steamroll past the Atlanta Braves and win their 27th World Championship...