Big Pimpin' with Jorge, Derek, and Jason. That's how we roll in NYC (although I think this picture is from Baltimore).

You can criticize the Yankees for having a tremendous budget. But that's it. These are hardly the Ivan Dragos from Rocky IV. Steinbrenner spends a lot of his money to make his team as good as possible. From a business standpoint, it's really an unassailable strategy: Invest the money, to pay for the best possible team, to win games, to sell the brand, to attract the fans. What, is it somehow more noble to suck? This is America, bitches. God, I love capitalism.

The reason the Yankees have been so successful is because they've paid the get the best players, they've invested in a well-organized farm system, and they've cultivated an atmosphere of excellence. The Yankees owners bought out Babe Ruth from the Red Sox because the Sox owner wanted more money to finance his theater production of "No No Nanette." So, basically, what we have is a matter of divided goals. Because the then-struggling Yankee organization wanted to win ball games, and because the then-successful Red Sox organization wanted to put on a play, the Yankees began their dynasty of dominance.

And so, to this day, the Yankee organization has perpetuated this, through financial investment, and attention to history. And today, the Yankees are primarily staffed with clean-cut, soft spoken athletes. They do not engage in trash talk, they don't wear goatees, and they don't appear on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (three things the Red Sox are extremely guilty of). And last I heard, the Sox have the second-highest payroll in the major leagues... so they're hardly winning these days because they're pure of heart, or something.

But of course, these days, it's far more cool to be the rebel than to be the establishment. Better to be a die-hard Red Sox fan than a Yankees front-runner. But believe me, if there's a bandwagon these days... it's not in the Bronx.

Basically, I don't care if the Yankees win the World Series this year. (Well, honestly, I'd love it if they did. I'm determined to go to the parade this year, come hell or high water.) All I care about is that the Red Sox don't win.

Just so they'll shut the hell up until Spring.

Feedback Question of the Day:
"Who are the biggest, and most annoying, sore losers you can think of?"

PS: I will never, and I mean NEVER, watch Fever Pitch. Ever. Jimmy Fallon is dead to me.