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Post by browning204 on Feb 16, 2006 18:26:22 GMT
OK guys, I have a bit of a dilemma here and maybe you guys can help.
My girlfriend is pregnant and is due around September 2.
I am a HUGE Red Sox fan and she is a Yankees fan. She is always saying "I can't wait to buy little Yankees this and Baby Yankees that" But I told her that I forbid her to buy any of that Yankees crap! SO long story short, it is an ongoing debate on what team the Baby should grow up watching.
What team do you guys think the baby should grow up watching and why?
I say RED SOX because they are home team and chances are if the baby likes baseball when he/she is older then I would be the one to teach and explain the sport because I know baseball WAY better than my girlfriend...
Come on guys, help me out!!!!!
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Post by perry on Feb 17, 2006 13:18:44 GMT
The wisdom, or lack thereof, of marrying into a clan of yanker's will certainly be discussed and roundly ridiculed here for weeks to come. You must realize that if she is to continue down this path, the ultimate result will be armegeddon, giant holes torn in the fabric of the universe, Mel Gibson will convert to judaism, Hillary Clinton will say that Paul Wolfawitz is a really swell guy. Is this the legacy you want to leave for your child? I think not. If playing to her emotions won't work, tell her about the cold, hard facts of "yankerism" and what she has to look forward to down the road. The child will grow up worshiping at the alter of Jeff Gordon, shoot nothing but Hoyt bows and think that calling Don Zimmer "the gerbil" is mean. When the kid is old enough to have cognizant thought and can hold his head up, start showing him replays over and over again of Pedro bouncing Zimmers pumpkin off the lawn, and telling him, "this is the way of all things good and righteous in our world" Since genetic counselling is not an option anymore, I think you're doing the right thing by getting the upper hand quickly, vigilance is key here! As with Peta and Dairy Queen, evil is always around us and ready to pounce at the first sign that our guard is down. Be brave! Be strong and unyeilding! Spritz any yankers stuff that makes it into the house with fox urine. All we can do now...is hope.
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Post by b4rifle on Feb 17, 2006 14:06:58 GMT
hey browning204, Don't worry everything will turn out all right. If there are little yank jerseys laying around, you will have some thing to clean up with when the little one spits up its dinner.
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Post by browning204 on Feb 17, 2006 14:15:49 GMT
PERRY & B4RIFLE:
HOLY CRAP you guys made me roll. everyone at work now thinks I have lost it because I am laughing all by myself in the corner. Very good replies guys, thanks you and I will be sure to show my girl friend (yankees fan). One time I told her that I wanted to name the baby Manny.. she almost kicked me in the goods!!! It was fun!!!
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Post by b4rifle on Feb 17, 2006 15:50:52 GMT
any time you need moral support we are here for you, man. I am usually surrounded by spankees fans, so I can sling the stuff back with the best of them. I grew up in a NY/BOSOX split household, and it is a socially devastating experience.
-I will have to admit, I would watch and enjoy yank games, when my childhood hero played for the dark side (Wade Boggs). I guess everyone has their problems, I am no exception.
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Post by browning204 on Feb 17, 2006 17:04:09 GMT
b4rifle: A Yankees/redsox split household? Did anyone ever suffer from stab wounds or any abuse during sox/Yankees series??? wow that must been devastating as a young man to handle! thank you for the support that you all offer me! Keep the excellent reasons coming to help me further strengthen my anti-Yankees rule. REMEMBER, your not only helping me, you will be helping a little defenseless child!! thanks guys
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Post by whitetail71165 on Feb 18, 2006 13:29:43 GMT
Well Browning the first mistake you made was forbidding your wife to buy Yankees items. How long have you been married? You should know by now that the quickest way to get a wife to do anything is to forbid her to do it. Aside from that you have to think of what you want for your child. Do you want him/her having to wait until their 94 to see their team win a title? Do you want them to have to anguish through years of frustration and ridicule? To be destined to root for a team who just cannot get the job done? To have heroes who are failures and underachievers? Apparently your wife has alot of class and should be allowed to influence this part of his/her life. I think i have made my opinion perfectly clear. ;D Sorry, I just saw she's your girlfriend. Same rules apply unfortunately.
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Post by browning204 on Feb 18, 2006 14:20:06 GMT
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Post by troutpro on Feb 18, 2006 22:06:41 GMT
I'm going for Yankees on this one. If you said any other team other than the red sox I may have gone with you. I hate baseball and don't really like the yankees, but our principal likes the redsox so I'm for the yankees.
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Post by browning204 on Feb 18, 2006 22:31:20 GMT
your principal is a smart man!!!
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Post by perry on Feb 20, 2006 2:54:45 GMT
Hate baseball? Troutpro, my young friend, you are in need of enlightenment. Some of the greatest baseball players were also great fly fisherman, Ted Williams, who basicaly played baseball to finance his fly fishing habit. And did I mention that he was the greatest hitter of ALL time and that he played for the Red Sox? Carl Yastremski, first ballot hall of famer, absolutley adicted to fishing, and played for...the Red Sox. See a pattern here? Dom DiMaggio, not that other guy, used to hang out and fish with Zane Grey for record book deep sea stuff all during the off season. Oh yeah, he played for the Red Sox. To truly appreciate a perfect double haul cast is to appreciate the perfectly turned double play. They are both a thing of beauty, just like the Red Sox.
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Post by browning204 on Feb 20, 2006 3:27:58 GMT
RIGHT ON PERRY!!! Spring training starts tonight!!!
I think it will be a pretty good year!!!!
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Post by troutpro on Feb 20, 2006 14:05:47 GMT
Perry if those are your reasons for liking baseball I can't argue with you, but I just can't stand it. I tried playing it one year, but I found it to be borning compared to hunting and fishing. I will occasionallly watch a game when the computer is taken and the rest of my family is watching it.
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Post by browning204 on Feb 20, 2006 14:17:36 GMT
Didn't I see in the NHW&W terms of use that all members HAVE TO be Red Sox fans??? ;D ;D
just kidding..
Troutpro, maybe I will start a collection to buy you a camo Red Sox hat that you can wear hunting so you can do both. Last year the Red Sox held a drawing and the winner got to hunt with pitcher Mike Timlin.
You never see the Yankees doing anything like that! MAN, at yankee stadium, your lucky if your car isn't stolen or up on blocks when you try to leave!!!!!
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Post by whitetail71165 on Feb 20, 2006 16:55:45 GMT
The trick to not having anything happen to your car in NY is to not have red sox emblems on it.
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