Two highlighted entries with the common thread of why it is okay to dislike the Yankees.
1985
One night after scuffling with a patron in the bar of the Yankees' Baltimore hotel, manager Billy Martin has his right arm broken by pitcher Ed Whitson in an early-morning brawl in the same bar.
Billyball! George Mitterwald was the manager of the Dukes when I worked in Duluth. He played for Martin when Billy was managing the Twins. George had a bunch of Billy stories. He also said that Billy Martin like kids and old people. But, he hated everyone else.
1966
A crowd of 413, a record low for Yankee Stadium, sees the White Sox beat New York 4–1. Yankee broadcaster Red Barber insists that TV cameras show the empty seats, a decision that will cost the legendary play-by-play man his job.
If I remember this incident, Barber wanted the empty seats on camera to show how far the yankees had fallen and how much work the front office had to do to get back to the heights they once held. And for that, they fired him.
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