I Have the Power!
I am taking full credit for this:
bq. Cracker Jack is back. The snack known for its appearance in the lyrics to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" has returned to Yankee stadium after being briefly replaced by the competing caramel popcorn Crunch 'n Munch.
"The fans have spoken," the Yankees' chief operating officer, Lonn Trost, told The New York Times for its Thursday editions. This fan spoke. And obviously, they read my blog and decided that they did not want to face my wrath and/or boycott. Just humor me, ok? I hate to break it to Yankee management, but my boycott still stands. Until they get rid of Contreras, I am not going to be Bronx bound. [Not that I go to many Yankee games anyhow, but I do love to exercise my right to complain loudly]
"The fans have spoken," the Yankees' chief operating officer, Lonn Trost, told The New York Times for its Thursday editions. This fan spoke. And obviously, they read my blog and decided that they did not want to face my wrath and/or boycott. Just humor me, ok? I hate to break it to Yankee management, but my boycott still stands. Until they get rid of Contreras, I am not going to be Bronx bound. [Not that I go to many Yankee games anyhow, but I do love to exercise my right to complain loudly]
Comments
I'm just happy I don't have to relearn that song.
Posted by: Jim | June 3, 2004 10:52 PM
I hate to say it, but Benitez is having a good year (20 saves), and he sucked on 3 different teams last year.
Stottlemeyer and Joe aren't stupid, and if they think Contreras has the stuff-give him a chance. The Yanks have the best record in the Bigs right now. The guy's wife and two kids are in Cuba while he is here; you want to start a boycott, make a stink about the Cuban government preventing its citizens from leaving and being free.
Posted by: Alexis Z | June 3, 2004 11:24 PM
You were my first thought when I saw that on the news!
Posted by: Beth | June 4, 2004 12:19 AM
Keep up the boycott as long as Steinbrenner continues stealing our oxygen.
Posted by: Ken Summers | June 4, 2004 12:44 AM
Reason number 976 that you rock....
Posted by: Wind Rider | June 4, 2004 01:00 AM
buy me some peanuts and....
You're doing WHAT?
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin | June 4, 2004 03:58 AM
SI Yankees, sweetie.
Eight bucks a seat. It can't be beat.
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin | June 4, 2004 04:00 AM
http://www.siyanks.com/index.cfm?npageid=4
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin | June 4, 2004 04:38 AM
and his name is "Big Fat Toad, Volume 2."
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin | June 4, 2004 04:40 AM
How about a trade - Contreras for Derek Lowe?
Posted by: Pietro | June 4, 2004 09:44 AM
Alexis,
Im Cuban, but, as my grandfather used to say, baseball is baseball, politics is politics.
Posted by: Val Prieto | June 4, 2004 11:29 AM
Unfortunate. Regardless of tradition, Crunch 'n' Munch is a far better product than Crackerjacks. Quit livin' in the past babe!
Posted by: Mark | June 4, 2004 01:25 PM
Val-
I agree, but like I said, if Stottlemeyer and Torre think he has the stuff, then he deserves a (tenth? eleventh?) chance.
Posted by: Alexis Z | June 4, 2004 02:36 PM
Michele, you really should pry control of the Yankees from Steinbrenner's cold, dead hands.
Although, I don't really care whether or not you control the Yankees.
Posted by: Ken Summers | June 4, 2004 06:34 PM