Most people who know me know I am a die hard BASEBALL fan, Cardinals all the way. I don't like the Cubs or the Yankees, but fair is fair. I don't whine and cry when they win as long as all was FAIR! My dad taught me to be a good sportsman first, and that means that even when the opposing team does well or has a great play or play a better game you give them a cheer. You don't sit there and say they suck, and pout. Do you have to like it that they won and you lost, no, but you have to be a good person and realize they DESERVED it, (unless it was a rare time when the UMPS cheated your team out of a win, then you can get mad and be as big of a baby as you want to be). Now that the Yankees have won the World Series, I am completely sick of hearing it. They played a great post-season and deserved to win, loved Jonny Damon's double steal on one pitch, it was great! BUT in all fairness, and anyone who is being fair, Yankee fan or not, should be able to admit that mlb (mainly twitter) and most announcers aren't fair. They were clearly going for the Yankees (the announcers) and that while yes the Yankees should get to celebrate, that doesn't mean MLB should be shoving them down the throats of the rest of us. When the Cardinals won in 06 lots of non-sports fans DIDN'T know, wanna know why? NO COVERAGE! This year EVERYONE knows because it's the Yankees! A big deal was made out of them winning the WS in a brand new stadium just like the 23 Yankees, forgeting that 3 other orginazations had ALSO done that, including the Cardinals in 2006. But a HUGE DEAL was made about the Yankees, as if only THE YANKEES had ever done it before or NOW! Now as much as I don't like the Yankees they are a good team, and they do deserve to Celebrate but now that the Parade is over, MLB needs to stop with the Yankee love affair and be fair to all MLB teams. Say what you want, and I don't know what kind of NATIONAL coverage and MLB coverage other teams got, but Cardinals got VERY LITTLE, Phillies got a small bit, Red Sox got alot, but that was becasue it was HUGE that they had won. All I ask is that MLB be FAIR with the coverage of teams and how they support them.
If don't care if you agree with me or not, but if you do, please tell MLB on twitter (@mlb) that they have gone overboard on the Yankee WS coverage and now that the parade is over they need to cool it and be fair to ALL teams.
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