There aren’t many fanbases in professional sports that draw more ire than the supporters of the New York Yankees, and thier recent actions certainly aren’t going to do much to help their cause.
On Sunday, in a 7-6 loss to the Miami Marlins in the last game of the season, Yankees fans started chanting “(Expletive) Juan Soto!” in a move to deride the ball club’s former outfielder.
Soto only spent a single season with the Yankees before landing with the New York Mets in free agency, and has already spent more time with the Mets than with the Yanks, but it’s clear that there’s still bad blood from Yankees fans.
Yankees announcer Michael Kay was in disbelief over the fan base’s actions.
“Yankee fans, it’s an awful look,” Kay ranted. “It’s not something that should become a thing. It’s an awful look. You look like babies, you look like jilted lovers that you’re upset that Juan Soto left you for the Mets. There’s nothing that would have led you, a right-minded fan, to chant that. Nothing. You make yourself look small, you make yourself look jealous, you make yourself look like you can’t accept the fact that somebody left you.
“Juan Soto didn’t do anything wrong. He went to the Mets, who had a better deal on the table…That doesn’t mean you make yourself look so small-town where this becomes a thing like ‘bleep Jose Altuve’ and now it becomes ‘bleep Juan Soto.’ No, that’s not good! That’s a bad look for Yankee fans if this becomes a thing. Juan Soto does not deserve it, number one. Number two, you’re giving ammunition to Met fans…what are you doing? Who are the people that did it?” Kay asked. “Shame on all of you. It’s disgraceful. Don’t to that! You know how ridiculous it makes you look? What’s the end game? To look jealous? To look small?”
Even without Soto, the Yankees are off to a 7-2 start to the campaign. There really is no reason Soto should occupy so much real estate in the heads of the fans.
About Qwame Skinner
Qwame Skinner has loved both writing and sports his entire life. In addition to his sports coverage at Comeback Media, Qwame writes novels, and his debut; The First Casualty, an adult fantasy, is out now.