"Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. Apparently it angers them."
- Hall of Fame Pitcher Bob Feller

"Hating the Yankees isn't part of my act. It is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction."
- White Sox Owner Bill Veeck

"The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be. You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees."
- Pitcher Bill 'Spaceman' Lee

"All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life."
- John Cheever

"We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned."
- George Steinbrenner

"OK, he's a Yankees fan. Now I know why I don't like him."
- Dave Winer

"I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4-1/2 minutes. When they asked him what it was like being dead, he said it was like listening to Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto during a rain delay."
- David Letterman

"Man, it was tough. The wind was blowing about 100 degrees."
- Mickey Rivers, referring the the weather during a game

"Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for the house in blackjack."
- Adam Morrow

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