From: Mershaaay | #111
Dude 1996 was 15 years ago. How can you even think to call someone a bandwagoner if they've been a consistent fan for 15 years? It's not their fault the Yankees have just been consistently great.
I got called a bandwagoner at my last job by my boss when the Orioles had their half a good season a few years back (1st place at the all star break, finished the season something like 27 games out of 1st lol)! Literally called a bandwagoner for being an Orioles fan.
Either way, they only cheer for the Yankees because they are great is the thing. If they Yankees and the Mets roles were reversed (lol Mets), they'd all be Mets fans. I saw a lot of people here in NYC change sides from Mets to Yankees actually after the Subway Series.
As far as the 15 years thing goes, people my age were 15 years old in 1996. That's old enough to have been watching the Yankees when they were struggling before Jeter/Rivera/Pettitte broke out. My brother is a Yankee fan that was rooting just as hard for Paul O'Neill, Don Mattingly, and scrubs like Alvaro Espinoza and Mike Pagliarulo as he does for the team now. So you'll excuse me if I laugh at Yankee "fans" who have no idea who Stump Merrill, Dallas Green, and Buck Showalter are.
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