Okay, Yankees....what's going on with the trump love?

[senseandsensibility]

Last night I refrained from criticizing them for their moment of silence for Charlie Kirk, since the guy had just been killed. Many DUers made the point that the team did not offer a moment of silence for other recent Democratic victims of gun violence.

Well, tonight, according to Ron Filipkowski on bluesky, the Yankee players are posing with a smiling trump before their game.

And, as Filipkowski points out, the Naval Academy is on lockdown from a shooting, Charlie Kirk's assassin is on the loose, and Russia is launching drones into Poland. But trump has time for this and atleast some of the players want to be photographed with him as though they're having the times of their lives.

[House of Roberts]

1. The Steinbrenner family owns the Yankees?

[maveric]

2. Just another reason for this Red Sox fan to hate the Yankees.

WTF was that about?

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. The Yankees' front office has been 'conservative'

since right after WWII, when Las Vegas hotelier Del Webb, Dan Topping and Larry McPhail bought them from. Col. Jake Ruppert. They didn't sign a Black player (catcher Elston Howard) until 1955, eight years after Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby were signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers abd Cleveland Indians, respectively. Topping feared a Black player would entice Black fans to Yankee Stadium,which, he thought, would keep white fans away.

Topping also introduced the Yankees' "clean" policy -- short hair, no moustaches, beards or sideburns, and wearing coats and ties away from the ball park -- the "Yankees image." This stuck around into the '70s, and an element if the "ìmage" seemed to be revitalized at home games after Sept. 11, 2001, then the club began playing "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch, with ushers preventing fans from leaving their seats until the song was over.

In summary, the Yankees are right-wingers, which is a big reason I despise them.

[senseandsensibility]

4. Plus you're a Dodgers fan

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. If you insist on thinking that has anything to do with the Yankees history

I can't stop you.

[ITAL]

5. God Bless America

That was done during the 7th Inning stretch at basically all ballparks for a few years. I was glad that faded away and Take Me Out to the Ballgame came back.

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Yes, but no others prevented fans

from leaving their seats.

[Onthefly]

6. Sports people are clueless.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone Said he was “excited” about the Rump’s visit. Many pro players are all in for support of the orange rapist and felon.

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Which ones?

Name the ones you know and we'll see if it adds up to "sports people" overall.

[rubbersole]

7. Multimillionaires gotta stick together. It's in the genes.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. ...

[ananda]

8. All day long people and places have been caving...

including judges appointed by Democrats.

This is more disturbing to me than anything
that's happened all year.

[Danmel]

9. It's depressing as a Yankees fan

But 95% of them aren't New Yorkers. My brother has tickets and he said the fans were overwhelmingly booing.

[William Gustafson]

14. Wonder if Trumps ICE agents checked their status before they could pose for a picture?