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Imagine getting paid $10m for napping off in a Yankees, Red Sox game and getting roasted on National TV. Back in 2014, a Yankees fan tried to cash in. After falling asleep during a Sunday Night Baseball game, the ESPN cameras caught him slumped over. Announcer John Kruk playfully joked that the guy next to him should hurry up and eat his chicken fingers before his buddy woke up. The clip went mega viral. The fan responded by hitting ESPN and the Yankees with a massive $10M defamation lawsuit for "emotional distress." The absolute goldmine? The lawsuit was riddled with typos and explicitly claimed the announcers called him a "fatty cow" and "a stupid person." In reality, the announcers never said a word about his weight. The guy's lawyers had literally screenshotted random, toxic YouTube comments and tried to sue MLB for them. The judge watched the tape, heard the chicken finger joke, and immediately threw the case out. It almost paid to be a lolcow.😭#yankees #repbx

_NYYNEWS's tweet photo. Imagine getting paid $10m for napping off in a Yankees, Red Sox game and getting roasted on National TV.

Back in 2014, a Yankees fan tried to cash in.

After falling asleep during a Sunday Night Baseball game, the ESPN cameras caught him slumped over. Announcer John Kruk playfully joked that the guy next to him should hurry up and eat his chicken fingers before his buddy woke up.

The clip went mega viral. The fan responded by hitting ESPN and the Yankees with a massive $10M defamation lawsuit for "emotional distress."

The absolute goldmine?

The lawsuit was riddled with typos and explicitly claimed the announcers called him a "fatty cow" and "a stupid person."

In reality, the announcers never said a word about his weight. The guy's lawyers had literally screenshotted random, toxic YouTube comments and tried to sue MLB for them.

The judge watched the tape, heard the chicken finger joke, and immediately threw the case out.

It almost paid to be a lolcow.😭#yankees #repbx

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about 1 month ago

JORGE POSADA: “I CAN’T WATCH TODAY’S BASEBALL.” Yankees legend Jorge Posada, a 4-time World Series champion and one of the faces of the dynasty years, (The Core 4) did not hold back during his interview on Abriendo El Podcast. Posada said today’s game has become too robotic, too obsessed with formulas, and too accepting of strikeouts. “The baseball being played today is garbage,” Posada said. He also pushed back hard on the analytics crowd trying to judge Derek Jeter’s defense strictly through modern numbers. “You can’t judge Jeter through a computer.” That line right there is pure old-school Yankees. Posada came from an era where putting the ball in play mattered. Moving runners mattered. Taking pride in not striking out mattered. He said back then, striking out 100 times in a season felt like you were not doing your job. Now? Guys can strike out constantly, hit 30 home runs, bat .202, and still get paid like stars. His message was simple: The game got smarter on paper, but dumber between the lines. #yankees #repbx

_NYYNEWS's tweet photo. JORGE POSADA: “I CAN’T WATCH TODAY’S BASEBALL.”

Yankees legend Jorge Posada, a 4-time World Series champion and one of the faces of the dynasty years, (The Core 4) did not hold back during his interview on Abriendo El Podcast.

Posada said today’s game has become too robotic, too obsessed with formulas, and too accepting of strikeouts.

“The baseball being played today is garbage,” Posada said.

He also pushed back hard on the analytics crowd trying to judge Derek Jeter’s defense strictly through modern numbers.

“You can’t judge Jeter through a computer.”

That line right there is pure old-school Yankees.

Posada came from an era where putting the ball in play mattered. Moving runners mattered. Taking pride in not striking out mattered. He said back then, striking out 100 times in a season felt like you were not doing your job.

Now? Guys can strike out constantly, hit 30 home runs, bat .202, and still get paid like stars.

His message was simple:

The game got smarter on paper, but dumber between the lines. #yankees #repbx

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about 2 months ago

The Yankees catcher position might be the ugliest thing on the roster right now. And that sounds crazy because this is the Yankees. This franchise went from Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra, Elston Howard, Thurman Munson, Jorge Posada… To whatever this 2026 mess is. Thread. 👇#yankees #repbx