Only A Few More Days To My Thanksgiving Throwdown

Long time readers of this blog might remember last year's Thanksgiving post, when I recounted the trouble I encountered as a Yankee fan at my friend's Rhonda's house in LA. (My family is back east, so my husband and I always spend turkey day at her place, where she hosts a beautiful dinner with all of her close friends and family members.)

Last year, the Yankees didn't even make the playoffs, so I got an earful from Rhonda and her brother, who grew up in Chicago and are Cubs fans. I also heard it from her friend Mary Ann and her son Antonio, true blue Dodger fans. In fact, just about everybody at the table decided to make the Yankees the punch line of their jokes, and I was stuck defending my team by flashing the tattoo on my leg.

OK, I don't have a tattoo but I wished I did. People ended up flinging insults at me and I ended up flinging food at them, and it got ugly.

This year should be very different, given that the Yankees won the World Series while the Cubs and Dodgers were home playing golf, but will it be? I'm anticipating the following from the hostile crowd:
"They bought the championship."
"All the umpires' bad calls went in their favor."
"Jeter's old."
"A-Rod's a cheater."
"They bought the championship."
"Burnett's a head case."
"Damon throws like a girl."
"Teixeira chokes in the clutch."
"They bought the championship."
I would prefer a peaceful Thanksgiving, but I just know I'm going to need ammunition on Thursday.

So if anyone has any great comebacks, I'd be glad to hear them. I do have a weapon I didn't have last year: the She-Fan Cam.

If anyone says something malicious about the Yanks, they'll run the risk of having their foolish remarks published on YouTube, not to mention on this blog. And there's another reason they should be afraid: I'm in charge of bringing the apple pie this year. If somebody isn't appropriately respectful, they could wind up with this in their face.

I really hate to make other people cry, but if I'm pushed....


















































