I’ll just get it out there. I hate the New York Yankees. I would purely enjoy wiping every last navy pinstripe off of A-Rod or Jeter’s jersey or any of those Big Apple jerks. But I won’t bore you with my hate for the team, rather I will tell you about one of my biggest pet peeves.

Don’t wear a Yankees hat if you aren’t a Yankees fan. It’s unfortunate that the Yankees are such a disgusting bandwagon team that entices poser fans worldwide to wear the infamous logo on some flat-brimmed baseball cap.

Being a Red Sox fan, it is impossible for me to ever be okay with the New York Yankees. As one of my favorite shirts reads, “I support two teams: 1) The Red Sox, and 2) Whoever Beats the Yankees.” But the thing is, I actually respect true fans of the team. I even dated one, which believe me, is a ludicrous idea in my house.

My biggest problem is that there are a plethora of people who simply wear the Yankees hats just to wear them. I would like to tell all of you who fall into this category that there are other headpieces that match your navy blue tee or white beater – though not a huge fashion statement to begin with.

Whenever I run into someone donning a Yankees hat, I ask “are you actually a fan or are you just wearing the hat?” Since the response 9 times out of 10 is “oh nah, I’m just wearing the hat,” I choose to draw two conclusions.

1)    People in general are fan posers. As in, if they are wearing sports merchandise, they most likely are doing it to be in some sort of a Yankee bandwagon rather than a team supporter. I mean really, if I see you walking in the mall wearing a Yankees hat during game time, are you going to try to have me believe you’re a real fan? I’m a Red Sox fan and I still know when the Yanks are playing – so I can cheer against them of course.

2)    The Yankees suck. (Sorry, I just thought I’d throw that in there.)

Now I know most of you are reading this and thinking that I’m a ridiculous jerk to have such contempt. And that’s fair, say what you wish. But if the team I root for gets their eyebrows waxed more often than I have in my life, I would feel a little odd. If I rooted for a guy whose nickname was A-Rod, I’d feel like a Nim-Rod. And finally, Derek Jeter makes me want to puke.

I’ll end it by saying this. If you are ACTUALLY a Yankees fan, I can respect you. I hate your team, but I can respect you because you are a true supporter, can name more than three of the players on the current roster, and you aren’t a Yanks fan just to be one.

And just a sidenote: The fact that while in Boston one time, I almost got knocked out by Joe Torre swinging a utility entrance door of a hotel into my face and then had to personally apologize to me, has nothing to do with my hate for his former team. (But it sure didn’t help. And by the way, his nose is as big as it looks on TV, perhaps even larger. That schnozzle sure can sniff out a bad team….)