"The fans did not do good things in my heart," Kristen Lee said, according to the newspaper. "When people are staring at you, and saying horrible things, it's hard not to take it personal."
GIF credit: Barstool Sports
The USA Today reports that Ms. Lee sat in the visitor's section and suggests that this may have been the Rangers' first negotiating tactic as Texas tries to woo Lee from the Yankees this offseason.
Barstool Sports Boston thinks that Kristen's distaste for Yankees fans and New York in general will torpedo the Yankees' chances of signing Lee. Naturally, Barstool concludes with: "So if Kristin Lee really wants to get payback like I think she does we’re the only option. Looks like thing just went from bad to worse for Yankee fans. Cue the duckboats indeed!"
This is such a non-story. I blame the media. It's a pretty ridiculous theory to suggest that the Yankees are out of the running because Kristen Lee had an unpleasant experience in Game 3 of the ALCS.
Look, we all know that the Lee family is wholesome and religious and perfectly happy living in their restored 1927 home in Little Rock, Arkansas. And we all know that New York, with its raucous fans and fast-paced city living, is not the ideal place for that type of family. Just look at them:
Does that look like a family that would embrace the Bleacher Creatures? Heck no. You can understand how someone like Kristen Lee might be turned off after getting sprayed by beer and obscenities.
But when you think about it, this blond is no dummy. She's playing the old CC Sabathia card, which she might have learned from one of her husband's close friends, CC Sabathia. Claiming to prefer the quiet life in Texas or nearby Arkansas, Kristen will complain about the rude Yanks who live up north, the overpaid Yanks who play in the Bronx, and the rude Yanks fans who attend games there. She will "demand" that Cliff stay in Texas. But isn't that just a negotiating tactic? CC, who is from California, postured back in 2008 as though his desire to stay near home in California rendered the Angels into a legit contender for his services. They weren't, of course, but that didn't stop the Yankees from increasing their bid. And you know what? He's now a Yankee...for the low, low price of $161 million.
Kristen Lee can complain all she wants that the Yankees fans "did not do good things to her heart." But a lot of that damage to her heart can be repaired by an extra $5-7 million per season, perhaps in the form of a country club membership or three and a thirty-acre estate in Scarsdale.
Oh, and as for Barstool's theory that the Red Sox are Lee's only option now that some Bleacher Creatures have ruined the Yankees' chances? Ha! I'm sure Kristen will be very quick to embrace the classy fans that comprise Red Sox Nation.
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No h/t this time? C'mon... I mean, while its silly to think he'd go to the Sox, you can't triviliaze what a terrible experience she apparently had in NY. I think this significantly raises the odds that so long as Texas makes a strong offer -- and they WILL with Nolan Ryan in charge instead of Tom Hicks, who became risk averse after the A-Fraud deal -- Lee will stay in Arlington.
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Great...can we "Bartman" any fans responsible for Cliff Lee possibly not coming to New York, particularly the guy in the video.
ReplyDeleteShe certainly looks youthful
ReplyDeleteFirst, MJN is right, I neglected to offer a H/T to him...which is especially egregious as he was the inspiration behind the post.
ReplyDeleteSecond, just to be clear, the guys in the GIF are not related to the Kristen Lee (non)incident. The funny guy in the middle, I believe, is the fellow who caught Robinson Cano's home run Jeff Maier-style. Barstool just posted the animated GIF as representative of obnoxious Yankees fans everywhere. So these particular guys do not deserve Bartman treatment...if anything, the guy in the middle deserves our praise for ensuring that Cano's fly ball cleared the fence.
I'd be shocked if the Red Sox are ever in contention for Lee. They'd have to move someone to make room (not that they wouldn't do that if they thought they had a shot.)
ReplyDeleteplease. this is pure genius by cliff lee's wife. she just guaranteed an extra 20 mil on the yankees offer.
ReplyDeletethat buys a lot of louboutins.
That's exactly right, Ari. I am thinking the exact same thing. It's all part of the Lees' strategy to drive up the Yankees' offer.
ReplyDeleteAri, why do you know what louboutins are? Do you have a collection at home that we don't know about?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean "that we don't know about", E? He wears them everywhere!
ReplyDeleteAs for Lee, this is a pure negotiating tactic, albeit a dumb one in my mind. It's one thing to say you want to be closer to home (and hey, Dallas, TX is closer to Arkansas)...but to start out insulting the fan base of the team that you want to woo your husband seems counter-intuitive
And if Cliff Lee's wife is worried about fans "not doing good things" she should really have her husband retire ASAP because I'm sure there's some Texas fan in a cowboy hat and a George Bush 2000 belt buckle who is going to sit next to her at the World Series and drink so much he poops himself. Then let's see what she says.
Cliff Lee on his wife's comments: "I brush that off" and "Who cares?"
ReplyDeleteThat's either making up for what she said or some marital problems that need to be worked out
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/yankees/2010/10/lee-on-rude-nyy-fans-theyre-at.html
Clearly that video is not the greatest representation of Yankees Fans, nor was the treatment fo the wives. The Lee's are friends with the Sabathia's apparently. I wonder if they stopped by C.C.'s 14,000 square ft crib in jersey while they were in town. Me thinks lots-o-cash could heall all wounds. The video is classic if you see the big guy dropping crazy F-bombs, and I think the female in the first row is Snooki's sister Bukaki.
ReplyDeleteSomeone already pointed this out, but the big guy dropping f-bombs looks like Meatloaf's twin brother from Fight Club. (Remember Bob with the bitch tits?)
ReplyDeleteAnd for the record, Mr. Zonk, I totally agree. Cash heals all wounds. Lee will be a Yankee because they'll pay him more cash than any other team. It's really that simple.