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[deadandred]

[Bucky has been doing some reading. Quite a lot of reading, about New York, and how it;s changed over the years he's missed, what's gone on -- well, as much as he can manage. And he has noticed one very important thing, here. He fixes the comm with a very serious look, before asking:]

....So, who do I need to yell at for not tellin' me the Dodgers left Brooklyn? Los Angeles doesn't even have trolleys, why do they need a team called the Dodgers.

[A little mutter:] At least the Mets are around, so we don't have to root for the Yankees.

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[rickon]

i dont understand
what is

brooklyn
los angeles
trolleys
mets
ynkees

what are they dodging

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

Actually, until the mid-1950s, we had a very fine system of light rail.

[deadandred]

Brooklyn's where I'm from, kiddo, it's a borough in New York City. Los Angeles is another city across the country.

Trolleys are -- well, sort of like cars. Except they go on rails.

The Mets and the Yankees are sports teams. So are the Dodgers.

[voice]

[deadandred]

Well good for you an' all, but that doesn't change the fact that you have the Dodgers, and Brooklyn doesn't.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

You still have two teams.

[voice]

[deadandred]

Yeah, but one's the Yankees and the other's a fake Dodgers.

[voice] for the record I'm on Bucky's side

[jurisimpudent]

Precisely what is wrong with the Yankees?

[compressibility]

What?

[voice] good for you, so am I :|

[deadandred]

What's not wrong with the Yankees?

[deadandred]

The Dodgers left Brooklyn in 1947.

[compressibility]

Huh.

[This is the part where Howard offers to buy them back......

HA NO.]

[voice] Rich bastards

[jurisimpudent]

They've a remarkable win record. Is that not noteworthy?

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[aimlessness]

if i ask what's wrong with the yankees will i regret it?

[voice] With their constantly winning :|

[deadandred]

Only 'cause they do it too much.

[deadandred]

...You don't give a rat's ass, do ya. [But he's grinning.]

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[deadandred]

everything is wrong with the yankees. they're a team full of rich bastards.

[compressibility]

Never followed baseball.

[voice] I feel your feels. Used to live in Rhode Island. The state was drenched in a miasma of rage.

[jurisimpudent]

A foolish complaint. Be angry at your team for losing, not theirs for winning.

[deadandred]

Steve and I used to try to sneak in games when we were kids. Never really worked, he couldn't climb the fence.

[compressibility]

The company always had dugout seats. Never went, though.

[deadandred]

Well, I'd say we should go if we ever get outta here, but I don't really think that's an option.

voice; Legit Brooklyn girl here and I can't deal with all this Yankees' hate /flails lol

[thenormalsquint]

I'm surprised the Mets are still around, actually, but I'm not really a baseball fan.

[compressibility]

You play?

voice;

[bloodplay]

Well. If you're feeling bitter, there's always the Sox.

[deadandred]

Sometimes. Haven't in a long time, for obvious reasons.