Blind Faith

It is the time of year when I need to (again) explain my broad pronouncement that the Yankees are winning the World Series.

You might see it in my Facebook status, or as a comment on someone else's post, or I might just look you right in the eye and say it - "The Yankees are winning the World Series this year."

And, of course, people will line up with all sorts of analysis, counter-arguments and whatnot - all researched at length - to support the idea that no, the Yankees are NOT winning the World Series this year.  To which I will respond "The Yankees are winning the World Series this year."

You see, I'm trolling you.  Not without good reason, mind you.  It's to show you how frustrating it is to argue with someone who takes things on blind faith.  You know, those people who will argue with you about God or politics or business, armed with nothing but gut feel.  Nothing you say will change their minds because they're not basing their conclusions on facts.

Blind faith is dangerous when we're talking about religious beliefs that influence laws or in unbending principles of government that are immune to compromise.  But if you want to have blind faith in a sports team, that's not going to do much except rub certain people the wrong way.  So I figure that if I'm going to have blind faith in something, it's going to be the New York Yankees, my favorite sports team of all time.  You can tell me that the Yankees have gaps in pitching, or in the infield, or that they're not going to be able to adapt to not having a dominant closer.  You can offer me whatever thought-out piece of baseball analysis you feel like offering up.  I don't care.  The Yankees are winning the World Series this year.

The Yankees could pull Oscar Gamble out of retirement to play center field and it won't matter. The Yankees are winning the World Series this year.

The entire roster could get busted for shooting horse tranquilizers, and I won't care.  The Yankees are winning the World Series this year.

They could sign Dave Mustaine to a $115M deal and give him the first spot in the rotation.  The Yankees are winning the World Series this year.