and yankee fans do not wait for the end of the season and decide based on the stats. that's the point. we look at the post season mainly.
a great example is reggie jackson. came to the yanks so they could win the series. even though his greatest years were with the a's, he will forever be regarded by us as a yankee hero b/c of his tremendous perfomances in october. his stats can't come close to arod, but that doesn't matter to us.
if/when arod has a big october, he will get the monkey off his back.that is our mentality. that is one of the many reasons why all other fans hate us so much.
it also spans other sports. walt frazier is a new york sports legend. we remember his performance in the '70 finals, game 7, possibly the greatest single game that a point guard ever had, and it was in the biggest game of the year, with reed on the bench. memories.