Just reading (via RealClearSports) this article from the St Petersburg Times by Gary Shelton. It is basically an article saying that the Tampa Rays are, at the moment, a better team than the New York Yankees. Anticipating a rather vigorous reaction from Yankee fans he comes up with this brilliant line:
Any moment now, Yankee fans will hit you with their history books. And it is true: The Yankees have a glorious past. On the other hand, so did Constantinople.
And while I do not want to predict the Yankees entering a period of mediocrity, but it was a good line. Of course, the extend the analogy the Eastern Empire as led from Constantinope had a hell of a habit of resurgences from the almost-dead, and knew how to stick around. So perhaps the analogy is more positive than it appears at first blush. :)
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