I’ve always held the opinion that God hates the Yankees - and by extension their fans. Now I have evidence. On Friday night - with the Yankees desperately hanging on to a 1-0 lead over the Cleveland Indians - God made a statement. A swarm of gnats descended on Yankee reliever Joba Chaimberlain - effectively distracting him enough to allow the Indians to score the tying run. Three innings later the Indians scored again to seal the victory and take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best of five American League Divisional Series. I’m no Biblical scholar but I am aware that at some point God sent locusts, frogs, burning hail, and rivers swollen with blood against the Egyptians for enslaving the Hebrews. So it only makes sense that He would send gnats against the Bronx Bombers. The Yankees have established a reputation of pride and excellence in their nearly 100 years of existence. But those days are over. This isn’t your father’s, grandfather’s, or even great grandfather’s Yankees. These Yankees are a hodge-podge of over-paid and over-the-hill individuals. Their combined skills manage to win them about 90 games a year - enough to get them into the playoffs - but their lack of unity has left them without a World Series title since 2000 - despite outspending every team as well as several small Central American nations. Just like the Hebrews were held captive by the Egyptians - Yankee fans are held captive by the mismanagement of Steinbrenner and Cashmen. Doesn’t it occur to you Yankee fans out there that “The Boss” is making a ton of money, the players are making a ton of money, but you - the loyal fan - you get to pay $8 for a Coors light in a plastic bottle and to watch a bunch of selfish (with the exception of Jeter, Possada, and maybe Rivera) individuals play a team sport. If I were you - and thankfully I am not - I would boycott Yankee Stadium - not only in protest but also as an act of self preservation. Who knows what sort of smiting God has in mind for the Yankees next.