Da Jankees Lose

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Da Jankees Lose refers to a clip of former Boston Red Sox baseball player David Ortiz mocking New York Yankees' radio announcer John Sterling's signature "THEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN!" call after the Yankees lost Game 7 of the 2017 American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros. The clip was revived during the 2018 American League Division series between the Yankees and Red Sox in numerous remixes as a way for Red Sox fans to troll Yankees fans.

Origin

When the New York Yankees win a baseball game, their radio play-by-play announcer John Sterling will shout "Theeeeee Yankees win!"

On October 22nd, 2017,^[1] after the New York Yankees lost to the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, thus losing the series overall four games to three, former Red Sox player and current announcer for Fox Sports commentator David Ortiz mocked John Sterling's iconic call as a means to troll former Yankees player and current Fox Sports co-commentator Alex Rodriguez (shown below). With his accent, he pronounces "Yankees" with a J, and it comes out sounding like "Daaaa… Jankees lose."

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The clip was used to troll Yankees fans by Red Sox fans over the following year. A clip by amateur sports YouTube commentator GiraffeNeckMarc used the clip after showing highlights of the Red Sox beating the Yankees (shown below, left). A clip by user B F inserting the audio into a clip from Spongebob Squarepants gained over 16,000 views (shown below, right).

The audio clip began appearing in more videos after the Red Sox handily beat the Yankees in the 2018 American League Division Series, which included a 16-1 victory by the Red Sox. A compilation of edits was posted to YouTube by user ExciteMike on October 9th, 2018 (shown below, left). Ortiz himself referenced the meme after the series in a tweet (shown below, right).

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