10 Reasons Why the New Y2K Is Your Y2K

(Note: A piece by Cheddar Ben featuring the well-wishes we've received on the new site follows this one from Sip. Also, be sure to check in later this afternoon for a piece from A.F.O.M.G. Lastly, be aware that this post features a vaguely NSFW shot of Li-Lo in a bikini. Nice.)

I woke up this morning and saw 47 new messages on my cell phone. Page 6, Sports Illustrated, OK Magazine, The Source, Bazaar!, Tigerbeat, Ebony, Club, Club International, Mr. Glass.

Everyone wanted a piece of the Sip.

Apparently being named one of People Magazine's 50 Sexiest Bloggers doesn't do it for the public like giving birth to a new sleek website.

We've come a long way since October 12, 2005, when instead of not working and staring at my computer screen, I decided to write a little piece about why the Yankees are cursed. That day I begged 51 of my friends to read what I wrote. Today, I can't stop the millions of friends, acquaintances, and total strangersfrom keeping off the page.

So Yankees2000.com has arrived. I'm really proud of this first step towards actual credibility and look forward to many more to come.

A big thanks to AFOMG. You guys have no idea how smart this kid is. What I send to him arrives at a 7th grade level, but by the time he's done with it we're talking 10th grade at least. My man.

Cheddar Ben. Sometimes you gotta stop living up here, and start living down there.

Lou, Chris and Mase, Cousin Dan, Steamin' Mikey Lehman, New Jawn, Cousin Tonks, Happy Will and all other guest writers past and present, we love you and would love to have you back.

A big thanks to Oren for building this website. I do computers like I treat 7-Up. I never have I never will.

And finally, to all the readers. We write to establish a community. A community that has grown tremendously in the first 14 months of Y2K and one that we hope will continue to grow over the next 14 years. We love what we write about and the people that share our passion. So stay awesome.

And now, 10 Reasons why the New Y2K is better than the old Y2K...

10. We ditched the 'Blogspot'.

I have my pride. I have a decent sized ego. Let's just say that a "blog" isn't the coolest sounding thing in the world. I wasn't picking up tail at Stereo with Stevey Franchise, Bill Bellamy and co. by talking to people about my "blog."

Today, we are a just a website that talks about sports. I feel better about myself.

9. The embrace of New.

The Mets are New.

The Knicks, certainly, are New.

But the Yankees are old. Same shit different year with those assholes from the Bronx.

For a website that embraces everything new from Moises Alou to the MTV Smash, Yo Mama, we needed to keep up with the Jones'.

Next Year is Now at Y2K. I am very proud to write for the "New" Y2K.

8. My hatred has never been stronger.

As many of you know, my life is nearing rock bottom. The bank account is approaching single digits. I am still living with my parents (27 Days and counting). I still have no job and the best part of my day is right after I drink a cup of coffee, thereby assuring that I will have some extended alone time on the can.

I have a little anger and a lot of agression.

But I have also embraced my inner Sip. I wish good things for most and try to enter that Zen-like place that only Coldplay can provide me with.

But still, I do hate. I hate the Yankees. As our writing staff of Mets afficionados grows, I plan on channeling a lot of energy towards "the intense Yankee bashing" that this site was founded on.

I love the Mets. But it is really enjoyable to channel hate through writing, so expect more goodies in the near future.

7. Celebrity interviews.

Thanks to Section 423 writer Chris Childs, as well AFOMG's first succesful interview with The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Y2K looks forward to a series of future interviews with the people that we obsess over.

While some will be real (read: AFOMG's) and many others fake (mine), there will be more. And more is good.

6. We ditched the Blogspot Part II: The Remix.

Did I mention how much I hated blogspot?

Me: I write this sports column, you should check it out, Yankees2000.blogspot.com

Other person: Yankees2000-dot-what-the-fuck?...FUCK OFF LOSER!

No more of that.

5. Adding more talent.

Over the last month or so we have added on a bunch of new writers. Chris and Mase bringing you Section 423 every Wednesday. The sweet musings of Lou Monte every Monday morning. Cousin Dan hitting you up College Nice.

In the next couple of weeks, we will be unrolling a series of new writers. New Jawn, the weirdest cat I know, will bring something to the table that is illegal in 42 states.

Steamin' Mikey Lehman, a UWS legend in his own right, will bring lisp-filled banter back to new peaks. And we are also in the process of renegotiations with Cousin Tonks, Happy Will and Cheddar Ted.

In addition, if you want to write and you got something fresh to say, let us know. I can be reached at sippymomo@gmail.com, and you can find the big guy at afomgy2k@gmail.com. That means you Coop!

4. Lindsay Lohan's endorsement.

Lindsay Lohan, who was spotted canoodling with a gritty Sip at the Y2K launch party, Monday morning at H&H Bagels, has ditched the booze, her party girl friend Paris Hilton, and good movies for Yankees2000.com.

"It helps bring me inner peace and it even made my breasts larger! I love Sip and Y2K!"

That's not the first time I've heard that.

3. Y2K: The Battle.

Over the next month or so we will be unveiling a new column at Y2K, The Battle.

In the battle we will challenge any Yankee fan, be it a writer, one of those LOSER bloggers, a friend (though I have few) or just some more off the street.

We or they will pick a topic and argue it.

You will see week-in and week-out that either AFOMG or I will absolutely destroy the Yankee connoisseur.

It's the simple principle of us being right and them being wrong, but it will be fun and also a nice little exercise in restraint.

2. Getting Sip out of the poor house.

The birth of advertising and merchandising. As I have stated above and many times before, I ain't doing so hot financially.

But those days, my friends, are coming to an end.

Over the coming months we will milk local and national companies out of their hard earned cash by charging sky-high rates for them to advertise on our little website. I will become the Bill Gates of internet sports columnists.

I'm joking, advertisers, but hopefully we can make a little money that way.

Also, we will start selling clever t-shirts and other stuff to unite us in our love and hate and net me retail prices at wholesale costs, a dream of any fledgling entrepeneur.

More so, though, we will give away some cool shit, host some parties, Y2K Days at Shea, Y2K days at Blondies, etc., etc., etc.

Win together, lose together, love each other... LET'S GO!

1. We Ditched the Blogspot Part III: The Posthumous Biggie/Tupac Collabo

This really is a big day for us and for the site. We want to make this the site for all New Yorkers. We want this to be the Deadspin of NYC sports.

That is, for everyone who LOVES the Mets and hates the Yankees.

I love New York and I love the sports culture. I really love everything about it except the media and Yankee fans.

So rather then avoid them, we bring to you Yankees2000.com.

The place where the Yankees and their fans are hated and where the stupid, irrational, overblown NY Media is left out.

We hope to update you all day, every day, so that Yankees2000.com becomes your place for the best news updates, opinions and unnecessary pictures of famous celebrities in their lingerie.

Like Wayne and Garth, AFOMG and I would love to do Y2K for a living.

This, my friends, is the first of many steps.

1A. The karma factor.

The Mets have been the best team in NYC since we started writing Y2K. We had our best year since 2000 while the Yankees hit a decade-long low. I can't say I don't feel a tad responsible for these happenings, and god knows, I will not quit. Yankees2000.com will go strong for a long time. The only time for retirement might be a Mets WS win.

That, or if the Yankees became the Royals of baseball. That my friends, is when I could die in peace.

DAMNIT, Bill Simmons, I hate you, but you say things that we all say. You really are the people's sports writer.

A very hardy Vaya Con Dios,

Sippy Momo