Spankees or Wankees (NY Yankees derogatory nicknames)

Non-fans of the New York Yankees baseball team have sometimes called them the “Spankees” (a team that’s “spanked”)  or “Wankees” (from “wanker”).
   
 
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From:  The Kurgan
Date:  Thurs, Aug 19 1993 2:41 pm
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*** ANYBODY BUT THE SPANKEES *** 
 
 
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From:  Evan Leibovitch
Date:  Wed, Oct 13 1993 9:30 pm
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The poor boy’s taking the collapse of his Wankees pretty hard, no?