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If Red Sox go the distance, it would ease fans' pain
Published October 12 2004
A drive across the state in the middle of the night provides exposure
to all sorts of nocturnal creatures: various pub crawlers, last
callers, roadside deer, slow-footed roadkill and Art Bell.
For those who aren't sleep-deprived, Bell is the radio host who
traffics in the paranormal - extraterrestrials, telepathy, conspiracy
theorists and those who believe that the spirit of Jim Morrison is
channeled through the Red Sox' Johnny Damon.
Bell's guest the other night was a retired Army major who specializes
in psychic intelligence gathering.
Among his cheerier predictions were that a series of impending deadly
solar flares will kill billions, World War III will start with a
nuclear blast on the Korean peninsula in the next several years, and
that a small planet will pass close enough to Earth to affect its
magnetic core and trigger a planetary "wobble" that will upset the
china cabinet something fierce.
While you're digging the bomb shelter, be aware that the planetary
wobble may be upon us.
If the Red Sox beat the Yankees in the American League Championship
Series that starts tonight, the psychic energy released by all of New
England may cause us to kiss our asteroid goodbye.
To recap: Red Sox fans are the most tortured souls on Earth. If you
don't believe it, just ask them.
Actually, Red Sox fans are the biggest pains in the you-know-what. Unlike
fans
of other teams, these folks instantly dislike fans of their rival team
(Yankees) merely for being Yankees fans. It's as bad as the
Canadiens/Nordiques
used to be, without another reason behind their rivalry (C/N was a mostly
anglo
versus francophone rivalry hidden as a fan rivalry).
Woods
Don't know mucn about the Red Sox, I'm afraid ;-)-- although I have heard of
them of-course ;-)
The Red Sox must be just like the Collingwood Magpies -- hated by everyone
except for their most fervent supporters !
No, not at all. They're just another baseball team, deserving of the same
respect as every other major league team. There happens to be a very strong
one-way rivalry between them and the Yankees, and it spills out into
personal/professional lives. Very weird.
Not really. Yeah they talk about the Bambino, Babe Ruth; but it's
mostly the Bosox choke. They haven't won a World Series in ages. As
written, they win at football and hockey and basketball over there in
New England.
The most memorable choke was the Sox against the NY Mets.
Though I like sports, I haven't watched an entire baseball game in a
few decades.
Woods
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