I grew up as a Red Sox fan. Not just a casual fan, I was one of the Fenway faithful. I loved the Bo Sox. Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Dwight Evans, Carleton Fisk, Luis Tiant, Rick Burelson (sp?), Butch Hobson, George Scott, Jerry Remey, Bill Lee (!), Carl Yastremski... These were the big league heros I grew up on. So I'm sure it would come as quite a shock to some of my playground pals that I now live in New York, and while I'm certainly not so fixated on baseball, I do route for the Yankees when it comes down to it. The Yankees! How could this be you ask? Those spoilers of so many Red Sox dreams. Those evil tyrants of the A.L. East. Those Bronx Bullies. My defense rests on the head (and what a head it is) of one man. A man who thoroughly signifies baseball - if not through his deeds at least through his posture - Don Zimmer. That's right, Joe Torre's right hand man, and former Red Sox head coach. The man who, at least for me, ties it all together. From the always losing Sox, to the never fail Yankees, it's really Don Zimmer I've been routing for all along. See? There's no conflict. So congratulations to the Don, and the rest of the Yanks. Now no more baseball talk for a year.
im pretty sure it "remy" not "remey" but seems a popular misconception among "former" redsox fans who now route root for the evil empire. and its "carlton" fisk. just because youre talking about baseball doesnt mean you need to dumb it down. funny, you spelled "burleson" right.
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- jim 10-27-2000 9:24 pm
im pretty sure it "remy" not "remey" but seems a popular misconception among "former" redsox fans who now
routeroot for the evil empire. and its "carlton" fisk. just because youre talking about baseball doesnt mean you need to dumb it down. funny, you spelled "burleson" right.- dave 4-12-2006 5:39 pm