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Post by Allen Wiener on Apr 21, 2011 8:41:13 GMT -5
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Post by Paul Sylvain on Apr 22, 2011 20:07:56 GMT -5
Interesting read, Allen. I have to say and hate to admit it, but I wore and Yankees ball cap at the end of the 2001 and part of the 2002 season. It wasn't that I liked the Yamkees or was a fan, as much as it was my way of saying "I've had enough" of suffering through season after season of collapse after collapse of the Red Sox. The collapse at the end of 2001 was enough. So I bought the cap and wore on the commuter rail into Boston, and on the T and at work ... in Boston. Yeah, I was a real hit in that town.
But alas, once a Sox fan, always a Sox fan, and I had to retire the Yankees cap for my "B" Boston cap.
Paul
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Post by Allen Wiener on Apr 22, 2011 20:38:22 GMT -5
Ah, ya shoulda waited a couple of years, Paul; 2004 was just around the corner!
I was once on the T and some poor sod in a Mets cap got on and asked if anyone knew the stop for Fenway Park. I started to tell him it was Kenmore, but before I got that out, 2 sinister ladies barked out some totally inaccurate information and the guy went off to who-knows-where. Then they glared at me and one of them slurred something like "Yeah - like we're gonna send him to Kenmore Square!" And he was only a Mets fan!
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Post by Paul Sylvain on Apr 23, 2011 16:33:55 GMT -5
Well, I've been to the old Yankee Stadium a few times wearing my Sox cap and jacket and lived to tell about it. I've always had a good time in NY, and found the fans tolerant of us Boston lot.
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Post by loucapitano on May 6, 2011 15:33:17 GMT -5
Are you guys all Boston fans? Paul, let me tell you, fans wearing Boston caps are always welcome and treated well in my home town New York. The pain will come when the Red Sox win their 28th ring and the Yankees are still at 27. But I don't think I'll live that long. I gotta say, my last visit to Boston (pre-World Series win) was a real gas. What a great town in every way. But for Chrissake, enough with the anti-Yankee slurs on every sign and T-shirt on almost every street corner. But I'm sad that I'll probably never get to eternally sold-out Fenway Park. PS: I thought I wouldn't like the new Yankee Stadium, but it's beautiful. Best thing beside the food, it can rain and you can stay dry and watch the game from the interior halls.
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Post by Allen Wiener on May 6, 2011 15:36:13 GMT -5
If it was the Sox who'd won 27 and Yanks 2, you'd see those kinds of signs in NY. Traditions die hard. If the Sox win a few more, maybe it will, but that ain't happenin' anytime soon; certainly not this year. Boston's famous for Yankee-hating, but it's been known to occur in other cities as well. It comes with the turf when you win as much as the Yanks do.
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Post by loucapitano on May 6, 2011 15:58:24 GMT -5
Allen, I just read the Yankee and Crockett blogs. Good work on both. Too many biographers treat Crockett's life as just a prelude to the Alamo. As you said, the 50 year old only spent a few weeks in Texas. The real measure of the man is contained in the 49 prior years. Nice job, I hope to read more. Lou
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Post by Allen Wiener on May 6, 2011 21:53:03 GMT -5
Thanks, Lou. Gotta agree and, of course, that was at least partly the point of our book.
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