Re: Which to watch?

[Dan Forant Sr <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

I always looked at the Sox suspiciously, tried to like them thought the
years but they would choke whenever they got close. This season is
different, I admit I gave up on them when they lost 8-9. But admired them
when they came back from disaster. Last nites game against the Tribe was
very exciting. Martinez deserves the Cy Young and the MVP. 

At 12:31 PM 10/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
>So the Celtics will be playing their first exhibition game at the 
>same time the Red Sox play the first game of their first-ever playoff 
>series against their much-hated long-time rivals the New York Yankees.  
>
>What a dilemma!
>
>Those on this list who are Celtics fans, but not from Boston, may not 
>understand how big a deal this baseball playoff series is.  It's enough 
>to make someone like me - a long-suffering Red Sox fan since 1973 and a 
>Celtics fan since 1974 - almost completely forget that the Celtics exist.  
>"The Celtics?  Oh yeah, them, that's right... they're starting their 
>exhibition season tomorrow... I almost forgot!" 
>
>In most years, right about now I'd be turning my full attention to the 
>hope of the Celtics to help me forget the pain of seeing another Red Sox 
>season end in frustration.  Last year the lockout made things especially 
>hard.  This year, the Celtics can wait, and even if the Red Sox don't beat 
>the Yankees, the season will end with a good feeling anyway, which should 
>carry through until the Celtics get their act together and start winning. 
>
>So tomorrow you can bet I'll be watching the Red Sox, but my curiosity 
>will be killing me about all the new players on the Celtics, and how much 
>Bill Russell's talks will inspire them to play team ball, and so on, so 
>I'll have to get 2 VCRs rolling, as I want to tape all the Sox/Yankees 
>games, too.  If I can't do that I'll have to resort to flipping to the 
>Celtics game between innings.
>
>Oh to be a Boston sports fan this month!
>
>Jon McIntyre
>
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