Re: 1-0 and all is quiet?

[Vinny Natale <vnatale@map.com>]

I'm the New York Yankees/Boston Celtics fan here.  There is another one of 
like me here also.  Anyway, on our Yankee list, whenever they lost a game 
the list would be buzzing, castigating Joe Torre and any player who did not 
perform.  When they won, there was generally almost total silence.

I'm with you 100% Jonathan!

Vinny



At 10:21 PM 11/1/2000 -0500, Jonathan Brainin wrote:
>Gee, it's remarkably quiet considering that the C's just won the home 
>opener by
>20 points.  What's the matter?  No one has anything to say when anything good
>happens?
>
>Given the amount of bandwith wasted on complaining, insulting the players,
>coaches, owner and other list members I would assume that everyone would be
>chomping at the bit to discuss a real game.
>
>Why no posts?  Maybe because Walker shot 63% from the field, 100% from the 
>line
>and had twelve boards?  Why hasn't someone gotten on his case for not having a
>triple double, huh?
>
>Maybe because Pierce had 28 "ugly" points (.375 from the field, .643 from the
>line)?
>
>Maybe because Stith got 16 points off the bench?
>
>If I'd known it was so easy to get our prophets of doom to be quiet I'd have
>wished the season to start weeks ago.  The absence of their negativity is
>refreshing.  here's hoping for an 82-0 season so we won't have to hear 
>from them
>until May or June.
>
>Jonathan