RE: [Celtic_Pride] Celtic Fans

["Shawn Niles" <shizzjr@hotmail.com>]

Are you really that shallow that the only thing you can think of is Buckner? 
Or is it just that your knowledge of Boston sports is so slim that that is 
the only thing you know about?


>From: "Mike Griffin" <mgriffin@rillc.com>
>To: "Shawn Niles" <shizzjr@hotmail.com>, <Celtic_Pride@yahoogroups.com>, 
><celtics@igtc.com>
>Subject: RE: [Celtic_Pride] Celtic Fans
>Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 12:32:00 -0800
>
>Even better than Buckner in 86?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Shawn Niles [mailto:shizzjr@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:29 PM
>To: Mike Griffin; Celtic_Pride@yahoogroups.com; celtics@igtc.com
>Subject: RE: [Celtic_Pride] Celtic Fans
>
>
>Thanks for reminding me how great it was to watch Carl break up
>Mussina's
>no-no and of what a great feeling it was to watch the Yanees lose in the
>
>World Series. By far it was my best sports moment since the C's won in
>86'.
>
>
> >From: "Mike Griffin" <mgriffin@rillc.com>
> >To: <Celtic_Pride@yahoogroups.com>, "Boston Celtics" <celtics@igtc.com>
> >Subject: RE: [Celtic_Pride] Celtic Fans
> >Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:59:53 -0800
> >
> >It would take extraordinary circumstances for me to root against a
> >player on my team.  I always cheered for Straw and Howe w/ the Yanks
> >despite their off the field problems.  I think I would have had a hard
> >time cheering for Rocker if I was a Braves fan just because he is such
>a
> >jerk and Everett would be on the border too because he doesn't seem to
> >be a team player at all and I'll never forgive him for blowing
>Mussina's
> >perfecto.
> >
> >No issues with the Celtics - may they all hit 50% from the field
> >tonight.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Cecil Wright [mailto:cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca]
> >Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 3:48 PM
> >To: Boston Celtics; Celt's
> >Subject: [Celtic_Pride] Celtic Fans
> >
> >
> >What does it say about a person who claims to be a fan of a particular
> >team
> >but then they wish for failure or subpar performances by a player/s or
> >the
> >team?
> >
> >As an analogy, I do not like the behavior of Carl Everett of the Red
> >Sox.
> >However, whenever the ball is hit his way, or whenever he is at bat, I
> >am
> >cheering for a base hit from him.  I want the team to win every
>possible
> >game whether I am enamored with each player or not.
> >
> >Is that the case with the you-know-who's on this list?  Do you cheer
>for
> >Antoine, Kenny, Wallah, VP and everyone else on the C's to perform
>well?
> >Or
> >would you rather have individuals like Toine have poor outings to feed
> >your
> >distaste for him?
> >
> >I'm really not trying to start anything.  A colleague of mine asked me
> >that
> >about sports fans in general and I think it is quite applicable on this
> >list.
> >
> >Cecil (GO C'S!!  BEAT THE SONICS!!!)
> >
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