Re:

["j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

At 15:51 18/10/01 -0700, Cecil Wright wrote:
>I hear ya Tom but what does that really have to do with this list?  Does the
>fact that Pitino lost friends in the tragedy mean that nobody here will say
>anything derogatory about him?  I don't think so.
>
>I don't wish ill will on anyone but Butch had nothing to do with the Celtic
>list.  Has there ever been a previous reference to him?
>
>Cecil
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Thomas Murphy" <tfmiii@worldnet.att.net>
>To: "Celtic list" <celtics@igtc.com>
>Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:24 AM
>
>
> > Poke fun at Ray if you must, but I believe he attempting to pass on the
>news
> > that person known as 'Butch from the Cape' has just passed away after a
>bout
> > with cancer.

In fact he was a lifelong Yankees fan who trolled the Boston airwaves to 
mock the loyalties of local fans for their teams. Geez, does that sound 
familiar at all?

I guess every person needs to have a role model to copy their entire shtick 
from. This "Butch" guy reportedly even used a pseudonym while bashing every 
Boston team (his real name is Tom something). This is just what I read as a 
result of the post. I'd never heard of "Butch" before in the context of the 
Celtics, and I seriously doubt most of us had either.

For all we know, "Butch" did his act in other cities as well, and may now 
be receiving similar panegyrics from fawning local journalist/radioheads.

You know that old Hegel line about how "famous historical personages tend 
to repeat themselves not once but twice: the first time as tragedy, the 
second as farce"?. Thus you get Al Sharpton for MLK, Clinton (or you name 
it) for JFK, and so forth. Well I guess (on a far more trivial scale) we've 
got our own permanent "Butch" wannabe on IGTC.

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