THE (NOT SO) GREAT BOSTON RED SOX BUMPER STICKER SWEEPSTAKES ——— by Steve Nadis
In case anyone was still wondering, the GREAT BOSTON RED SOX BUMPER STICKER SWEEPSTAKES is officially over–with an emphasis placed on the first syllable of “sweepstakes,” as in “sweep.” The winner, once again, is …. ME for my entry, “THE FAT LADY SUNG,” but I’m not happy about it. The rains have already started, and many inches are supposed to fall before the weekend is over. And even more will rain down during the soggy week to come. By the end of it, Boston will be a veritable mudbath. And Ernest Lawrence Thayer certainly had it right when he wrote: “There is no joy in Mudville–Johnny Damon has struck out.”
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04:58:03
I saw Red Sox vs. White Sox on TV here in Japan.
I know you are a Cambrige kind of guy and you are
from Chicago, I wonder if you are cheering White Sox
vigorously since Red Sox lost their chance toward
championship this year. There was a guy who was
waving a flag of White Sox in Fenwaypark.
Hello, almostfreebird, thanks for the note. That was not me waving the White Sox flag in Fenway, but yes, I’ll now be rooting for the White Sox. I saw a lot of White Sox games as a kid at the old Comiskey Park & I still have a lot of family in the Chicago area. But my heart’s not in it now, as it was for the Red Sox. Still, in the name of good sportsmanship, I wish the ChiSox the best.
I hate to tell you this but the Braves are going to win the World Series.
Thanks for the note, Windfall. You could be right. On the other hand, I could be right in still holding out some hopes for the Red Sox, a belief grounded in quantum physics. But then again, I’ve decided to get out of the prediction business this time and leave it to some other prognosticators (like yourself, for instance).