A Fine Tradition
Today’s Orange County Register has this choice comment regarding the ALDS
Boston fans consider themselves cursed when the postseason rolls around, having gone 86 years since the Red Sox’s last World Series title. We don’t see that as a curse so much as a grand American tradition – one that old-school Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia should be happy to uphold.
Amen to that. Until two years ago, my Angels had a fine tradition of playing baseball badly throughout the season, rarely winning a division and never winning the playoffs. That tradition being dead and buried, we must preserve what few fine traditions remain. I’m sure traditionalists like Michele will agree.
In fact, given the number of lost traditions, I think we need to expand the remaining ones to make up the difference. In that spirit, I hereby declare the 30 day period running from today through November 4, 2004, National Guy From Massachusetts Loses Month. What say you?
October 5th, 2004 at 10:27 am
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t much care for the Angels, they’ve caused me enough grief over the past couple years…First the Giants, and now the A’s. HOWEVER, it is the Angels’ duty to defeat the Sox and preserve the Curse. So, for the time being I’ll be rooting for the Angels…Ick.
October 22nd, 2004 at 9:17 am
Baseball Memories
The Red Sox victory Wednesday night, coming back from an impossible 0-3 deficit, will rate as one of the great moments in baseball. The Yankee’s collapse is only rivaled by one other: the 1951 collapse of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who…