Boston Fans Celebrate
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You won't believe this story, but it's true, and there are many witnesses. I bought three local newspapers in the Providence airport this morning, and took them to the local Dunkin' Donuts. The woman working the register looked at the front of the top paper, turned to me and said "They won the World Series again? When was the World Series?"
That's where New England is now, that an actual New England resident can nonchalantly ask "They won the World Series again?" on the morning after. Of course, her co-workers immediately began yelling at her, but still.
As will be written early and often this week, Boston is in sports nirvana. Boston College is No. 2 in the BCS, the Patriots are an unstoppable force of NFL destruction, the Red Sox are world champions, the Celtics are about to begin their most anticipated season in decades with three mega-superstars, the New England Revolution were (I believe) the only MLS top seed not to lose the opening leg of their first-round playoff series and should probably be Eastern Conference favorites, and the Bruins are a respectable 6-4. And in Washington, meanwhile, we can boast of a fading D.C. United. We stink.
But the point is, the Patriots are 8-0 and blowing up every offensive record in sight, and yet circumstances apparently demanded they be chased off the front of the sports section of the Providence Journal. I'm trying to imagine a scenario in which the Redskins move to 8-0 by destroying a Hall of Fame Coach in every way possible, setting up a world-altering showdown with the also-undefeated defending Super Bowl champs, and yet do not make the front of the Monday Sports section in the local papers. I'm thinking maybe if the estranged son-in-law of the sitting House Speaker is released from a hospital in Boise--where he was recuperating from war injuries--and then gets signed by the Washington Nationals and flown-cross country to join the team for Game 7 of the World Series, at which point he breaks both arms slipping on the blood of a fallen teammate who had been attempting to comfort an injured batboy, but nevertheless hits a game-winning home run in the bottom of the 39th inning of a 44-43 win by holding the bat between his teeth, maybe those undefeated Redskins would get chased off the Sports front. Maybe.
Anyhow, in the Providence Journal the Patriots made B8. B8!!!!!!!!!!! The Boston Herald had nine pages of Sox coverage before you got to the Patriots. The Boston Globe had a special World Series section, so the Pats had the Sports section to themselves. Main Headline? "Washington Slapped Here." As Fred Smoot said yesterday, "it wasn't a good day for a Redskin." More on this later.
By Dan Steinberg |
October 29, 2007; 8:20 AM ET
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Posted by: Unsilent Majority | October 29, 2007 09:09 AM
Has there ever been a worse sports weekend in this area? Let's start with Thursday... United lose 1-nil in Chicago to start off their playoff series and many local Virginia Tech fans watched their team collapse in the last 3 minutes.
Saturday, Maryland gets dominated by Clemson, Virginia loses all momentum at crappy NC State and Navy gives up 59 points to a 1-AA school.
Then there's the Redskins.
Well props to the Howard Bison who won at Norfolk State, a nationally ranked 1-AA school. And Howard are up to .500 with the win.
Posted by: Kev | October 29, 2007 09:12 AM
Oh and the Caps lost Friday and Saturday!
Posted by: Kev | October 29, 2007 09:13 AM
Apples and Oranges Dave. The Redsox have been in Boston far longer than the Patriots with a more devoted following. The Boston Patriots (what's with this state/region thing?) just won a regular season game, abeit in spectacular fashion. I will hand to the DC Press (such as it is), it gives enormous coverage to teh Skins in good times and bad.
Be a front runner Dan. DC United wins 3-0 this Thursday.
Posted by: A Hardwick | October 29, 2007 09:15 AM
Boston can kiss my bumper.
Posted by: WaPoLiveFan16 | October 29, 2007 09:42 AM
"Boston can kiss my bumper."
You'd have to get in front of us
for that! That'll never happen, trust me
ROFLMAO
Posted by: caphcky | October 29, 2007 09:58 AM
Thankfully, November is "Happy Slap a Chowderhead Month"
Posted by: Kev | October 29, 2007 10:08 AM
Kev,
Steinz graduated from the I-AA school that hung 59 on Navy.
Posted by: Rob Iola | October 29, 2007 10:10 AM
Let's spend the rest of this blog ripping on Boston. God I hate Boston. I go to school out of state where there are kids from all over the country, and its well established that the Boston kids are by far the worst. New York isn't great, California is retarded, Texas is just plain fine thanks, but Boston, god I hate Boston. Enjoy your moment in the sun you pricks, you waited long enough to get a decent baseball team in place, but this, too, shall pass, and then you'll just be another town with normal sports, but still the worst people in the nation. Boston sucks.
Posted by: Andy | October 29, 2007 10:12 AM
The Boston Patriots left Boston decades ago and changed their name to "New England", since they're not actually in Boston.
I have a feeling that if the Nationals won the World Series, they'd still be buried somewhere behind updates on the terrible season of the Maryland Redskins.
Posted by: Kevin R | October 29, 2007 10:13 AM
That would've never happened in Krispy Kreme.
Posted by: ScottVanPeltStyle.com | October 29, 2007 10:16 AM
"Enjoy your moment in the sun you pricks, you waited long enough to get a decent baseball team in place, but this, too, shall pass, and then you'll just be another town with normal sports, but still the worst people in the nation. Boston sucks."
Andy, a little repressed anger ROFLMAO!
You may be going to school out of state, but you knowledge of history is still weak. Boston has had great teams and great players, while DC lost their team so thats not a good comparison.
Thats the best part about moving from VA BACK to Boston, even when we lose, I still can enjoy the fact that I live in a GREAT Sports city (something I never got in DC).
Posted by: caphcky | October 29, 2007 10:18 AM
Kev,
Steinz graduated from the I-AA school that hung 59 on Navy.
Posted by: Rob Iola | October 29, 2007 10:10 AM
Indeed! How could I forget - congrats to the fightin' Blue Hens. Although I think that Rick Moranis and the Little Giants could move the ball at will against Navy's defense these days.
Posted by: Kev | October 29, 2007 10:37 AM
Oh man, did you hit the TF Green airport Dunkin Donuts or one on the outside? And what did you get? I always hit the airport DD on my way through there and get an old fashioned and a jelly (pure nirvana!) Ah, it would be wicked awesome to be back home today!!!
K
Posted by: SEKim | October 29, 2007 10:37 AM
ROLLING RALLY SCHEDULED FOR DOWNTOWN
TOMORROW (Time will be announced later today).
There is no rally @ City Hall Plaza. The team/organization will be in the Duck Boats and will use the Charles River to get back to Fenway at the end of the rally.
To all of RSN if you are interested in a road trip.
Posted by: caphcky | October 29, 2007 12:04 PM
For what it's worth, the Revs are also fading. If NY could actually play, they'd have won that game 2-0.
Let me put it this way: I am more worried about us beating Chicago on Thursday than I am about beating the winner of New England/New York after that. The other two match up horribly with United, while Chicago may actually be the least suitable MLS team for us to play.
Posted by: Chest Rockwell | October 29, 2007 01:23 PM
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"I bought three local newspapers in the Providence airport this morning, and took them to the local Dunkin' Donuts."
You say that like there's one "local" Dunkin' Donuts in Providence as opposed to one on every block.