Re: God is a Red Sox Fan
Paul Kennedy (kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca)
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 20:05:45 -0400 (EDT)
JDS is undoubtedly a fan of the early-50s NY Giants.......
.....to be continued......
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>> I'm mostly a reader, too, but every once in a while a post will wrestle
>>me from my slothful slumber and force to put fingers to keyboard. Welcome,
>>unofficially to the List.
>> Unfortunately, Salinger is almost assuredly a Red Sox or a Yankees.
>>Consider the facts: He lived in the NYC area until 1953, when he moved to
>>Cornish, NH. Also, there was a Parade magazine interview with his son,
>>Matthew, in the July 10, 1994 issue in which he refers to his father by
>>saying, "We're going to spend the summer in New England, and I'll take in
>>some Red Sox games with him." I hate to burst the Cubs bubble. Of course,
>>JDS surely seems like a champion of the Underdog, which would certainly
>>have to include the White Sox, the Cubs, or the Red Sox--none of whom have
>>won the World Series since 1918 . . . .
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> I'm going to guess that our old buddy JD is a Red Sox fan, mostly because
>that's what happens to people ,even New Yorkers (see Doris Kearns Goodwin
>for an example of this) , when they move to New England. I'm guessing that J
>D was listening to Goudy imploring everyone in the audience to "Have a
>'Gansett, neighbor." while Gentleman Jim was leading the Sox in the
>impossible Dream season. He signed on then and is still with us. Cornish NH
>really isn't that far from Boston at all, and JD's media would be dominated
>by Boston. Besides that, the Red Sox aren't sports around here, it's
>Religion.
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> Robert "This is the Year" Morris
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>now playing- The Red Sox on the verge of a big comeback against the White
>Sox ( while being down 3-0 in the 6th inning right now)
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