Comments on: Not the greatest weekend I guess http://www.hairywomenblog.com/not-the-greatest-weekend-i-guess/ Fri, 18 May 2012 03:05:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: anthony http://www.hairywomenblog.com/not-the-greatest-weekend-i-guess/#comment-2992 anthony Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:51:43 +0000 http://www.hairywomenblog.com/2007/09/23/not-the-greatest-weekend-i-guess/#comment-2992 Well it is baseball playoff time. Both the chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox have made it. Wouldn't it be grand to have a World Series played in those two iconic ballparks. I went to school and lived in Boston from 1970 - 1979. I grew up as a fan of the Washington Senators so in my youth I had little love for the Bosox. It did not help matters that they were the last major league team to field a black player, in 1961-62, a full 15 years after Jackie Robinson. So I admit that when Carlton Fiske hit that magical home run in the 1976 series, I was rooting for the Reds. My affection for the Sox took a while to grow and got stronger after I moved from Boston the west coast. But rooting interests aside, in my opinion, the Red Sox-Reds series remains to this date, the greatest World Series ever played. I hope to see at least one more like it during my lifetime, and the stage is set. What could be better than a Cubs - Red Sox series where the Cubs finally break their jinx and win an extra inning game 7 at Wrigley field? That would be one for the ages. If the Cubs are not in it, then my choice is Red Sox all the way. But between the two, I am going to lean toward the Cubs. Their diehard fans deserve their reward too. Well it is baseball playoff time. Both the chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox have made it.

Wouldn’t it be grand to have a World Series played in those two iconic ballparks. I went to
school and lived in Boston from 1970 - 1979. I grew up as a fan of the Washington Senators so in my youth I had little love for the Bosox. It did not help matters that they were the last major league team to field a black player, in 1961-62, a full 15 years after Jackie
Robinson.

So I admit that when Carlton Fiske hit that magical home run in the 1976 series, I was
rooting for the Reds. My affection for the Sox took a while to grow and got stronger after
I moved from Boston the west coast. But rooting interests aside, in my opinion, the Red Sox-Reds series remains to this date, the greatest World Series ever played. I hope to see at least one more like it during my lifetime, and the stage is set.

What could be better than a Cubs - Red Sox series where the Cubs finally break their jinx and win an extra inning game 7 at Wrigley field? That would be one for the ages. If the Cubs are not in it, then my choice is Red Sox all the way. But between the two, I am going to lean toward the Cubs. Their diehard fans deserve their reward too.

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