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Just One More Reason To Hate The Yankees Posted:0535hrs
By Greg Engle,Editor, Cup Scene Daily I’ve never been a big baseball fan. Sure it’s the great American pastime and all, but I’ve just never followed it much.
I had been given the assignment by MRN to get some sound from the key personnel during the press conference that was being held at a local minor league ballpark. Another event happened the same day as the Roush-Fenway event; NASCAR was announcing the penalties that were begin handed out to Michael Waltrip for an illegal fuel substance found after qualifying. I had the assignment to cover that from the Sporting News. The two events were happening within a half hour of each other, so I figured no problem. Of course the Waltrip announcement ran late and I found myself racing to the ballpark (pun intended) in hopes of getting what I needed. While tearing through the streets of Daytona, I called someone at Roush and told them I was on the way. No big deal I was told, the press event at the ballpark wasn’t ‘well attended’ and they would be glad to wait. Of course what they really meant was that every media member within a hundred miles was covering the biggest story of the year so far, that being the Waltrip deal at Daytona, and Roush was ‘eager’ for someone, anyone, to come cover their event. I finally got there and talked to John Henry, Jack Roush and the drivers. When all was said and done, and I was breathing a sigh of relief, I was standing around casually talking to Carl Edwards about nothing in particular. I’ve known Carl for a while and as is his nature, he asked me if I got everything I needed, wanting to make sure I had all the bases covered (yet another intended pun). It took me a second or two before I realized that the only person I hadn’t talked to was one of the players. The people from MRN said there should be one or two there and if I could get a quote or two that would be great but if not, no big deal. I told Carl this and he smiled and pointed to a tall young man who had been standing beside me. ‘This guy plays a little,’ he said chuckling. It was then I noticed the glint of a large ring the young man was wearing. It turned out to be a World Series ring and the young man turned out to be none other than Josh Beckett, formally of the Florida Marlins and as of Thanksgiving Day 2005 a member of the Boston Red Sox. Of course with my lack of baseball knowledge I knew none of this at the time. And of course Carl, perhaps sensing this lack of knowledge, felt it prudent to let me know just how big of a deal Beckett was. I’d like to think that both Carl and Josh now feeling my discomfort decided to have some fun. I apologized to Beckett for not knowing who he was. Carl said that he couldn’t believe that anyone who covered any sport didn’t know who THE Josh Beckett was. Beckett simply folded his arms and glared, this of course increased my already high discomfort level. Oh sure I got my quotes from him and on the radio I’m sure his voice sounded like he was smiling. In fact he was glaring down at me the entire time. When we were done I again apologized profusely, promised Beckett that I would not only learn everything about him, but that I would henceforth become a Red Sox fan. No doubt when I was done and gone, Carl and Josh had a good laugh at my expense. I kept to my promise to become a Sox fan and since then have learned quite a lot about Beckett and my chosen team. Of course they went on to win the World Series last year, Beckett started and won the first game of the series by the way and oh did you know that at the start of the season, Beckett became one of six Boston Red Sox pitchers in history to win their first 7 starts? That’s the kind of stuff Red Sox fans know. Another thing I’ve learned since becoming a Sox fan; we hate the Yankees. Now that fact doesn’t make them bad people, just hated by Red Sox fans. Which is why when I saw that Saturday nights race at Phoenix was delayed due to a baseball game, I put the blame squarely on the shoulders of the Yankees. I mean c’mon they never had a chance, so what if it was a one run game, with two outs in the top of the ninth in the middle of a fierce at-bat between Robinson Cano and Jonathan Papelbon. Cano should have just swung at the air and stuck out so we could have dropped the green flag on time for gosh sakes. Another reason to hate the Yankees. By the way, the winning pitcher Saturday night was none other than Josh Beckett. Wonder if he remembers who I am?
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