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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

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I've been a Red Sox fan for longer than I can remember. The fair weather,
post 2004 fans are weenies...

--Mike

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:41:34 -0400, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

I've been a Red Sox fan since that ******* liberal weenie Ted Turner
took my Milwaukee Braves and turned them into the Atlanta Braves.

*******. :)


You mean the Boston Braves. Milwaukee? Blech.



The only people that come to mind when Milwaukee is mentioned are Laverne
and Shirley.

RCE

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Harry Krause wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:41:34 -0400, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

I've been a Red Sox fan since that ******* liberal weenie Ted Turner
took my Milwaukee Braves and turned them into the Atlanta Braves.

*******. :)


You mean the Boston Braves. Milwaukee? Blech.
You all are wrong. Ted Turner purchased the Braves after they had been
in Atlanta a number of years. Harry if you had supported the Boston
Braves, they would still be there. :)

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:20:07 GMT, "MGG"
wrote:

I've been a Red Sox fan for longer than I can remember. The fair weather,
post 2004 fans are weenies...

Of course, it's nothing like being a...what are they again? The
Cleveland Perennial Losers?

Oh yeah, well just wait till next year.

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:41:34 -0400, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

I've been a Red Sox fan since that ******* liberal weenie Ted Turner
took my Milwaukee Braves and turned them into the Atlanta Braves.

*******. :)


You mean the Boston Braves. Milwaukee? Blech.



The only people that come to mind when Milwaukee is mentioned are Laverne
and Shirley.

RCE

You forgot "The beer that made Milwaukee famous". Also, Don't they assemble
some kind of motorcycle there too?

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RCE wrote:

The only people that come to mind when Milwaukee is mentioned are Laverne
and Shirley.


.... and Jeffrey Dahmer.

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

I've been a Red Sox fan since that ******* liberal weenie Ted Turner
took my Milwaukee Braves and turned them into the Atlanta Braves.

"your" Milwaukee Braves??? The turf of Braves Field is still alive and
well here in Boston (under the name Nickerson Field, now owned by B.U.) as a
college soccer field. The grandstands have given way to dormitory towers.

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:41:34 -0400, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

I've been a Red Sox fan since that ******* liberal weenie Ted Turner
took my Milwaukee Braves and turned them into the Atlanta Braves.

*******. :)

You mean the Boston Braves. Milwaukee? Blech.

Interesting fact about the Boston Braves - they signed Henry Aaron
after his stellar year in the Northeastern League I believe it was.

Now that was a signing.

The only people that come to mind when Milwaukee is mentioned are Laverne
and Shirley.

Hello?

Eddie Mathews? Lew Burdette? Warren Spahn? Henry Aaron? Red
Schoendienst? Joe Torre? Juan Pizzaro?

Laverne and Shirley indeed...

You guys are acting more like Lenny and Squiggy.

My heroes.

RCE

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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message

Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

Are you kidding?? Only a person who knows nothing of the Red Sox would even
*think* such a thing, much less put it into print. There have been Red Sox
fans who lived out their entire lives waiting and hoping for the dream to
come to fruition. On Oct 28 of '04, there were thousands of gravestones in
cemeteries all over New England bearing Red Sox caps, with notes attached
from loved ones saying "We did it, Dad......."

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:41:34 -0400, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

I've been a Red Sox fan since that ******* liberal weenie Ted Turner
took my Milwaukee Braves and turned them into the Atlanta Braves.

*******. :)


You mean the Boston Braves. Milwaukee? Blech.



The only people that come to mind when Milwaukee is mentioned are Laverne
and Shirley.

RCE

You forgot "The beer that made Milwaukee famous". Also, Don't they
assemble some kind of motorcycle there too?


Yep. 3700 West Juneau Avenue, to be exact. Funny you should mention it
because I wish I had bought some of their stock a few years ago. HD, for a
100% American company, has truly become a global business and has done very
well. They just opened their first outlet in China.

RCE

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:41:34 -0400, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

I've been a Red Sox fan since that ******* liberal weenie Ted Turner
took my Milwaukee Braves and turned them into the Atlanta Braves.

*******. :)

You mean the Boston Braves. Milwaukee? Blech.

The only people that come to mind when Milwaukee is mentioned are
Laverne
and Shirley.

You forgot "The beer that made Milwaukee famous". Also, Don't they
assemble
some kind of motorcycle there too?

Yeah - Suzuki...

Suzuki builds something everywhere. It's the shotgun approach. Even if you
miss 50 percent of the time, you still win.

RCE

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Reggie Smithers wrote:
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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:41:34 -0400, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?
I've been a Red Sox fan since that ******* liberal weenie Ted Turner
took my Milwaukee Braves and turned them into the Atlanta Braves.

*******. :)

You mean the Boston Braves. Milwaukee? Blech.
You all are wrong. Ted Turner purchased the Braves after they had been
in Atlanta a number of years. Harry if you had supported the Boston
Braves, they would still be there. :)


I was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, but I did attend quite a few ball games in
Boston because my relatives we visited there liked to go. My favorite
Bostonian, though, was the National Shawmut Bank Indian.

Historical question. Before it was called "Boston" what was the original
name of the city?

RCE

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

You forgot "The beer that made Milwaukee famous".

.....which also brings to mind that absolutely awful baseball joke........

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"RCE" wrote in message

Historical question. Before it was called "Boston" what was the original
name of the city?

The place was called Shawmut by the local Indians. It was called
Trimountain by the inhabitants of the settlement of Charlestown, across the
harbor. From its earliest formal designation as a town by the General Court
of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, it was called Boston.

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"RCE" wrote in message

Historical question. Before it was called "Boston" what was the original
name of the city?

The place was called Shawmut by the local Indians. It was called
Trimountain by the inhabitants of the settlement of Charlestown, across
the harbor. From its earliest formal designation as a town by the General
Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, it was called Boston.


Shawmut was the name I was looking for. Didn't know about the others.
Interesting. Anyway, The Shawmut Bank was an icon for many years in this
area back in the 50's and 60's. I remember as a little kid going with my
grandmother to the branch in Quincy Center. Big, impressive granite
building with the Indian statue at the entrance and in the huge lobby.
Long gone, I guess.

RCE

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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message

Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

Are you kidding?? Only a person who knows nothing of the Red Sox would
even *think* such a thing, much less put it into print. There have been
Red Sox fans who lived out their entire lives waiting and hoping for the
dream to come to fruition. On Oct 28 of '04, there were thousands of
gravestones in cemeteries all over New England bearing Red Sox caps, with
notes attached from loved ones saying "We did it, Dad......."


I just looked up the attendance records and you are indeed correct. My
apologies to all the Red Sox fans. Generally 2 million+ in attendance from
1976 on, with only a couple of off years.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/rsoxatte.shtml

The Cleveland Indians did not see that type of attendance until 1993 and we
had a nice streak of sold out games for the entire season from '96 to '00.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/cleiatte.shtml

BTW: What happened in 1967 to cause the sudden upturn in attendance at
Fenway?

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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message

Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

Are you kidding?? Only a person who knows nothing of the Red Sox would
even *think* such a thing, much less put it into print. There have been
Red Sox fans who lived out their entire lives waiting and hoping for the
dream to come to fruition. On Oct 28 of '04, there were thousands of
gravestones in cemeteries all over New England bearing Red Sox caps, with
notes attached from loved ones saying "We did it, Dad......."


I just looked up the attendance records and you are indeed correct. My
apologies to all the Red Sox fans. Generally 2 million+ in attendance
from 1976 on, with only a couple of off years.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/rsoxatte.shtml

The Cleveland Indians did not see that type of attendance until 1993 and
we had a nice streak of sold out games for the entire season from '96 to
'00.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/cleiatte.shtml

BTW: What happened in 1967 to cause the sudden upturn in attendance at
Fenway?


YOU don't know???? People here relive the '67 season in their dreams.

RCE

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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message

Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

Are you kidding?? Only a person who knows nothing of the Red Sox would
even *think* such a thing, much less put it into print. There have been
Red Sox fans who lived out their entire lives waiting and hoping for the
dream to come to fruition. On Oct 28 of '04, there were thousands of
gravestones in cemeteries all over New England bearing Red Sox caps,
with notes attached from loved ones saying "We did it, Dad......."


I just looked up the attendance records and you are indeed correct. My
apologies to all the Red Sox fans. Generally 2 million+ in attendance
from 1976 on, with only a couple of off years.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/rsoxatte.shtml

The Cleveland Indians did not see that type of attendance until 1993 and
we had a nice streak of sold out games for the entire season from '96 to
'00.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/cleiatte.shtml

BTW: What happened in 1967 to cause the sudden upturn in attendance at
Fenway?


YOU don't know???? People here relive the '67 season in their dreams.

RCE


Oops. So that was *the* year. Silly me. ;-)

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"Harry Krause" wrote in message .


Trimontaine. Remember, I am a full-blooded Yankee.

SW Connecticut might be Yankee country if you're looking from Virginia, or
Mississippi, or some other place that ends in a pronounced vowel.
But..........if yaw from westa Wista, well...... yorra forrena :-)

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YOU don't know???? People here relive the '67 season in their dreams.

RCE

After the season, Ken Coleman et al put out an album (remember them?) titled
"The Impossible Dream" -- an audio recap of the story of the season and
post-season run, complete with stirring music, etc., etc., played endlessly
in the households of RedSox Nation through the off-season of 67-68. My
little brother, who turned eight that season and is today a high muck-a-muck
indeed in his company, can to this day recite the script of that album
verbatim. Just talking about that season brings a smile to me!

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Spent my teen years and early twenties in Cheshire, m'self. Mom and one bro
still live there.

--Mike

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message .

Trimontaine. Remember, I am a full-blooded Yankee.

SW Connecticut might be Yankee country if you're looking from Virginia,
or Mississippi, or some other place that ends in a pronounced vowel.
But..........if yaw from westa Wista, well...... yorra forrena :-)

South Central Connecticut. I was born in New Haven County, and lived as a
full-time resident of New Haven and its 'burbs for most of my early life.

Central Mass...blech.

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"Harry Krause" wrote in message

Central Mass...blech.

Well, that's westa wista! :-)

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JimH wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Is there such a thing as a Red Sox fan pre 2004?

well, i became a Bosox fan in 2003 after having divorced my ex...a
yankees fan, in 2001 and marrying a bosox fan.

really no choice...