Last month, ESPN The Magazine, devoted the issue to the city it considered to be the best sport town in the U.S. Because of the recent success of the Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots, etc., that town was Boston. This blurb appeared in the latest issue of the magazine:
***OH, THE HORROR!***
Want to hear a scary story? On Sept. 1, as The Mag began work on the Boston issue, the Red Sox were in first, Theo Epstein was a genius, Terry Francona was beloved and Jonathan Papelbon was a lock in the ninth. Never had we devoted an issue to one city before. What could go wrong? Cut to: A nightmare collapse. A closer chokes. A team once called the Devil rises from the dead. Theo and Tito disappear. Fans stumble down Yawkey Way like zombies, mumbling of bloody socks.
The moral? Curses are real. So, um... sorry about that, Boston.
***THEY SAID IT***
"A truck carrying more than 2,000 chickens overturned in northern California.
Red Sox pitchers are reportedly inconsolable." -- Dwight Perry
Comedy writer Alan Ray, on pitch counts expected to exceed 200 at World Series games: "And those are just the Fox promos."
Oh, by the way, the Rangers have tied the series by beating the Cardinals 2-1 last night.
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