First of all, sorry it's been so long since the last post. Nothing much has happened. A few fruitless job interviews, a few movies, a few nice dinners. And Tom Brady going down.But this afternoon, since Ellen declined to go with me to a sports bar to see a Pats game, I decided to drive to Santa Monica (45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours, depending on traffic) to Sonny McLean's, a Boston sports bar. (Can't afford the NFL Sunday Ticket this year.)During the previous two World Series in which Boston participated (and won) you couldn't get in to Sonny McLean's without being a regular.
Anyway it was really fun. When I arrived the Red Sox game was on TV, and the Sox managed to fend off the Blue Jays and win, right before the Pats game went on at 1:15 PM Pacific time.
Almost everyone in the place -- and I think by the middle of the game there were maybe 150 people -- wore some sort of Boston garb. There were Moss jerseys, Brady jerseys, Bruschi jerseys, and other contemporary Pats player jerseys. But also lots of vintage jerseys, bright red: people like it to be known they have been fans for a long time. Also plenty of Red Sox attire, including a "Feed the Monster" t-shirt. One guy also had a "Title Town" t-shirt withsilhouettes of the two World Series trophies, three Super Bowl trophies, and the recent NBA championship trophy on the front. And best of all, there was a guy with a "Cassel" jersey -- can't be more than 6 days old.
It was tons of fun to have everyone rooting for your team. First half was kind of a nail-biter, but the second half was pretty much all Pats except for one good Brett Far-vra drive. Pats are now 2-0.
The four large glasses of Sam Adams October Ale helped the enjoyment immensely.
Look for me there next week!
2 comments:
Sounds fun! I need to find a place like that for Red Sox games. Incidentally, Mom reads your blog and now knows you went to Nantucket. I may be the one responsible for her reading your blog.
See you there!
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