The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part nine — Page 198

Cone? Or Damon?

Well, I believe what WRQ was trying to say is that since Yankee fans had enough class to give David Cone (a now-retired pitcher) a standing ovation when he went to the Red Sox after playing with the Yanks, the Boston fans should have the same amount of class and give Damon a standing ovation in return for what he did for their team.

However, even I have to admit that they're quite different circumstances. Damon is still in the prime of his career, and Cone basically went to Boston after his career had largely fallen apart.

I read David Cone's book a few years ago and was a bit bored by it, although I think I was expecting some of his more scandalous stories that he became somewhat infamous for to be revealed in print.

... I'm sorry, this is going to totally kill the thread.

ETA: I was replying to Mel's post, which seems to be in limbo.

Updated On: 5/1/06 at 10:10 PM

Not quite Siamese.

What they did for their teams were different, and I wouldn't expect Boston fans to stand for Johnny Damon, but it's opposite sides of the spectrum to throw things at him while we give Cone a standing O.

Really, it's all in fun. My teasing, not-totally-serious way of saying how Yankee fans have more class

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As a red sox fan, I have to say that it was quite a heart breaking offseason (then add the Patriots offseason, oye!). So, we're all recovering still. Most fans understand the business side, but Johnny was ... our Johnny. Good guy, but I'm not sure if I would give the standing O.

HEARTBREAKING. Seriously.

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Oh cry me a river, they beat the Yankees and won the World Series.

Teasing/taunting is a natural part of sports, especially for intense fans of rivalries like Yankees/Red Sox, or Yankees/Mets. My whole family consists of Met fans, and I always hear worse about Yankees, Yankees' fans, Steinbrenner, pick any player and how he looks like a monkey, my mom has bad nicknames for all the players, etc.

Then you learn to deal and have fun pointing out fallacies in their taunting. Like in 2001, during spirit week, one of our days was wear your favorite teams' sports jersey day. So a particularly cocky Met fan came up to me in my Yankees' jersey and said, "so wearing that jersey of the team that didn't win the World Series, huh?" Me: "Yup. So are you." Him: "that's...uhh...umm...true."

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