Comments on: Back To One http://bryanjoiner.com/2009/11/05/back-to-one/ Soup for a story Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:13:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Fred C. http://bryanjoiner.com/2009/11/05/back-to-one/#comment-971 Fred C. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:55:16 +0000 http://bryanjoiner.com/?p=814#comment-971 Problem is, it gets swept away by writers -including SG- who make base generalizations about the city and region and assume everyone is a Yankees/Giants fan. There are 18 million residents in the metropolitan area, and quite a few root for the maligned franchises here. Oh to be a young Benigno in 1969, watching the Mets, Jets and Knicks rule the sports world... Problem is, it gets swept away by writers -including SG- who make base generalizations about the city and region and assume everyone is a Yankees/Giants fan. There are 18 million residents in the metropolitan area, and quite a few root for the maligned franchises here.

Oh to be a young Benigno in 1969, watching the Mets, Jets and Knicks rule the sports world…

]]> By: Bryan http://bryanjoiner.com/2009/11/05/back-to-one/#comment-970 Bryan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:41:12 +0000 http://bryanjoiner.com/?p=814#comment-970 Honestly, except for a slight uptick in Yankees hats today, you would have no clue the Yankees just won the title. Not. A. Clue. People humming around as usual. Honestly, except for a slight uptick in Yankees hats today, you would have no clue the Yankees just won the title. Not. A. Clue. People humming around as usual.

]]> By: coachie http://bryanjoiner.com/2009/11/05/back-to-one/#comment-969 coachie Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:22:30 +0000 http://bryanjoiner.com/?p=814#comment-969 benigno said that? that's a great rant. frownie is wrong, there is no more tortured fan in the country than the Met/Jet/Knick fan. Every defeat for Cleveland brings that city closer together, if they are losers, at least they are united as losers. The Met/Jet/Knick fan, of which there are millions, must share the same street, the same subway, the same subway sandwich, with the Yankee/Giant/Knick fan, and that 1/3 outweighs anything else. benigno said that? that’s a great rant.

frownie is wrong, there is no more tortured fan in the country than the Met/Jet/Knick fan. Every defeat for Cleveland brings that city closer together, if they are losers, at least they are united as losers. The Met/Jet/Knick fan, of which there are millions, must share the same street, the same subway, the same subway sandwich, with the Yankee/Giant/Knick fan, and that 1/3 outweighs anything else.

]]> By: Fred C. http://bryanjoiner.com/2009/11/05/back-to-one/#comment-968 Fred C. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:09:21 +0000 http://bryanjoiner.com/?p=814#comment-968 I don't think it's that simple. For me, sport is like religion, it's inside of me and can't just be pushed aside. It germinated during my childhood and became a major part of my life. I think the same applies for many people. Bill Simmons can't become the "Art Guy," no matter how many Cameron Crowe references he makes. I don’t think it’s that simple. For me, sport is like religion, it’s inside of me and can’t just be pushed aside. It germinated during my childhood and became a major part of my life. I think the same applies for many people.

Bill Simmons can’t become the “Art Guy,” no matter how many Cameron Crowe references he makes.

]]> By: Bryan http://bryanjoiner.com/2009/11/05/back-to-one/#comment-967 Bryan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:04:05 +0000 http://bryanjoiner.com/?p=814#comment-967 What if there's a Jets exhibit What if there’s a Jets exhibit

]]> By: cannatar http://bryanjoiner.com/2009/11/05/back-to-one/#comment-966 cannatar Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:32:40 +0000 http://bryanjoiner.com/?p=814#comment-966 Reincarnation isn't necessary. We all have a choice. Fred, you can go to a museum on Sunday instead of watching the Jets. Reincarnation isn’t necessary. We all have a choice. Fred, you can go to a museum on Sunday instead of watching the Jets.

]]> By: Fred C. http://bryanjoiner.com/2009/11/05/back-to-one/#comment-965 Fred C. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:58:54 +0000 http://bryanjoiner.com/?p=814#comment-965 "If there is reincarnation, and we get another chance at life, please God, make me a man of the arts. I want to go to the Met, not root for the Mets, I want to go to the Met. I want Pavarotti, I don't want Piazza. I want Josephi Verde instead of Testaverde. I want Van Gogh instead of Van Gundy. So if there is another life, please make me a sophisticated man. Don't make me the twisted wacky sports fan that I am." -Joe Benigno “If there is reincarnation, and we get another chance at life, please God, make me a man of the arts. I want to go to the Met, not root for the Mets, I want to go to the Met. I want Pavarotti, I don’t want Piazza. I want Josephi Verde instead of Testaverde. I want Van Gogh instead of Van Gundy. So if there is another life, please make me a sophisticated man. Don’t make me the twisted wacky sports fan that I am.”

-Joe Benigno

]]> By: Bryan http://bryanjoiner.com/2009/11/05/back-to-one/#comment-964 Bryan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:31:51 +0000 http://bryanjoiner.com/?p=814#comment-964 I don't believe you. I don’t believe you.

]]> By: Fred C. http://bryanjoiner.com/2009/11/05/back-to-one/#comment-963 Fred C. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:15:36 +0000 http://bryanjoiner.com/?p=814#comment-963 **** the Yankees, Red Sox, Celtics, Lakers, Red Wings, Penguins, Steelers and Patriots. I hate sports. **** the Yankees, Red Sox, Celtics, Lakers, Red Wings, Penguins, Steelers and Patriots.

I hate sports.

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