Fleeting Pleasures
Just for today, I'm enjoying seeing the New York Yankees in the AL cellar.
Could this explain George Steinbrenner's increased interest in horse racing? After all, if his horse doesn't win, he can always kill it and eat it. This would be more difficult with Derek Jeter.
Then again....
Some years back I worked for a native New Yorker who, as a boy, was part of the crowd watching the filming of the climactic scene of "King Kong." They really used the Empire State Building for the ape's final fall. In an unlucky moment, Larry said, it occurred to the directors to just shove the ape dummy off the building, trusting to the police cordon to keep the dummy secure at the bottom.
Wrong: this was a New York crowd. The dummy had no sooner hit the pavement than the crowd broke the barricades and tore it to fragments for souvenirs.
So, if I were in a Yankee uniform these days. I'd watch my back, especially if Steinbrenner invited me to dinner.
Could this explain George Steinbrenner's increased interest in horse racing? After all, if his horse doesn't win, he can always kill it and eat it. This would be more difficult with Derek Jeter.
Then again....
Some years back I worked for a native New Yorker who, as a boy, was part of the crowd watching the filming of the climactic scene of "King Kong." They really used the Empire State Building for the ape's final fall. In an unlucky moment, Larry said, it occurred to the directors to just shove the ape dummy off the building, trusting to the police cordon to keep the dummy secure at the bottom.
Wrong: this was a New York crowd. The dummy had no sooner hit the pavement than the crowd broke the barricades and tore it to fragments for souvenirs.
So, if I were in a Yankee uniform these days. I'd watch my back, especially if Steinbrenner invited me to dinner.
posted by Uncle | 23:57
1 Comments:
Ah, but here is the chance that even Sox fans can take advantage of and get the benefit. When the Yankees lose, when they are in the cellar, when things go badly for them, they take the blame.
Contrast their we-stank attitude with it-was-the-curse-of-the-Bambino, the-other-team-bought-the-championship , or thousands of other lame excuses.
The Sox won the Series last time. It's time for them to stop acting like kindergarten kids and start being pros. I don't want a hometown team that whines.
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