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Subject: [Leica] OT: Way to go, Sox !
From: jklu at sas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey Lu)
Date: Thu Oct 21 07:10:57 2004
References: <385ee5381d19.381d19385ee5@planet.nl>

Sure, the long suffering fans of Boston who have a couple other 
franchises in the area...the Pats and the Celtics and the Bruins

That's like saying NY Rangers fans were long suffering prior to 1994

On Oct 21, 2004, at 9:30 AM, nathan.wajsman@planet.nl wrote:

> Just read a column in the Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), where 
> the writer argues that there is no curse on the Red Sox (for my fellow 
> European LUGgers, there is a legend that the Red Sox have been cursed 
> since they sold the Pele of baseball, Babe Ruth, to the NY Yankees in 
> the 1920s). Rather, he attributes their consistent record of failure 
> in the past 80 years to the fact that they have often passed on 
> signing promising black players due to racism, and that they play in a 
> decrepid, old stadium.
>
> But the curse legend is admittedly more fun...Anyway, congratulations 
> to the Bostonians and condolences to the New Yorkers.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, Netherlands
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> http://www.fotosevilla.com
>
> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> Van: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> Datum: woensdag, oktober 20, 2004 9:16 pm
> Onderwerp: RE: [Leica] OT:  Way to go, Sox !
>
>> This may be the fall of miracles!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
>> [lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>> Phong
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 9:19 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: [Leica] OT: Way to go, Sox !
>>
>>
>> 6-0
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> - Phong
>>
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Replies: Reply from daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] OT: Way to go, Sox !)
In reply to: Message from nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (nathan.wajsman@planet.nl) ([Leica] OT: Way to go, Sox !)