Post by timholycross on Dec 15, 2023 7:50:57 GMT -5
Old alum Dan Shaugnessy had this as the lead to one of his columns.
Sadly, as it points out my age, I can get them all. #13 is a Boston reference, not to Lou Gehrig.
If I used these old Boston sports references, would you know what I mean?
I can’t prove it, but think it all started in the 1980s when Billy Crystal (remember him?) was doing stand-up and told a joke about his young daughter asking him, “Daddy, did you know Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?”
This is the challenge for the aging newspaper columnist.
Wait. Did I say “newspaper”?
I mean, how can we assume anyone on our digital platform knows what a newspaper is? Many of them have never handled one. It breaks my heart today when I walk into local television newsrooms and there is no newspaper to be found.
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Try this: Here are 17 notes, quotes, names, sites, and numbers unique to the 20th century Boston sports experience. How many require an explanation?
1. “Six, two, and even.”
2. Ben Dreith.
3. “Too late!”
4. “We’ll win more than we lose.”
5. Rene Rancourt.
6. 13,909.
7. “Mercy.”
8. .406.
9. “Curly-haired boyfriend.”
10. Sherm Feller.
11. McFilthy and McNasty.
12. Margo Adams.
13. The Iron Horse.
14. The Can’s Film Festival.
15. The Victory Tour.
16. “Pumped and jacked.”
17. Eliot Lounge.
Sadly, as it points out my age, I can get them all. #13 is a Boston reference, not to Lou Gehrig.
If I used these old Boston sports references, would you know what I mean?
I can’t prove it, but think it all started in the 1980s when Billy Crystal (remember him?) was doing stand-up and told a joke about his young daughter asking him, “Daddy, did you know Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?”
This is the challenge for the aging newspaper columnist.
Wait. Did I say “newspaper”?
I mean, how can we assume anyone on our digital platform knows what a newspaper is? Many of them have never handled one. It breaks my heart today when I walk into local television newsrooms and there is no newspaper to be found.
...
Try this: Here are 17 notes, quotes, names, sites, and numbers unique to the 20th century Boston sports experience. How many require an explanation?
1. “Six, two, and even.”
2. Ben Dreith.
3. “Too late!”
4. “We’ll win more than we lose.”
5. Rene Rancourt.
6. 13,909.
7. “Mercy.”
8. .406.
9. “Curly-haired boyfriend.”
10. Sherm Feller.
11. McFilthy and McNasty.
12. Margo Adams.
13. The Iron Horse.
14. The Can’s Film Festival.
15. The Victory Tour.
16. “Pumped and jacked.”
17. Eliot Lounge.
