And, just to extend this thread a little further, I think that neither the
UNH-Mercyhurst game (which I did not see) nor the Sox-Cards game (that I
did see) on Saturday night was anything to write home about. Sounds like
UNH played down to Mercyhurst's level late in the game (sorry, Atlantic
Hockey fans, of which I am one, as I suffered through a tie and loss
watching my Bentley Falcons this past weekend).

One might also argue that the Sox do not deserve a World Series after the
two games they played on Saturday and Sunday nights, both about as ugly as
baseball gets.

BTW, I always turn off the sound on my TV so as not to subject myself to
Buck and McCarver, even when they are not St. Louis home boys as this
year, and tune in my radio to Joe and Jerry or anyone else instead.

Thom Davis
UNH71  Go Cats! Go Falcons!




Just to report in after an exhilirating weekend. I did go to the hockey
game
on Saturday night without my wife Karen, who wanted so soak up all the
pre-game hype spewed out by the obnoxious duo of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver
(both St. Louis toadies BTW), but only for about a period and a half. UNH
was ahead, 5-2, when I left and held on for the victory 5-4. What that
score
means for the rest of the season will be the subject of another post.

As far as the UNH/Red Sox karma . . . I once told Dick Umile that being a
Red Sox fan was good practice for being a UNH Hockey fan. He did not see
the
humor in my comment.

And for NCAA historians, UNH began D-1 play in the 1967-68 season. While
they have 37 years of futility, thankfully it is not as long as some other
schools on this list.

Greg Ambrose

> From: Carl Ford <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Carl Ford <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:26:37 -0400
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: getting one's priorities correct
>
> Greg,
>
> Here are two questions for you:
>
> 1. How many chances will you have to watch UNH play Mercyhurst?  Or,
just play
> anyone?
> 2. How many chances will you have to watch the Sox in the World Series?
>
> I hope this helps you.
>
> Bonus question:  Could the Sox do ANYTHING to top the biggest sports
choke of
> all time, which just happened? :-p
>
> Quoting Anthony Buffa <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Or, if you are a Yankee fan who was born in the Bronx, you could be
>> cynical and say go to the hockey game because the Sox are going to lose
>> no matter whom they play. . . but no one would say that . . .would they
>> :-) ??
>>
>> Tony Buffa
>> RPI '64
>>
>> ===============
>>
>> Charlie Shub wrote:
>>
>>> no, greg.......
>>> the correct protocol is to GO TO THE HOCKEY GAME and tape (or TIVO)
>>> the baseball game.  And let me assure you that i won't spoil your fun
>>> because it would be silly to post baseball scores on a hockey mailing
>>> list.
>>>
>>> Actually, last weekend, some misguided soul did have one of the tvs in
>>> the press box at CC tuned to the baseball, so i guess a solution would
>>> be to take a radio to the hockey game.
>>> cdash
>>>
>
> -------------
> Carl Ford
> Embassy of Red Sox Nation, Washington DC
> [log in to unmask]
> GO BU!!!
>
> Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and the government
when
> it deserves it. -Mark Twain
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