Losing My Religion
July 25th, 2007 by max linsky in CLearing House, Cover story, Sports
CL doesn’t often tread into the dangerous waters of sportswriting — it’s mean out there, and we tend to swim in the kiddie pool with less contentious topics like politics and the environment*.
But this week, we “grew a pair” (as Joel would say) and took on the closest thing we have to a family value: rooting for the Boston Red Sox. Specifically, we wrote a few thousand words about why being a baseball fan is about pulling for the underdog, and why we’re scared our beloved squad has become little more than Yankees Lite. (Although, to be fair, the Red Sox still have a soul.)
So where did we turn to recapture that losing feeling? Where else: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
* This Saturday, Cooper will be offering a seminar entitled “How to Rock a Bowl Cut and Still Look Like a Badass.” Admission is free.
July 25th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Ah damn. I hope we dont cross paths or you will cringe everytime you see me like the rest of the yankee fans downtown.
ahahahah
July 25th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Nice cover.
Couldn’t bring yourself to leave “(For one night)” off the subhed. You’re not a real fan.