Tuesday, February 6, 2007

The Mooninites again

A reader and Yankee fan writes in to predict that "the Mooninites will be on display by the many thousands on t-shirts, placards, and various other IED's when the Sox come to the Stadium this spring. They probably will detonate the scoreboard." The serious part is not a bad guess, and is part and parcel with the new theme of Boston-as-whipping-boy in this story. I would add, however, that nowhere is terror paranoia, if that's what the accusation is, more apparent than in New York City, where unattended briefcases in the subway are routinely detonated by robots able to pick them up and climb the stairs to a safe location. How much do those machines cost? No wonder New York kvetches about Federal terror funding going to St. Louis in proportion to NYC.

The Yankee Stadium prediction brings to mind the chants and t-shirts in Ruth's House after Pedro Martinez called the Yankees, who seemed to always have his number, "my daddy." Revenge was at hand, however, in the immediate aftermath of the 2004 slaying of the Yankee albatross. The very next day, a mock application for Yankee fans wishing to switch allegiance to the Sox made the Internet rounds--limited number of applications accepted, according to the instructions. First few questions:

Name:
Address:
Who's Your Daddy Now, B____?:

Posted by Evan Hughes at 11:43 AM

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