Comments on: All hail El Papi Grande. (And: The best Trupiano could come up with is “The Foxx hunt is over?”) http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/21/all-hail-el-papi-grande-and-the-best-trupiano-could-come-up-with-is-the-foxx-hunt-is-over/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Retire_Number_14 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/21/all-hail-el-papi-grande-and-the-best-trupiano-could-come-up-with-is-the-foxx-hunt-is-over/#comment-997 Retire_Number_14 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:51:04 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/21/all-hail-el-papi-grande-and-the-best-trupiano-could-come-up-with-is-the-foxx-hunt-is-over/#comment-997 I too was at the game last night, and everything Shalomar writes is accurate. I had this feeling, before the game whilst scarfing the goods of The Sausage Guy, that the fans who would fill the park that night were indeed real fans. Everyone there was just hoping for a good ballgame, which it was until the 8th. But that game will live in my memory as the night Big Papi hit the big 5-0. It was a great moment, and congratulations to a great player. On a side note, this is a personal plea to Mr. Epstein. Do what ever it takes to get Torii Hunter in a Sox uniform. The man absolutely kills the ball at Fenway, and his homer there last night was Manny-esque. It reminded me of a shot that Bo Jackson hit there back in 90 or something, that sent shudders through the crowd, not unlike how a guillotine slam must've done the same to execution witnesses on the streets of London centuries ago. That, I believe, was the first spectator sport. But, I digress. Get Hunter, man. Get him. Imagine No. 48 patrolling CF in The Fens. I too was at the game last night, and everything Shalomar writes is accurate. I had this feeling, before the game whilst scarfing the goods of The Sausage Guy, that the fans who would fill the park that night were indeed real fans. Everyone there was just hoping for a good ballgame, which it was until the 8th. But that game will live in my memory as the night Big Papi hit the big 5-0. It was a great moment, and congratulations to a great player.

On a side note, this is a personal plea to Mr. Epstein. Do what ever it takes to get Torii Hunter in a Sox uniform. The man absolutely kills the ball at Fenway, and his homer there last night was Manny-esque. It reminded me of a shot that Bo Jackson hit there back in 90 or something, that sent shudders through the crowd, not unlike how a guillotine slam must’ve done the same to execution witnesses on the streets of London centuries ago. That, I believe, was the first spectator sport. But, I digress. Get Hunter, man. Get him. Imagine No. 48 patrolling CF in The Fens.

]]> By: gmschmidty http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/21/all-hail-el-papi-grande-and-the-best-trupiano-could-come-up-with-is-the-foxx-hunt-is-over/#comment-995 gmschmidty Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:11:53 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/21/all-hail-el-papi-grande-and-the-best-trupiano-could-come-up-with-is-the-foxx-hunt-is-over/#comment-995 Seth I dig the adult-film soundtrack music on the intro to your reading from that Globe link. Stylish! Seth I dig the adult-film soundtrack music on the intro to your reading from that Globe link. Stylish!

]]> By: Shalomar http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/21/all-hail-el-papi-grande-and-the-best-trupiano-could-come-up-with-is-the-foxx-hunt-is-over/#comment-994 Shalomar Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:00:02 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/21/all-hail-el-papi-grande-and-the-best-trupiano-could-come-up-with-is-the-foxx-hunt-is-over/#comment-994 I was at the game last night and 3 things impressed me: 1. Despite our out-of-contention status, the place was packed through the 8th inning. Pretty impressive loyalty. 2. One bonus of not being in the pennant race: fans seemed pretty chill and were just there to enjoy Fenway, a nice night, and baseball. And of course Papi's dinger made it worthwhile. It was pretty stress-free... 3. .. that is until Hansen threw some meatballs that I could have hit and the crowd was merciless. Lots of 'Nice mullet, go back to St Johns' chants. It was good to see the competitive spirit was still alive and well. I was at the game last night and 3 things impressed me:

1. Despite our out-of-contention status, the place was packed through the 8th inning. Pretty impressive loyalty.

2. One bonus of not being in the pennant race: fans seemed pretty chill and were just there to enjoy Fenway, a nice night, and baseball. And of course Papi’s dinger made it worthwhile.
It was pretty stress-free…

3. .. that is until Hansen threw some meatballs that I could have hit and the crowd was merciless. Lots of ‘Nice mullet, go back to St Johns’ chants. It was good to see the competitive spirit was still alive and well.

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