Chris (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} thebolt) wrote,@ 2009-04-18 00:16:00 |
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Boston loves it's sports and it's teams. One of the most baffling things I've ever seen was in 2004. The big mother fucking Metallica rock show was at the Garden in Boston and the show date was right smack dab in the middle of MLB playoff time. 2004 ring a bell baseball fans? It should...it's the year the Sox shook the "curse".
Well on the night of this big fucking rock show, the Red Sox were playing in the ALCS...for all you non baseball fans...all that pretty much means is if you win you go to the World Series. Well in the middle of the Garden they have those big video screens which are usually devoted to whatevers going on in the arena (for example...a Metallica concert). The darndest thing though...most people were ignoring the show and staring up at the screens watching the Sox play. That's right...the Metallica show had turned into a Red Sox viewing arena.
I love going to Boston during any sports teams playoff time. The city is painted in that teams colors. Banners and signs are fucking everywhere. Even the graffiti changes colors and styles to match the team and time of year.
That being said...the sports teams themselves have taken on a new tradition. You see, all pitchers and batters in Red Sox nation come out to their own individual theme songs. The Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon started coming out to the song "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" by the Dropkick Murphy's in 2007. He then did celebratory jigs to the song after multiple winning playoff series while being doused in alcohol and dancing in some undies. When Papelbon proceeded to perform the song with the Dropkick Murphy's at the World Series celebration parade the song was forever sealed in Boston sports.
Now Papelbon always comes out of the bullpen to this song and the Bruins play the song when a power play is about to begin. In fact, the song has spread throughout many sports and many teams outside of Boston.
The reason I bore you with all of this is because in 12 hours the Celtics tip off the playoffs and attempt to defend their championship. They started playing the song during the timeouts of the NBA finals last year. Now they play it after every win. 35 times the Celtics have played the song this year. My hope is that the song is played many more times before the playoffs are over.
Well on the night of this big fucking rock show, the Red Sox were playing in the ALCS...for all you non baseball fans...all that pretty much means is if you win you go to the World Series. Well in the middle of the Garden they have those big video screens which are usually devoted to whatevers going on in the arena (for example...a Metallica concert). The darndest thing though...most people were ignoring the show and staring up at the screens watching the Sox play. That's right...the Metallica show had turned into a Red Sox viewing arena.
I love going to Boston during any sports teams playoff time. The city is painted in that teams colors. Banners and signs are fucking everywhere. Even the graffiti changes colors and styles to match the team and time of year.
That being said...the sports teams themselves have taken on a new tradition. You see, all pitchers and batters in Red Sox nation come out to their own individual theme songs. The Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon started coming out to the song "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" by the Dropkick Murphy's in 2007. He then did celebratory jigs to the song after multiple winning playoff series while being doused in alcohol and dancing in some undies. When Papelbon proceeded to perform the song with the Dropkick Murphy's at the World Series celebration parade the song was forever sealed in Boston sports.
Now Papelbon always comes out of the bullpen to this song and the Bruins play the song when a power play is about to begin. In fact, the song has spread throughout many sports and many teams outside of Boston.
The reason I bore you with all of this is because in 12 hours the Celtics tip off the playoffs and attempt to defend their championship. They started playing the song during the timeouts of the NBA finals last year. Now they play it after every win. 35 times the Celtics have played the song this year. My hope is that the song is played many more times before the playoffs are over.
