We also get flak from our fellow New England fans as somehow not being “really” fans because we also like soccer. Just for the record, folks: the Revs brought New England its first piece of silverware this year [in October 2007] by winning the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, one of the oldest soccer tournaments in the world.
Jim Powers
Arlington
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In a recent issue, we asked readers to text in their thoughts on Mitt Romney and his recent claims to have seen his father march with Martin Luther King Jr. Here’s what one reader had to say:
after reading your comments about mitt romney, i am convinced that you are making things up as you go along. just admit that you are a flaming lib.
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Dodgers win the Series! Bird plays H.O.R.S.E.! Congressman Canseco! We have seen the future of sports (and its name is Tony Graffanino).
- Ticket shock
When NESN periodically broadcasts a historic Red Sox game during the off-season, the vast swaths of empty seats are enough to cause a sharp sense of wistfulness for many fans.
- Haru
Now that we Bostonians have O Ya and the South End’s Oishii, Haru is not a New York–upscale sushi place to us.
- Not-so-instant karma
No matter what happens over their next two games, the Patriots will not have gone undefeated in 2007.
- Swept off our feet
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- For Boston City Council
Boston’s 13 city councilors — especially the four members elected at-large — hold high-profile jobs.
- Les bons mots pour Gagné
Red Sox reliever Eric Gagné is not popular in Boston these days.
- Sweet harmony, sweet irony
The Red Sox’ victory song, the Standells’ “Dirty Water,” is “a song about a guy who got mugged.”
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