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October 08, 2004
Game Three
OK, I am off to watch game three of the Sox-Angels series at Anam Cara in Washington Square. You may or may not be aware that Anam Cara was indirectly responsible for the Sox losing game 7 to the Yankees last year. Sara and I watched a number of games there earlier in the playoffs against the Yanks & A's, each of which the Sox managed to win. In short, we were good luck, or rather, our being at Anam Cara and watching was good luck. But, when I arrived a full two hours before the beginning of game 7 that day to grab a seat, there were about 6 people there, each "reserving" about 8 seats each. At that point, the sox were finished. Either we could watch at home (which we did, even going as far as picking up lucky beers Boddington's and PBR, and making lucky mac & cheese with lucky sausage on top) or stay, insisting on a seat and creating a whole load of bad red sox karma and bad blood pressure increases for the irate stan. A no win situation, they lost, of course. You'd think they would have developed a reasonable seating policy to combat this from occurring again, but they subbornly insist on retaining an unfettered seat-yourself free-for-all.
Of course I tried to boycott, but that didn't last long. They came out with the wonderful andouille sausage sandwich and followed that with having the delightfully fruity Lindeman's Framboise on tap, which I can enjoy because I am secure in my masculinity.
I had to forgive.
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Posted by stan at October 8, 2004 11:23 AM