I was thinking a lot before I wrote these lines mainly because I don’t want to mess up my relations with my Yankee fan friends (Next game tomorrow; is it Baltimore’s turn?). I am also getting a better understanding of the game believe it or not, and it is all from watching the kids playing in Boston Common on Saturday mornings.
I like Boston. It’s a great city and I am excited to start my new job there at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. I was amazed to find out how strong the baseball culture caught everyone. (During my tour with the Assistant to the Hotel’s Manager, he excused himself by checking his Palm, and went on and on with angry remarks, such as wishing Ramirez to go the hell). Yes, it is the home to many baseball fanatic fans, which will vote by their legs and come to the Fenway Park for any game and won’t leave you any chance to get a ticket less than week in advance. However, if you were chosen as an Employee of the Month, you could receive tickets to the game.
But the main reason I find Boston an attractive and cool city is because it is also a student’s city. Anywhere you go you see many young men and women, at the bars and restaurants or in the park, always up to having a good conversation. Yes, I do think people in New England are friendly and definitely filled with many intellectual students who have a lot of energy. I like to be around these kinds of people, refill my energy tanks and get inspired. Moreover, I invite all of you, my Southern Jersey friends, leave the Poker table behind you just for few days, and come here to visit Boston. It is definitely the time of the year to be around. Have a great summer!
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Boston is a great city, and without question it is a great baseball town. The Red Sox Nation is a beast unto itself and their hatred of the Yankees runs deep.
What is interesting is that Boston fans can now more closely relate to what a century of Yankee success is like. But therein lies the fundamental difference, the Yankees have done for 8 decades what the Red Sox have only started doing for 4 years.
Still, the Sox have earned their success and are entitled credit nevertheless.