As awful as the Bruins loss was, it’s not the worst sports calamity we have enduredIt's a good column, primarily because Shank gets to write about one of his favorite subjects - epic losses by Boston sports teams.
Where do we put this one?
Where does the Bruins’ epic playoff fail rank in the pantheon of local pro sports disappointments?
It’s perhaps in contention for the bronze medal. But this is subjective stuff, and I’m happy to let you be the judge.
I think we can all agree that the old Red Sox forever will be the gold standard when it comes to flops that demoralize the entire region. In this spirit, the Red Sox’ 1986 World Series fold forever will be the capo di tutti capi of Boston sports collapses. After 68 years of near-misses (hello Bucky Dent and Denny Galehouse), the Sox were one strike away from winning the World Series at Shea Stadium, but they dissolved in a 10th inning that famously featured the Steamer’s wild pitch and Mookie Wilson’s Little League grounder between Billy Buck’s wickets.
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Monday, May 01, 2023
Perspective
Most of the time when a local sports team crashes out of the playoffs early, Shank's all over them like a fly on shit. Not this time:
Maybe this fraud should have called the Bruins a pack of frauds before game 7 like he did to the 04 sox the same team he profited off from.
ReplyDeleteThis was what he had apparently penned (excluding other disasters that happened in the 2000s) the night of Super Bowl 36 before Brady led the team down the field for the game winning field goal. You could tell by the way his first article the next day read he changed it on the fly.
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