Dear Sports Gods; Definitely Not Gloating!

 

I am being very careful as regards my Sox

Because I am superstitious, which my husband mocks.

He does not believe in sports gods; said they're just a joke.

I bet that his Yankees wish he'd thought before he spoke.

Red Sox are so far in front of other baseball teams

They've exceeded even Fenway Faithful's wildest dreams...

But, I'm trying not to gloat before the play-offs start

Knowing that it risks the sports gods breaking Boston's heart.

Go ahead and laugh it up! Feel free to talk some trash...

Don't believe me! Then, when all your sports dreams turn to ash,

I won't say I told you so (that makes the sports gods mad)

But I will be thinking it...  And gloating, just a tad.

You're Welcome. Sincerely, Fenway's Faithful

'though it seemed like sour grapes, because our team got swept,

(Fenway's Angels looked down on the Red Sox and they wept)

New York's Yankees came to Boston... Beat us all three games.

Fenway's Faithful spent the weekend calling A-Rod names.

Someone had to do it, 'though it's fitting it was us.

Other ballparks might have felt they oughta make a fuss

When the record that's been held by legend Willie Mays

Fell to one whose steroid use affected how he plays.

That would be embarrassing.  In Boston we ignored

Any ceremony for the home-runs A-Rod's scored.

Don't be worried baseball fans.  We booed him for your sake.

You are welcome.  It's a sacrifice we're glad to make.

Embrace The Hate

 


Hard to love a sports team every other city fears...

Now I know how Yankees fans have felt for all those years.

I've cheered for New England since the Grogan Super Bowl;

Now the country hates my Pats, according to a poll.

64% of them believe the NFL

Ought to ban the Patriots from Glendale...   What the hell?

Let's all take a breath here and, as Rodgers said, "Relax."

Even if we're guilty, it's a misdemeanor... Max!

Belichick and Brady said that they were unaware

Footballs used to beat the Colts were down 2 pounds of air.

Brady threw the balls they gave him and, once they were switched,

Pats scored 28 more points...  Still, Chuck Pagano bitched.

Mr. S., my Yankees' fan, reminds me - there are perks.

Who cares if the country thinks my Patriots are jerks?

I can learn to live with that and just embrace the hate;

Knowing it's the price you pay for dynasties this great.

A Pink-Hat Farewell to Derek Jeter

(Photo/news.yahoo.com)

It is not my fault (this year) the Red Sox haven't won;

Wasn't due to any rhymes or taunting that I've done.

I'm not sure exactly what did happen to my team,

Making our World Series win seem like a distant dream.

We will end our season here at home against New York

And, though I'm about to sound like some pink-hatted dork,

I believe it's fitting Derek Jeter's coming here;

That it will be Fenway where he's ending his career.

He will not play shortstop but he says he'll swing the bat

And I do not blame him for it; I can tell you that.

No way he could top the note he finished on last night;

Knocking in the winning run - a single out to right.

Twenty years in pinstripes - where he's done the Yankees proud -

His name being chanted by a happy, hometown crowd.

If it were a movie script it would be past believing...

Coming here to Fenway will remind him why he's leaving.

#RE2PECT

(Photo/Courtesy of people.com)

I'm a life-long Red Sox fan but, also, I'm the wife

Of a life-long Yankees fan which, sometimes, leads to strife.

When it comes to Derek Jeter, though, we both agree

He's one of the better players we will ever see.

Back when SNL was funny Jeter was the host;

Did a sketch on Weekend Update and he didn't boast

When he pointed out his stats and said he didn't suck

But that Red Sox fans who wanted him were out of luck.

That's when my RE2PECT for him began; it's only grown.

When my husband tipped his baseball cap, I tipped my own.

'though The Captain plays for my arch rivals, even so;

I'll miss Derek Jeter and am sad to see him go.

The World Champion Boston Red Sox

Congratulations to the World Champion Boston Red Sox! (Photo/yahoo.news.com)

 

When the final strike was thrown, the Fenway crowd went wild.

Koji Uehara leaped around just like a child.

All the bearded Boys of Summer charged him on the mound.

Red Sox Nation won at home and made a joyful sound.

Dirty Water thundered on the speakers; no one heard.

I know there were speeches made but didn't catch a word.

Not 'til "Cooperstown" stepped up to chants of MVP...

(That's the latest nickname for Ortiz; our Big Papi)

"It's our bleeping city... and remember, Boston Strong!"

No one thought they had a chance this Spring.  Sox proved 'em wrong.

Boston's Red Sox are World Champions - again!  Three cheers!

This must be how Yankees' fans have felt for all those years.

The Boston Red Sox Swept the New York Yankees

Hail to the coach. (Photo/wikipedia.com)

Red Sox teams do better with their players acting weird.

Once they used to "Cowboy Up"; today they wear a beard.

Played together as a team and "Poof!" they're number one.

They don't need a high-priced star when they're all having fun.

Yankees didn't have much fun this weekend, I'm afraid;

Swept by Boston's Red Sox in the series they just played.

Wish that I could thank the Sox and show how much I care...

Sadly, I'm a woman who can not grow facial hair.

Want to show appreciation for the year they've had.

Do not think I'm taunting.  (That will make the sports gods mad.)

I am just so happy, now that Farrell's in command,

I can't seem to help it.  Hope the sports gods understand.

Dear New York Yankees... A-Rod? Really?

I've always said he was dirty.  (Photo/sbnation.tumblr.com)

I do not like A-Rod...  I'm a Boston Red Sox fan

Who can't figure out why Yankees choose to play the man.

Muddying their history and tarnishing their brand;

Why the team's employing him, I'll never understand.

Each time that he takes the field a bit of Yankees dies.

Are they really falling for a steroid user's lies?
I've got admiration for Rivera and for Jeter;

Wonder how they like the fact they're playing with a cheater.

The 1st Commandment - Thou Shalt Not Taunt

The Ancient Greeks knew about the sports gods. (Photo/FactsandDetails.com)

 

Lately, Boston sports fans are more fortunate than most.

I'd thank God and Jesus and, of course, the Holy Ghost

If I thought they'd intervened, but I don't think they did.

They've got more important things to occupy them, kid.

That is not to say I don't believe in lesser gods

(Even though that classifies me with the ditzy broads.)

Hovering above the ice; they're, mostly, near the net.

Laughing up their togas at the phrase "It's a sure bet!"

Sports gods are the reason hockey pucks bang off the post.

If a sports fan angers them, their favorite team is toast.

Sports gods don't like taunting or predictions that you'll win,

Therefore, I'm determined to avoid committing sin.

I'm allowed to say the Boston Red Sox have been great

Just as long as I don't tease my Yankees' loving mate.

Sports gods will not mind it if I wish the Bruins luck,

I'm just not supposed to say Chicago's Blackhawks suck.

 So, I'll mind my Ps and Qs in tribute to the s.

When I pray for victories I will remember "Please." 

Just in case I'm right and lesser sports gods do exist

Thank you for our blessings; far too numerous to list.

The Boston Red Sox - The 2013 Home Opener

We're all pink hats for the Home Opener. (Photo/Cognoscenti)

It's a perfect, springtime day for crowds on Yawkey Way;

Faithful fans who've come to watch the Boston Red Sox play.

It's the team's Home Opener - they're currently in 1st -

And, to make it sweeter, New York's Yankees tied for worst.

Expectations are not high for how our season ends

(And that was before we see if Lackey's "bicep" mends.)

Farrell has his work cut out as he rebuilds the team...

Even so, that doesn't mean a "pink hat" fan can't dream.

Yes, I know that baseball season's barely even started.

That it's likely, come October, I'll be broken-hearted.

But it is enough for me, this early April day,

That my 1st place Red Sox are returning to Fenway.

Opening Day - Yankees v. Red Sox: Fingers Crossed

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Yankees host the Red Sox in their Opener today.

I am always trepidatious when these 2 teams play,

But this day is special 'cause it falls on April 1st,

Meaning that the sports gods may decide to do their worst.

April Fool's Day pranks can be amusing; sometimes, not.

If the joke is on New York then Boston has a shot.

In a normal Opener the home team, mostly, wins;

Baseball fans read omens from the way their team begins.

But, because it's April Fools, the sports gods may decide

They will intervene by helping out the other side.

In this case that side is mine.  I've got my fingers crossed

That tomorrow's headlines read; The New York Yankees lost. 

The Boston Red Sox - Call Me Cassandra

This is what's left of the ancient city of Troy. (Photo/National Geographic)

Hate to play Cassandra here...  A prophetess of doom,

Faced with disbelief when warning that disasters loom.

You can call me crazy (and you wouldn't be the first)

But, I've grown convinced that Boston's Red Sox have been cursed.

Tried to warn you last year and I'm sorry I was right...

Even worse, but Jet Blue Park is still  the Yankees' site.

That's some major mojo that's been used against our Sox;

Cursed before the team has even gotten off the blocks.

Sports gods are capricious, like the Grecian gods of old.

When they turn away from you your favorite team gets cold.

Look what happened last year and then  tell me that I'm wrong.

And remember Troy; Cassandra warned them all along.

The Boston Red Sox - Yoouuuk! Noooo!

Not Youk!  Not the Yankees! Please, gods...  Anyone but them!

Must you give the Red Sox' enemies another gem?

Wasn't Damon bad enough? And now you give them Youk?

When I heard the news he'd signed with them I thought I'd puke.

Thank you Bobby Valentine...  (I beat on him a lot

And, I guess it's true I never gave the man a shot.

After Kevin Youkilis left - 'cause Bobby said he should -

I felt, right away, the Red Sox' future wasn't good.)

Youk could sign with any team.  Why must it be New York?

Yes, I know I'm sounding like some kind of "pink hat" dork,

But it really breaks my heart when former Red Sox go;

Put on Yankee pinstripes for a huge amount of dough.

Not Even Stephen King...

"Study, Dammit!" - a provocative poster from Stephen's college days - is now on sale, with proceeds going to The Maine Campus and the University of Maine.

I'm a fan of Stephen King's; I'm seeing him tonight.
I think I'd read anything that he decides to write.
First time that I browsed the web ('cause I was feeling bored)
Thought I'd check out Stephen King; I found his Message Board.

Met a lovely group of people there and made some friends,
Who I will impose on for my own (quite selfish) ends;
If, perchance, some one of you who's planning to be there
And has tickets on the floor (I'm breathing thinner air);

If you get the chance to ask him questions and you're stumped,
Please don't ask him where his ideas come from - you'll get jumped.
Tell him that you love his books, admire his great skill.
Say the chance to meet him here tonight is such a thrill...

Then ask him the question that his fans all want to know;
Has he heard the rumors Kevin Youkilis might go
Put on Yankee pinstripes? Does King think that, even he,
Could convey the horror felt by Red Sox' fans like me?

Yankees Swept from ALCS - Is That You, Sports Gods?

Photo credit/Getty Images

Could it be the sports gods are relenting, just a bit?

How else to explain the fact the Yankees couldn't hit?

Not surprising A-Rod was so bad 'cause, after all,

He is always really ineffective in the Fall.

Cannot blame their pitching staff for, up until last night,

They ensured the Yankees had a chance; the games were tight.

But, although the scores were close, they'd lose by 1 or 2.

If Yankees don't hit the ball what can their pitchers do?

Where the heck was Robinson Cano' now Jeter's hurt?

Looked like Red Sox players last year (save the pinstriped shirt.)

Mr. S. is feeling down but I've begun to hope

Sports gods may be smiling on me...  Is that taunting? Nope.

Simply an acknowledgement that, for a Red Sox fan,

Nothing brightens up the day like Yankees losing can.

But, I wouldn't dare to taunt before we play the Jets...

Not when sports gods showed the Seahawks' Sherman what that gets.

The New England Patriots - Why Do The Sports Gods Hate Me?

Be careful Richard Sherman...  The sports gods don't like taunting.

Sports news in New England's been enough to drive me nuts.

I am more than half convinced the sports gods hate our guts.

After all the Red Sox drama I believed the Pats

Offered sanctuary from those dismal, baseball stats.

But, instead, I've watched as they blow leads late in the game.

Yesterday, Tom Brady's passes didn't look the same;

Throws 2 interceptions - throws it at receivers' shoes -

Defense gives up 14 points in minutes and we lose.

I know that the ball was wet and rain was pouring down;

I know that Seattle (mostly) wins in their home town.

Even so, that can't explain why Brady couldn't throw

Or how, yet again, we have a 2 score lead we blow.

Thought I was a sports fan but I guess that I forgot;

I'm a fan of winning and my favorite teams are not.

World-Champ, New York (Football) Giants* won at Candlestick...

Yankees in the play-offs - It's no wonder  that I'm sick.

Not as if it's talent that New England players lack...
Must be something we can do to win the sports gods back.

I'd do almost anything they ask to beat the Jets...

Losing's bad but, to New York?  That's as bad as it gets.

The Boston Red Sox - The New York Yankees and Domestic Bliss

Now, when Red Sox fans don't care, the Yankees come to town.

Feels as if the sports gods plan to kick us while we're down.

New York leads the A.L. East and Boston is in last.

Seems (to me at least) this baseball season's in the past.

Mr. S. is happy though; the Yankees are his team

And, because I love the man, of course I wouldn't dream

Trying to deny him T.V. access to the games.

'though I cannot promise I won't call them any names.

Not his fault my team's so bad this year...  That's all on us.

(Pretty sure we're tossing Valentine under the bus.

Players never trusted him; they didn't like his style.)

I think the rebuilding of this team will take awhile.

So, I'll take my punishment when Mr. S. is near

But, coincidentally, he's traveling - not here.

Thus, although I'll miss him, I'll be spared the awful sight,

I don't plan to watch the game, at all, tomorrow night.

The New England Patriots - Just Pay The Man

 

My New England Patriots played Wednesday - didn't win.

Refs called a receiver out when he was clearly in.

Lost it to World Champions; The New York football Giants.

*(Made a bet with Mr. S. and, therefore, in compliance

With the terms on which we shook, I have to call them that.

If I'd won he had to throw away his Yankees hat.)

Didn't win most of the games we played pre-season, but

Belichick cares more about deciding who to cut.

Doesn't give the game away before the season starts.

'til then all his players are so many moving parts.

Once it counts, this football master plays the game like chess.

I am very confident he'll win a lot, unless...

There is really something to the S.I. cover curse.

Football is so dangerous and bad calls make it worse.

Plus, it isn't only Gronk; there's Madden's cover too.

Time to tell Commissioner Goodell what he should do;

Pity the replacement refs; their jobs can't be much fun.

Sure, it was amusing - once - but now pre-season's done.

Now the games begin to count. Bring back real referees.

Not as if they've asked for much.  Just pay them...  Pretty please?

Going on Vacation - I Really Mean It This Time

 

I am heading to the beach with rabid Red Sox fans.

14 of us watching games and working on our tans.

Mr.S. (my New York spouse) is staying just a week;

Any more and I'm afraid that we'd no longer speak.

When it's just the two of us our differences are small;

Only argue if the ump has made a lousy call.

But my family isn't quite as tolerant as I.

When he wears his Yankees' cap I worry for the guy.

The Boston Red Sox - Yankees. Damn.

Coming to the All-Star break, the Red Sox tied for last;

Found the weekend painful but my husband had a blast.

For he is a Yankees' fan while I support the Sox...

Latest series nearly put our marriage on the rocks.

43 and 43 - it isn't looking good.

Meanwhile, Youk's the hero in his newest neighborhood.

Almost all our stars are beaten up - except Ortiz.

Sports gods, keep him healthy. I am asking nicely. Please!

Poor old Bobby Valentine is struggling, but still

Manages to do the best with what he's got.  He will,

One day, be forgiven for the Kevin Youkilis trade...
Clearly, I am one of those who wishes Youk had stayed.

I know I am not alone - Obama learned it too

When his joke about the trade was greeted with a "Boo!"

Shouldn't tease a Red Sox fan who's team's not doing well.

If you do then be prepared to turn and run like hell.

Sense of humor tends to fade, as Mr. S. just learned

Offers of affection - made by him towards me - were spurned,

After he had dared to wish that Youk became a Yankee...

Not a chance that he was getting any hanky-panky.