The agony of defeat in NYC
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Mon Jul 2 17:59:41 UTC 2012
At 7/2/2012 01:33 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
>Great finds by Barry and Garson! This has long been one of my
>favorite quotes. although for a Mets-Jets-Knicks-Islanders fan like
>myself, it is not at all clear that the sports pages are really
>records of human triumph and success.
Some of we expatriates are wiser -- we remember the Yankees and the
(football) Giants. Or even the Dodgers and the (baseball) Giants.
Joel
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