The agony of defeat in NYC

[Dan Goncharoff]

Not to mention the NJ Devils and Nets?
DanG


On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Jul 2, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > Some of we expatriates are wiser -- we remember the Yankees and the
> > (football) Giants.  Or even the Dodgers and the (baseball) Giants.
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> > Joel
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> Well, if you want to get technical, the Islanders were very successful (if
> over a limited arc) long after the Dodgers and Giants pulled up their
> stakes, although it has been a long time since '83 or whenever their
> dynasty ended.
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> LH
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