“It was the third of September
That day I’ll always remember…”
– The Temptations, “Papa Was A Rolling Stone”
Of course, that’s where the similarities between this post and the classic Temptation song ends, but I had to work it in here somewhere. I like doing that with song lyrics that mention a specific day. (Really! Wait until June 6, better known as “Convoy Day.”)
I don’t have anything too substantive to rail on about right now, other than my cable is out and I can’t watch telelvision to make myself tired or at least annoyed enough with its programming to where I can grumble myself off to Slumberland, but I did need to pop in and give some props to Justin for allowing me to help him with this particular endeavor. I know that “General’s Joes” means a lot to him, and it, as such, means a lot to me to have a role in its future.
That said, fans (and I use that term very, very loosely) of my years of message-board based, caustic sarcasm as “Beach-Head” on Joesightings, JoeBattleLines, JOhio and a few others need to be reassured that:
- The New York Giants, my NFL team of birthright, and their victory in Super Bowl XLII will be brought up at every available opportunity. I will retain these bragging rights over this site’s owning party in perpetuity, even if the Giants go 0-16 every season hereafter, until a plucky band of upstart New England Patriots rallies behind a beleaguered quarterback and defeats a heavily-favored, overconfident Giants team in a future Super Bowl sometime before my eventual death. (I like my odds.)
- The statement “Sigma 6 G.I. Joes were great toys that came along in the wrong climate and were sabotaged by truly horrific cartoon representation” will continue to be replaced with “SIGMA 6 IS DEAD. D-E-A-D DEAD,” purely for emotional effect. (I apologize in advance to those this may offend, except Justin.)
- The current successes of the Boston Red Sox will continue to be referred to as “cute,” at least until they win 10 more World Series Championships. They have to nudge past the St. Louis Cardinals for “Second-Most Successful Baseball Team Ever” before I’ll give them the term “rival.” (It should be noted, however, that for a Yankees fan I’m pretty critical of my team.)
- Justin’s love for fluorescent-colored action figures will continue to be mocked mercilessly, until he admits that real ARAH G.I. Joes stopped being made in 1989.
I realize that I’m doing a terrible job of keeping this first post brief, but bear in mind that this is for antiquity. Good night and good luck.
RE point 1: The ’01 Patriots already accomplished what last year’s Giants team did. Plucky, less talented team rallying behind an unknown quarterback to defeat a heavily favored Rams team.
RE point 3: The Red Sox overall lack of championships is canceled out by the greatest comeback in the history of sports known as the 2004 ALCS. (Alternatively known as the greatest choke in the history of sports).
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Wow? A Yankees team critical of their own? Who woulda thought…
Geez, Justin, if you were desperate for someone to ramble on your website, you should have talked to me. I can babble with the best of them. 🙂
Thanks for reminding me that the Cards are still better than the Red Sox. I will bring this up to my wife. You know, just in case she forgot. Because I’m nice at reminding her about things like that.
Woah, what the hell? I thought this was a G.I. Joe blog! Dammit, Mike! :shifty:
Fine, fine fine. The Red Sox is the MLB version of G.I. Joe’s Heavy Duty.
Overrated and overmentioned. 😉
What, not going to post on the night of the 21st of September?
Earth, Wind and Fire…September.
Not this year! Everyone is ranting and raving about the Rays… and they’re busy giving the Yankees a pass because of injuries. Anyone take a look at the Sox injury list this year? Ortiz (for 2 months), Manny gone, Lowell (World Series MVP), JD Drew (on pace for 30 Homers this year at least), Youk for the last 5 games, Beckett on and off the DL a couple of times already, and not himself all year? Yet the Sox are right in the thick of it… a “team” better than their superstars. Who’d a thunk it? 😉
To wit, Mr. “Red Sox:”
1. As such, I grant you bragging rights over St. Louis Rams fans. However, if memory serves, the Rams were NOT 18-0 and inviting the opposition to their victory parties on Media Day, which makes the Giants victory all the sweeter.
3. Aw, that’s cute.
Also, The Yankees aren’t getting a pass because of injuries, they’re getting a pass because outside of Mike Mussina’s very real chance at his first 20-win season, they’re irrelevant. Their pitching staff has done an admirable job this season through the injuries to Wang, Chamberlain, and others. The fact of the matter is, with all apologies to the Jason Giambi Mustache Renaissance, THEY DO NOT HIT WITH MEN ON BASE and deserve to languish in third place with the also-rans.
After ’04, there are no snide comments from a Yankees fan that could ever bother me as much as the stain of the most infamous series loss in the history of sports must stick in the craw of Yankee fans. 😉
How cute.
No, the 2001 loss to the D’backs still stings more then the 2004 loss. The 2004 Red Sox were the better team. The shock wasn’t the comeback from down 0-3, the shock was the Yankees were somehow up 3-0.