Comments on: Carl Yastrzemski, 1981 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/11/05/carl-yastrzemski-1981/ Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Wed, 30 May 2012 18:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: spudrph http://cardboardgods.net/2007/11/05/carl-yastrzemski-1981/#comment-4260 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:21:42 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/11/05/carl-yastrzemski-1981/#comment-4260 3.  I remember that hat!

I bought one of those, and a similar one with “RED SOX” on the front and nicknames all over the body of the cap.

God, I wish I knew where those hats were now!

Probably in some landfill somewhere.

As always, beautifully, perfectly written. Elegant and gorgeous.

Wow.

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2007/11/05/carl-yastrzemski-1981/#comment-4259 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:46:40 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/11/05/carl-yastrzemski-1981/#comment-4259 2.  Yeah, I didn’t mean to dis the ’81 Dodgers, who were very deserving champs, especially since they beat the team that beat them in ’77 and ’78. I just remember feeling weird about the double-tiered playoffs, and in general more disconnected from the action than I’d been in previous years. I’m sure it would have been different if I’d been a Dodgers fan, and not only because they were so good but also because they had the season’s best feel-good story to hold up against the feel-bad story of the strike: Fernandomania.

]]> By: Brent is a Dodger Fan http://cardboardgods.net/2007/11/05/carl-yastrzemski-1981/#comment-4258 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:27:21 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/11/05/carl-yastrzemski-1981/#comment-4258 1.  1981 was an excellent post-season, for me, for the same reason it 2004 was for you. Champions for the first time in my life, after previous disappointments.

True, it wasn’t as long a drought in pure time (86 years vs. 16), and not as many heartbreaks, but don’t be dissin’ the ’81 Champs! ;)

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