Comments on: Carlton Fisk

By: sb1902

sb1902 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:43:02 +0000

19. For what it's worth, I heard Gammons not long after Josh posted this piece, and he seemed less enthusiastic about the neutral-site idea than when Josh had heard him. He seemed to be discussing it abstractly and I didn't sense an advocacy for the idea, so maybe he's just commenting on the (admittedly lousy) idea. BTW, this Carlton Fisk card made me fall in love with baseball cards as a 7 year old. You know how Mickey Mantle was the first "chase card"? Carlton Fisk was my own chase card.

By: Jeb

Jeb — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:23:25 +0000

18. But Josh, isn't Gammons also a bit of a hack like the rest of the losers on NESPN?

By: bjoura

bjoura — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:20:23 +0000

17. Loved everything about this piece.

By: jfmahonxx

jfmahonxx — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:16:21 +0000

16. It will never happen. I do not think any owner would vote to have the WS at a neutral location. They sell season tickets so that fans can have post season options. Too much history and tradition to make a change. Baseball revenues are very good.

By: Linkmeister

Linkmeister — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:09:55 +0000

15. Can you imagine Mazeroski's home run anywhere but Forbes Field? (Nearly) nuff' said.

By: Brent is a Dodger Fan

Brent is a Dodger Fan — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:53:55 +0000

14. The absurdity of neutral site is too big. For football, it makes some sense because the Super Bowl is just one game, one game on a Sunday, and it is possible to rally around a single day or weekend. It is just a lame, lame, lame idea that barely merits the electrons being spent attacking it. It is even lamer than home field advantage in the series being decided by the All-Star game, and that's saying a lot.

By: immouch

immouch — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:38:43 +0000

13. Place is a curious idea. I happen to agree with you – place probably is an element to memory and, without it, the reality of any moment is somehow degraded or lessened or… I dunno. Something. And some of my favorite writers – Hemingway, for example – sometimes used place as much as (or more than) character. But ponder what may or may not be a true rumor: D.H. Lawrence used to write travel stories by renting a car, touring a town, and going directly to a hotel room. Maybe he rolled down the window; maybe not. Either way, he didn’t do much in the way of visiting our touring or engaging with the “place” he was writing about. Whatever. He’d whip out a travel story, send it off to his publisher, and, in theory, go to the bar to wait it out ’till pay day. So maybe we’re wrong. Maybe place is overrated.

By: Sox Fan In NYC

Sox Fan In NYC — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:10:13 +0000

12. I'm not surprised the words came from Peter Gammons. Gammons is, and will continue to be, a really excellent read on the pulse of baseball, the Sox, and the region. That being said, I think his overall tone on subjects has changed in the last decade. It seems he's more inclined to offer his points on things that might've otherwise not been even worth ink from his pen. Before this, he had a moderately Shaughnessy-esque critique of Manny Ramirez. It seemed non-Gammons like, and I couldn't help but think it was a result of his close relations with various parts of baseball operations. I wonder if this is a legit possibility now. Neutral site. Ugh! Football would be better if teams played at home, IMO.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:48:35 +0000

11. 8 : I think that means you've been at the last two game 7 championships won in New York. I'm trying to think of the last before those two. The Willis Reed game? 9 : Zager... Zimmer, maybe? 10 : Good point, Chuck. Thanks for chiming in and for the kind words.

By: Chuck Essegian

Chuck Essegian — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:44:01 +0000

10. Josh, I completely agree with you about the neutral site World Series and was surprised to hear that a thoughtful guy like Peter Gammons would even suggest it. I can just imagine trying to convince my wife to take our kids out of school for a week (beginning of the school year) to travel to Houston or New Orleans without knowing who was going to be playing or whether the series would be more than four games. In addition, there is always the chance that the team from the host city could end up in the series and have all the games at home. If the Dodgers, Padres, or Angels made it, any series in Southern California or Arizona would essentially be a home series. This is my first posting on your site. For someone who collected baseball cards during the same time period, this site is incredible.