BEAT L. A.!!!!!!!

Dan:

My favorite chant of all time is back . . . I hope. C's fans need to be screaming this at least one-hour prior to game time tomorrow night. If not, we need to yank those fans out of the Ga'den early on and put our bench fans in there.

Now, you may not remember this, but once upon a time, there was an era when the Red Sox couldn't beat the Yankees. What's that you say? You can't imagine that? We've won two World Series in four years, and the Yanks . . . ? But, trust me, it is true. Prior to Big Papi's historic Game 4 home run in the 2004 ALCS (oh, did I mention I was there and you can see me in those highlights???), the Sox always found a way to lose to the Yankees. We felt oppressed. We got made fun of by Yankee fans. Some even believed we were cursed. Really.

As a sign of rebellion, some Sox fans started what became a popular chant -- "Yankees Suck." I never liked this chant. Sure, I had my moments of weakness, and there were times I chanted it when the Sox played the Yanks . . . or the Royals . . . or the Mariners. But, still, the chant stunk. That's because it wasn't true. The Yankees were winning four World Series in five years. (Honestly. They did that once.) Four rings in five years is not sucking . . . unfortunately. I tried to advocate a "Beat New York" chant. Same syllables as the "Beat L.A." chant, and equally encouraging and energetic. Alas, it never stuck.

Maybe I should have made T-shirts for it and sold it outside the park . . . like that other chant.

Anyway, I can't wait for that to ring through the Ga'den tomorrow night. I am so pumped for this series. Although, I am a little apprehensive. Not about the fate of the series. I just . . . . I just hope the Massachusetts State Police make Kobe where a GPS tracking device. We don't need any trouble.

BTW, one last thing about the Pistons series: I couldn't believe Pistons fans were lame enough to have all those Thunder Sticks in Game 6. I thought Detroit fans were better than that. But, just when I thought they couldn't get any lamer . . . . with the Pistons down by just 6 points with little over a minute left to go in a playoff elimination game, fans started streaming for the doors. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! Since when did the Detroit fanbase become Atlanta?