What goes around, comes around
Winders must hardly be able to focus these days.
Just a few short years after two of my favorite teams - the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots - captured world championships in the same season, going through his two favorite teams - the St. Louis Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts - to do so ... he gets a little payback.
First, the Cardinals win the World Series, and now the Colts erase an 18-point first half deficit en route to defeat the Patriots to advance to the Super Bowl (two observations real quick ... on Tom Brady's game-killing interception on the final drive, he had Heath Evans wide open near the sideline but missed him and if you want a textbook example of how not to play second half, 'protect-the-lead' defense, just watch New England's fourth quarter).
And yes I'm a Patriots fan, though my NFL allegiances are pretty shaky since I'm not necessarily a big pro football guy. I never really had much of a connection with the Atlanta teams as I put most of my energy into Georgia football and the Red Sox. From what I could gather, most Red Sox fans were Patriots fans as well, and I kinda liked being the only kid at the bus stop who pulled for New England rather than Chicago in Super Bowl XX.
In fact, the only true sports allegiance I had to an Atlanta-based team was the Hawks ... primarily because of Dominique Wilkins and Spud Webb. Of course, I'm a closet NBA fan, so there's that.
Just a few short years after two of my favorite teams - the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots - captured world championships in the same season, going through his two favorite teams - the St. Louis Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts - to do so ... he gets a little payback.
First, the Cardinals win the World Series, and now the Colts erase an 18-point first half deficit en route to defeat the Patriots to advance to the Super Bowl (two observations real quick ... on Tom Brady's game-killing interception on the final drive, he had Heath Evans wide open near the sideline but missed him and if you want a textbook example of how not to play second half, 'protect-the-lead' defense, just watch New England's fourth quarter).
And yes I'm a Patriots fan, though my NFL allegiances are pretty shaky since I'm not necessarily a big pro football guy. I never really had much of a connection with the Atlanta teams as I put most of my energy into Georgia football and the Red Sox. From what I could gather, most Red Sox fans were Patriots fans as well, and I kinda liked being the only kid at the bus stop who pulled for New England rather than Chicago in Super Bowl XX.
In fact, the only true sports allegiance I had to an Atlanta-based team was the Hawks ... primarily because of Dominique Wilkins and Spud Webb. Of course, I'm a closet NBA fan, so there's that.
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