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In response to "If you weren't alive for Bucky Dent, how could you be impacted by Bucky Dent?" by Will Hunting

I mean, for my friends, the oldest Sox that can be their favorites are like Boggs and Evans. For the Yankees fans, it's basically Mattingly.

Posted by TFox Oct 12 '09, 18:02

Yes, I respect Yaz and Ted Williams and I bought my Yaz auto card for a reason, but I never saw him play. I don't love him like I love David Ortiz and Pedro Martinez. Never will.

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- well apples and oranges, since interactions between countries are far more important and far-reaching. - Reagen Oct 12, 18:14 7
  - I'll give as good an example as I can. David Tyree and Aaron Boone. - TFox Oct 12, 18:18 4
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      - both occurred well within the recent past, though. - Reagen Oct 12, 18:24
      - neither do i. i guess both, because you're both on weird extremes and i like the middle, where i'm right. :) -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 18:22
    - (7) -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 18:19
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    - I don't see it as narrowing it all that much. - Reagen Oct 12, 18:20
(In fact, the oldest player I remember *loving*? Chris Sabo. For the same reason I loved Horace Grant. The goggles.) -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 18:04

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I mean, for my friends, the oldest Sox that can be their favorites are like Boggs and Evans. For the Yankees fans, it's basically Mattingly.

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