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April 04, 2008

Fenway Park News With Yankees Ties

I heard about these two stories this morning, listening to Mark Patrick and Buck Martinez, on X-M Radio MLB Home Plate, and thought they were worth sharing here.

From the Boston Herald -

It came blasting out of the air at Fenway yesterday, but it wasn’t a wayward baseball that crashed down on a visiting schoolgirl - it was an attacking hawk.

The hawks’ target?

A-Rod.

No, not the Evil Empire’s third baseman, Alex Rodriquez, but an eighth-grade girl from Memorial Boulevard Middle School in Bristol, Conn., who was on a field trip with classmates. Alexa Rodriguez, whose nickname is A-Rod, wasn’t seriously injured. Televised news reports this morning said the girl’s coach calls her “A-Rod.”

Alexa was taken to an area hospital and released, according to the Red Sox. The hawk was apparently nesting and may have been protecting its egg, which was removed after the scary incident by the Boston Animal Rescue League under the direction of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game.

I think the "real" A-Rod should send the girl an autographed ball or something. That would be a nice story.

Also from the Herald -

"The Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli was willing to throw out the first pitch at the Red Sox-Yankees game April 11 - but only if he could wear Pinstripes!

“Well, I am a Yankees fan,” the late, lamented Christopher Moltisanti told Karlson & McKenzie on WZLX yesterday.

Imperioli and his band, La Dolce Vita, are in town to play Bill’s Bar on the 11th and he could certainly be available for first-pitch duties. But we’re thinking the Sox said “thanks but no thanks.”

“I was in Miami and they asked me to do a promotion for the Miami Heat and I said, ‘I can’t I’m a Knicks fan.’ ” he recalled. “They thought I was kidding but those are real things. I went to my first Yankees game when I was 3 years old, it was Mickey Mantle’s retirement. If that’s your team, that’s your team.”

Attaboy Michael!

Posted by Steve Lombardi at April 4, 2008 10:14 AM

Comments

That Michael Imperioli story reminds me of the story about Jack Nicholson during the filming of "The Departed." Scorsese, for a certain scene apparently suggested Jack wear a Red Sox cap, and he refused due to his loyalty to the Yankees. The trivia floating around the web has him wearing a Yankee cap, but I seem to remember it being just a plain black cap in the film. Either way, good for Jack.

Posted by: bfriley76 [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 4, 2008 10:46 AM

That Michael Imperioli story reminds me of the story about Jack Nicholson during the filming of "The Departed." Scorsese, for a certain scene apparently suggested Jack wear a Red Sox cap, and he refused due to his loyalty to the Yankees. The trivia floating around the web has him wearing a Yankee cap, but I seem to remember it being just a plain black cap in the film. Either way, good for Jack.
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I remember that story as well. Truth be told, it never made sense for a South Boston mobster to like the Yanks. But who am I to argue when a Hollywood star thumbs his nose at the Red Sox?

As far as Michael Imperioli is concerned, that's great. Now if only Chrissy Moltisanti had that level of dedication...

Posted by: MJ [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 4, 2008 12:13 PM