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Check out the crowd after a Carlos Pena homer in the first inning. Maybe one-fourth of the people on the third-base side are standing and cheering. But … |
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After Varitek’s RBI single in the fourth, half the people in the same section were standing and cheering. As for the other one-fourth in our section, I don’t think they could stand up. |
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Were these two related? Was the shirt on the left a misprint? Did they meet in a “People in Tampa who have names that begin with ‘Oz’ and end in “awski” chat room? These are the things you ponder in the Trop. |
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See any Tampa fans sitting near the opposing batter’s box? Nope. |
Bill Simmons is a columnist for Page 2 and ESPN The Magazine. His book “Now I Can Die In Peace” is available in paperback.
