2008 Woodie Awards
Take your pick: students' discuss MLB's top teams
Mike Barrett
Issue date: 3/30/06 Section: Sports
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Baseball fans, it is that time of the year again as Spring Training and the legendary World Baseball Classic comes to an end and the regular season of Major League Baseball is set to begin.
So who are the baseball fans of Sacred Heart University pulling for this season? The answers may surprise you as every student doesn't happen to be a Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees fan.
Yet still the majority of fans here at Sacred Heart University are narrowed down to the Sox and Yanks. It isn't hard to find a diehard Sox/Yankee--just open your eyes and look.
Sophomores Julie Nolan from Norfolk, Mass. and Adam Pellechia from Pelham, N.Y. are on the opposite sides of the fence when it comes to the Yankees and Sox.
Nolan, a Red Sox fan, admits that she didn't really have a choice when it came to choosing her favorite team.
"I was threatened to either be a Sox fan or get out of the house," Nolan said. "I grew up loving Mo Vaughn and experienced the greatest postseason in 2004."
Pellechia has run into some hard luck as a Yankees fan lately, thanks to the Red Sox, Angels and some pitcher named Josh Beckett.
"I have been a Yanks fan since I was a kid, and grew up hating the Sox. My favorite moment was Aaron Boone's homerun in 2003 but I was crushed the next season against the Sox."
The Sox/Yankees rivalry may have lost some of its luster this past season, but will rebound back to its old form because of one man: Johnny Damon. The proclaimed "Judas" of Sox fans left Boston for the hated Yankees via free agency where he was welcomed with a four year, 52 million dollar contract.
"I feel like Damon was a sellout; he was money hungry and left city that loved him," sophomore Dave Dinnicola, a native of Attleboro, Mass., said. "I think he will add a spark to this rivalry, depending on how he does this season".
On the contrary, Nick Lambusta, a sophomore from Yonkers, N.Y., is glad to have a player like Damon on his team.
So who are the baseball fans of Sacred Heart University pulling for this season? The answers may surprise you as every student doesn't happen to be a Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees fan.
Yet still the majority of fans here at Sacred Heart University are narrowed down to the Sox and Yanks. It isn't hard to find a diehard Sox/Yankee--just open your eyes and look.
Sophomores Julie Nolan from Norfolk, Mass. and Adam Pellechia from Pelham, N.Y. are on the opposite sides of the fence when it comes to the Yankees and Sox.
Nolan, a Red Sox fan, admits that she didn't really have a choice when it came to choosing her favorite team.
"I was threatened to either be a Sox fan or get out of the house," Nolan said. "I grew up loving Mo Vaughn and experienced the greatest postseason in 2004."
Pellechia has run into some hard luck as a Yankees fan lately, thanks to the Red Sox, Angels and some pitcher named Josh Beckett.
"I have been a Yanks fan since I was a kid, and grew up hating the Sox. My favorite moment was Aaron Boone's homerun in 2003 but I was crushed the next season against the Sox."
The Sox/Yankees rivalry may have lost some of its luster this past season, but will rebound back to its old form because of one man: Johnny Damon. The proclaimed "Judas" of Sox fans left Boston for the hated Yankees via free agency where he was welcomed with a four year, 52 million dollar contract.
"I feel like Damon was a sellout; he was money hungry and left city that loved him," sophomore Dave Dinnicola, a native of Attleboro, Mass., said. "I think he will add a spark to this rivalry, depending on how he does this season".
On the contrary, Nick Lambusta, a sophomore from Yonkers, N.Y., is glad to have a player like Damon on his team.