Angels fans with Yankee caps
Local baseball losses have quashed hopes of a so-called freeway series, which is good news for a scattering of Yankee fans out here. So why are some around town wearing Yankee caps and a long face?
At a Chamber of Commerce breakfast last week, Frank Annunziato of Sons of Italy and local optometrist Bob Rothbard -- both New Yorkers -- sat themselves at a table of Angels fans. Trash talking ensued. The bantering ended with an agreement that supporters of the losing team would have to wear baseball caps of the winning team for an entire month.
I asked the pin stripe-loving Annunziato before the Bronx victory how he would be able to stand wearing red for 30 days.
"I have confidence in the Yankees," he said.
It was a good thing he did.
At a Chamber of Commerce breakfast last week, Frank Annunziato of Sons of Italy and local optometrist Bob Rothbard -- both New Yorkers -- sat themselves at a table of Angels fans. Trash talking ensued. The bantering ended with an agreement that supporters of the losing team would have to wear baseball caps of the winning team for an entire month.
I asked the pin stripe-loving Annunziato before the Bronx victory how he would be able to stand wearing red for 30 days.
"I have confidence in the Yankees," he said.
It was a good thing he did.
This is sad: Los Angeles had two chances to enter the World Series, but neither one team made it.