I under where Shaughnessy is coming from.
The only other team that has had a dynasty run in Boston are the 1957-1969 Celtics who won 11 of 13 championships and the 2 they didn't were because Russell was hurt. However, that Celtics team dominated a NBA that was a distant fourth in popularity with fans across the country. 2 NBA teams failed in Chicago because they could not compete with the Blackhawks and Russell's Celtics trailed the Bruins by a large margin even though the B's before Bobby Orr were a terrible team.
Ted Williams was an American icon. He was strongly considered to be one the original astronauts until President Eisenhower stopped it fearing that the country could not risk Williams getting killed.
In the winter thousands flocked to the Sportsmen's Show to watch Williams fishing. Sears chose Williams to be the face of their sporting goods section when they were the largest retailer in the world.
In the past 5 years the NFL has tried to slow down Brady and the Patriots and how has that worked out?
Brady is the best of the best.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
This one clinched it: Tom Brady is the greatest Boston athlete of all time
I surrender. No more old guy lobbying for Ted Williams, Bill Russell, and/or Bobby Orr.
Tom Brady is the greatest Boston athlete of all time.
Many of you are probably thinking, “Obviously, hi-ho. Everybody knows Brady is the best of Boston.’’
Not everybody. Not old-timers like me. Some of us remember things that happened before last weekend. We cling to the past and are reluctant to yield.
I am still bothered when 21st century Hub sports fans talk smack about David Ortiz being better than Teddy Ballgame. It’s not even close, people. Big Papi won those three championships, delivered in the clutch, and stood up for our city when tragedy struck in 2013, but he can never be a star the magnitude of Williams.
Look it up. Williams generated more news in 20th-century Boston than any individual other than John. F. Kennedy. He was the greatest hitter who ever lived, served in two wars, pioneered fund-raising for the Jimmy Fund, and kept seven newspapers in business with his colorful persona.
He spawned 800-page biographies and multiple documentaries. Without winning a single championship, he managed to be larger than life in every way. And his hitting numbers will never be matched. Look ’em up.
But Brady has surpassed The Kid. In 21st-century New England, he is bigger than Ted was in the 1940s and ’50s.
He is bigger than Russell.
And Orr.
The only other team that has had a dynasty run in Boston are the 1957-1969 Celtics who won 11 of 13 championships and the 2 they didn't were because Russell was hurt. However, that Celtics team dominated a NBA that was a distant fourth in popularity with fans across the country. 2 NBA teams failed in Chicago because they could not compete with the Blackhawks and Russell's Celtics trailed the Bruins by a large margin even though the B's before Bobby Orr were a terrible team.
Ted Williams was an American icon. He was strongly considered to be one the original astronauts until President Eisenhower stopped it fearing that the country could not risk Williams getting killed.
In the winter thousands flocked to the Sportsmen's Show to watch Williams fishing. Sears chose Williams to be the face of their sporting goods section when they were the largest retailer in the world.
In the past 5 years the NFL has tried to slow down Brady and the Patriots and how has that worked out?
Brady is the best of the best.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
This one clinched it: Tom Brady is the greatest Boston athlete of all time
I surrender. No more old guy lobbying for Ted Williams, Bill Russell, and/or Bobby Orr.
Tom Brady is the greatest Boston athlete of all time.
Many of you are probably thinking, “Obviously, hi-ho. Everybody knows Brady is the best of Boston.’’
Not everybody. Not old-timers like me. Some of us remember things that happened before last weekend. We cling to the past and are reluctant to yield.
I am still bothered when 21st century Hub sports fans talk smack about David Ortiz being better than Teddy Ballgame. It’s not even close, people. Big Papi won those three championships, delivered in the clutch, and stood up for our city when tragedy struck in 2013, but he can never be a star the magnitude of Williams.
Look it up. Williams generated more news in 20th-century Boston than any individual other than John. F. Kennedy. He was the greatest hitter who ever lived, served in two wars, pioneered fund-raising for the Jimmy Fund, and kept seven newspapers in business with his colorful persona.
He spawned 800-page biographies and multiple documentaries. Without winning a single championship, he managed to be larger than life in every way. And his hitting numbers will never be matched. Look ’em up.
But Brady has surpassed The Kid. In 21st-century New England, he is bigger than Ted was in the 1940s and ’50s.
He is bigger than Russell.
And Orr.
