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I’m Not A Fan Of the “Miracle Kid Speech” Opening Day Gimmick
I got a shitload of emails telling me I had to blog this and how great it was blah, blah, blah. Are people serious? Are you that dumb? This was just a vintage One Eyed Bandit, Tom Werner, Dr Creepy slick ass publicity stunt that made no sense. Like I get that this kid is from Maine. That’s great. But come on. Not only did I blog this Miracle Kid last year, but it’s a fucking hockey speech. Like maybe if last night was Game 7 of the ALCS it could work but opening day? Give me a break. It made no sense. You got to save shit like this for a winner take all, lose and you go home, play your balls off type situation not the fucking first game of the season. Obviously somebody in the front office thought this would make the Sox look cool and hip and that they get the Internet. Well no suck luck. Sorry but you’re a year late and a sport short. It’s one thing for the US Olympic hockey team to have him speak during the Olympics, but not this. Hey I don’t blame the kid. He probably got great seats and plugged Henry’s wife after the game, but only suckers would think this was a good idea.
I was there, and it wasn’t that good. I heard him practicing or whatever when I was outside Fenway. Not impressed. Maybe take some speech lessons, kid, and then we can talk.
Amen, I just took some time out of my busy day to address this. This was incredibly stupid, there’s no parallel between Miracle on Ice and opening day.
I was horribly embarassed to be a Red Sox fan during that speech.
agreed. dumb.
Embarrassing. What’s even worse is this kids dad soaking up all the free tickets and tits that are thrown at this shit. This kid is going to grow up looking like sloth and look back on these young days of his and then kill himself.
It worked…didn’t it?
bringing in Smoltz and Penny last year was a better idea than this crap. I would have booed him out of the park if I was there last night.
Anything that makes me laugh is a good thing. You guys are all old farts. The entire pregame ceremony was great.
Neil Diamond participating in any event on the other hand is very embarrasing.
Anything that is on Ellen before being at Fenway is dumb.
And I thought he was from Tenn? whatever- not a fan.
ps- I dont watch Ellen, read he was on it.
EP, agreed on using the kid for a do or die game, it doesn’t really make sense to trot him out for game #1 of 162.
I’m a huge Sox fan and a bigger hockey fan. But let’s face it, these gimmicks are either a hit or a miss… and this was a miss. The F-16′s, the pre-game fireworks… those worked. This did not.
Comparing the USA-USSR 1980 game to Yankees-Red Sox opening day is just ridiculous. The whole point of the speech was the USA was such a huge underdog and it was one moment in time, one game. The Yankees and the Red Sox have been on the same footing for the past 6 years. There’s no underdog here. Plus they’ll play 18 times this year.
Also, anyone who thinks the Herb Brooks imitation was better than Neil Diamond singing Sweet Caroline needs a psychiatric evaluation.
Watch it on TV and check out the crowd reaction. It was night and day.
The only people that like to hear Sweet Caroline at Fenway have vaginas. What size is your pink hat Iron Eagle?
wtf was with his jacket, half a century late on that one, neil
whatever, yea sure, big gimmick, but any time u can get a 5 yr old kid telling the fenway crowd to screw em is a small win if anything
While it was definitely corny, I’m o.k. with having a five year old kid stand up in front of the Fenway faithful and say screw the Yankees. That’s all good in my book.
Just a whole lot of lame.
I’m embarrassed to be a Sox fan every 8th inning.
I’m in the minority, but I thought the kid was money. It’s fucking Opening Day! There’s always shit going on. if you don’t like the live singers, fireworks, flybys, etc, go to Tuesday night’s Sox- Yanks game.
Shit, I’d rather listen to that 5 year old than say some white rapper from Cambridge calling himself “Boston’s Boy”
I thought the kid was from Tennessee…no?
This has Dr. Charles greasy hands written all over it.
Wow. Just shows that Boston’s #1 concern is beating the Yankees.
Yanks #1 concern is winning the world series. It is a looooooong season. No fan should get too excited after one game or one series. Especially Boston since they took 8 out of 8 from the Yanks early last year and ended up getting smoked down the stretch when it mattered.
Honestly, I don’t know if all Red Sox fans are like this but they care way too much about what the yankees are doing.
If the Yanks go 81-81 and Boston went 82-80 and they both miss the playoffs, Boston fans would still be happy because they finished better than the yanks. Yanks fans would be pissed because they didn’t make the playoffs.
Give it up for the 5 year old. I mean, he memorized 1-1/2 minutes of dialogue. My kids can’t even remember to flush the toilet.
BARBARIC!
seriously that was dumb.
The idea of giving that speech on opening day is pretty out of line, but you gotta give credit to the kid for what he did. It’s not like it was his idea to go out there and give that speech then. To be 5 years old and go out in front of 40,000 people and on TV and do that without fucking up? pretty impressive if you ask me, give credit where it’s due.
I guess I am the only one that thought this was awesome. I would run this kid out there before every Yanks series
The more important question of this whole thing is does Daisuke understand the english language now? Or furthermore, does he understand where the speech came from and the context of it? Because he was laughing pretty hard. Or was he just laughing at the kid’s emotion and tone of voice? Or maybe the translator was just out of the shot translating for him and it sounds funny in Japanese?
love the sox, happy they beat the yanks on opening night (but its a long fuckin season so I’m not overly excited), but this speech gimmick was almost as gay as tom brady’s boxing pics…..almost.
this thing was awesome, this kid is great!! Opening Day worthy?? Of course, it doesn’t matter if its Opening Day or the last game of the season, it’s publicity and it worked, this site of all things should know about stupid shit to bring in publicity!! I love the Stool, don’t get me wrong, but there is some really dumb shit thrown out there to get people into the Stool…whatever happened to getting people in for the pure awesome that is this site and the paper?? Fuck no name rappers, and shitty New England schools like UNH!! This is how you bring in the fans!
The kid did a great job, I give him serious props.
It was the idea that sucked.
idea blew ..werner blows ..kid is gonna be a fuckin rockstar.. prolly banged 2 girls after the game last night
EP,
He’s from TN, not Maine.
But close though.
Really dumb, what was the purpose of this? Reeked of classlessness. I hate the Yankees, but do you think they would ever do something like this before a game? I dont think so. Also, someone needs to tell Steven Tyler to stop making out with his daughters for Christ sakes!!
This was dumb.
Neil Diamond was AWESOME.
Steven Tyler’s daughter is a smokeshow.
i thought neil diamond sounded horrible
Tyler definitely goes for the lips every time with his daughters
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That little kid’s Herb Brooks speech was fucking awesome. I bet Jerry and UB think so too. EP, stay the fuck in St Martin…..leave BSS to these two if you know what’s good for you. Their blogs blow your shit away. From hoping it rains here where there’s billions of dollars in flood damage…..to ragging on Lost and touting American Karaoke. You suck…..and so does my St Patty’s day Leprechaun t-shirt. I paid the premium to get the nicer material shirt and got a shitty one instead…granted the 3 bucks + $1 lottery ticket was a classy touch—->must have come from JT.
I thought the Miracle Kid speech was a new low for America. Kids all over were telling each other to go screw today. How is that good, Red Sox? And, secondly, it wasn’t even that good.
What was Matusaka laughing about. I thought he didn’t speak or understand english!!!!
Kid was fucking money