Mayor Menino looks back fondly on that "ionic" moment when "Varitek split the uprights"
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on May 10, 2010 2:49 PM EDT
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It looks like Mayor Tom "Mumbles" Menino has stumbled on his words once again. Joe Haggerty of Comcast Sports Net New England is reporting that during the Mayor's speech at the unveiling of the Bobby Orr statue outside the TD Garden, Menino came out with this gem:
"Boston has an amazing set of remarkable athletes whose actions in the moment have become (sic) ionic in sports. Havlicek stole the ball. Fisk waved the ball fair. Flutie launched the Hail Mary pass. Varitek split the uprights. Today we honor one of the most brilliant moments: Bobby Orr flying through the air. Who could forget that play against St. Louis as the Bruins beat the Blues to bring a Stanley Cup to Boston."
UPDATE (4:52 PM):
CSNNE.com now has video
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There aren't enough fingers.
How many times are T&R (and D&C) going to run that little sound bite tomorrow.
Got to love Mumbles.
um, did he mean Vinaterri?
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by bestbostonsports on May 10, 2010 4:59 PM EDT reply actions
in the not so great
tradition of masshole red-nosed boozer politicians, mumbles lives up (or down) to the hype!
He is So Lucky!
Normally I like Menino and at first I thought when I read about this maybe he did it on purpose as a joke until I heard “ionic.” But, he is so lucky I didn’t attend this event today. I got called away at the last minute so didn’t go. If I had, mine would have been the voice coming out of the crowd “Vinatieri!”
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