I am the world's last barman poet

I like sports, and I love the Red Sox. I love them so much that I participate in a little mailing list full of a bunch of fairly well-known executives and journalists - I won't say who, but if you get mentioned by name in a Mac commercial, I'd say you're big time.  A few year's ago, when I was invited to join this little group, I read every article and commentary religiously, but stayed silent for weeks. There aren't too many women on the list, and when I was finally ready to contribute something I deemed value add to the group, I wanted to make sure it was smart and insightful. Since then, I've contributed some things here and there, but remained mostly a consumer of all-things-Red-Sox.

Today, though, I may have seriously jeoparidized my position as a respected member of the group. Someone forwarded Bill Simmons' recent article on Big Papi's total suckage. It starts with this:

In the academy award-winning classic Cocktail, Coughlin tells young Flanagan, "Everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn't end." It's the single greatest yearbook quote ever. Hell, it may be the greatest movie quote ever. Either Coughlin was the Thoreau of bartending, or Thoreau the Coughlin of writing. One or the other.

My response to the group:

Not to be a total chick, but Coughlin doesn't say that quote -- Tom Cruise (Flannagan) says it to his cougar girlfriend. I'm embarrassed for myself that I couldn't possibly let that slide without commenting.

[Insert some witty, insightful baseball commentary here so that I'm not totally shunned by the rest of the group]

- Sarah

I'm a disgrace, but c'mon Bill - get it right!

Comments

[JP]

I'll confess to being a fan of that movie and relying on you to explain baseball. That movie makes me romantically think about running away to tend bar in the Caribbean. Then I remember I'm a redhead with translucent skin. Bring on the beer, peanuts, hot dogs and HB translations.

[Reenie]

nerdie, are you SURE it's not coughlin? is this another voodoo chicken bone cross scenario? tell me you remember that :)

[Sarah]

That was a total fluke, NERD - and yes I remember.

But, this time I am not wrong: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094889/quotes

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