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Originally Posted by dauls
I have just heard that Fenway Park may host a pre-season football friendly on 21st July 2010 between Scotland's Old Firm rivals Glasgow Rangers and Celtic.
It'll be war and Boston needs to be prepared for the fans' post-match fighting.   |
Yes, this was reported yesterday by
The Boston Globe. According to the president of the Fenway Sports Group, Sam Kennedy, "The reason why we are so interested in this game is because of the matchup ? Celtic and Rangers is a rivalry like the Red Sox and Yankees, a 100-year rivalry, and the unique thing is they have never played off Scottish soil. We wouldn't be interested in just any soccer match or event. When we go after games, we are focused on the blue-chip nature of events."
Also, said Kennedy, the Fenway Civic Association (the association of neighborhood residents and businesses) "received the proposal very, very well" during a meeting Thursday night. Apparently, the post-match fighting Dauls mentions didn't come up.
From my perspective, this is yet more proof that baseball is the greatest sport humans have invented. The evidence this time is that the football (soccer) teams are interested in "trading up" to play in a Temple of Baseball, but you don't hear any baseball teams expressing interest in playing, say, in Wembley Stadium.