05-03-2008, 11:38 AM
Minty:
Minty and I first met at the old DM. Both baseball fans and both losers. His curse was a goat mine a drunk orphan from Baltimore. We'd fantisize about the ultimate World Series Red Sox vs. Cubs where one of us would no longer be a loser. I wanted the Sox to win a Series; Minty just wanted the Cubs to do better than the White Sox. I got my wish, he didn't.
He said in no uncertain terms, if you're from Chicago you can be a Cubs fan or you can be a White Sox fan. You can't be both anymore than a Connecticut fan can be for the Red Sox and the Yankees. These worlds collide, they don't coexist. He long ago decided where to place his loyalty and when the White Sox won a Series he took no pleasure in it. When Sammy Sosa went south he took part of Minty with him.
Minty of course could never have been a New Englander because, with the exception of Steve Bartleman, he could never hold a grudge.
I looked into my PM box and found that Minty accounted for a lot of them. He did like to PM, not just me but a lot of people on the forum. It was one of his links to life. I usually answered but on reflection I think I could have put more into what I had to say. He only occasionally brought his real life problems into a PM and then only as an afterthought so it wasn't like he was complaining, actually he was a lot more positive in those PMs than in his forum posts.
He crashed and burned a while back. His family came to the rescue and moved him closer to them. He didn't see it that way. He was a fish out of water in Napa and his focus became his upset with them. He took every opportunity to get away, so much so we (he and I) almost met in LA. We didn't and I'm sorry for that.
Minty was obstinate and opinionated but never arrogant or abusive. He was someone you could have a drink and banter with but no drinks during the last 9 months. He had a long history of alcohol abuse and was still struggling with that at the end.
Minty was often my own personal punching bag, he didn't mind that and I'll miss him a lot. One positive aspect is that by now I'm sure he's forgiven Steve Bartleman.
Minty and I first met at the old DM. Both baseball fans and both losers. His curse was a goat mine a drunk orphan from Baltimore. We'd fantisize about the ultimate World Series Red Sox vs. Cubs where one of us would no longer be a loser. I wanted the Sox to win a Series; Minty just wanted the Cubs to do better than the White Sox. I got my wish, he didn't.
He said in no uncertain terms, if you're from Chicago you can be a Cubs fan or you can be a White Sox fan. You can't be both anymore than a Connecticut fan can be for the Red Sox and the Yankees. These worlds collide, they don't coexist. He long ago decided where to place his loyalty and when the White Sox won a Series he took no pleasure in it. When Sammy Sosa went south he took part of Minty with him.
Minty of course could never have been a New Englander because, with the exception of Steve Bartleman, he could never hold a grudge.
I looked into my PM box and found that Minty accounted for a lot of them. He did like to PM, not just me but a lot of people on the forum. It was one of his links to life. I usually answered but on reflection I think I could have put more into what I had to say. He only occasionally brought his real life problems into a PM and then only as an afterthought so it wasn't like he was complaining, actually he was a lot more positive in those PMs than in his forum posts.
He crashed and burned a while back. His family came to the rescue and moved him closer to them. He didn't see it that way. He was a fish out of water in Napa and his focus became his upset with them. He took every opportunity to get away, so much so we (he and I) almost met in LA. We didn't and I'm sorry for that.
Minty was obstinate and opinionated but never arrogant or abusive. He was someone you could have a drink and banter with but no drinks during the last 9 months. He had a long history of alcohol abuse and was still struggling with that at the end.
Minty was often my own personal punching bag, he didn't mind that and I'll miss him a lot. One positive aspect is that by now I'm sure he's forgiven Steve Bartleman.