Comments on: No Boston Celtics Special Section in the Globe

By: Essteess

Essteess — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:16:49 +0000

Seth-
Apropos of what Bryna’s Other Half posted, today’s Globe mentions there will in fact be a special section in this Sunday’s paper.
Meanwhile, in the whole Shock-of-the-New-Era department, I realized this week that the last time the C’s won it all, there was no such thing as a commemorative video. Now it’s something I will definitely look forward to, since I am part of the minority of households that do not have cable — and therefore depended on print media, Celtic radio broadcasts and perhaps the odd YouTube or ESPN.com clips to follow the team until the play-offs began.
In a similar vein (i.e. comparing eras), in the Bird era, I seem to recall it was somehow widely accepted that the Red Sox liked that the Celtics competed for the championship so often — because that meant they could sneak through April, May and most of June practically unnoticed, and uncriticized.

By: Bryna's other half

Bryna's other half — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:12:15 +0000

Why publish a special section in the middle of the week on a day’s notice? That’s just foooooooolish. Especially when the Globe can get more ads out of the deal by putting it in a Sunday edition. An edition, by the way, that costs 5 times more than the daily edition.

I guess in more ways than one, it’s all about the green this week.

But just realize that next week this will all be old news and we’ll return to business as usual as a baseball town.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:36:11 +0000

Seth,

Congrats on the Celtics.

I was reading your piece today and can’t help to think that the lack of interest
in the NBA is still pretty high. I know so many people who just don’t give it
the time they once did when Michael was the image of the NBA. Maybe the Globe didn’t provide as much overage because the NFL is still king.