tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post8550431867000079652..comments2024-03-29T04:32:39.897-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Eliot Asinof, Dead at 88allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-67622535769030299162008-06-11T13:03:00.000-07:002008-06-11T13:03:00.000-07:00Although upon futher reflection, it may have been ...Although upon futher reflection, it may have been titled <I>I, Red Sox</I>.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421785398444449007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-66741725253440964362008-06-11T12:38:00.000-07:002008-06-11T12:38:00.000-07:00I especially liked Asinof's seminal 1950s work I, ...I especially liked Asinof's seminal 1950s work <I>I, Papi</I>, which articulated the Three Laws of Red Sox:<BR/><BR/>1. A Red Sox may not make outs by swinging or, through inaction, allow a strikeout to occur.<BR/><BR/>2. A Red Sox must swing at pitches given to him by pitchers, except where such swings conflict with the First Law.<BR/><BR/>3. Manny must provide plate protection for Papi.<BR/><BR/>He'll be missed.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421785398444449007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-9475980043576078282008-06-11T11:53:00.000-07:002008-06-11T11:53:00.000-07:00Silly me. :)Silly me. :)laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-83474473200784162762008-06-11T11:47:00.000-07:002008-06-11T11:47:00.000-07:00l-girl, That's not fair - they fight justice even...l-girl, That's not fair - they fight justice even when they can't find it...JFetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00956659131259343293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-79921166547581821472008-06-11T11:38:00.000-07:002008-06-11T11:38:00.000-07:00He wrote for television and movies in the 1950s, b...<I>He wrote for television and movies in the 1950s, but was blacklisted by the FBI because he had "signed a petition outside of Yankee Stadium to encourage the New York Yankees to hire black ballplayers."<BR/><BR/>Asinof was also a pianist, sculptor and carpenter.</I><BR/><BR/>Clearly a very multi-talented man - and someone with moral backbone, too. I loved Eight Men Out, the book as well as the John Sayles movie.<BR/><BR/>Good old FBI. Fighting justice wherever they find it.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-10361268002609288812008-06-11T10:58:00.000-07:002008-06-11T10:58:00.000-07:00Sorry to hear that Asinof has passed away.To light...Sorry to hear that Asinof has passed away.<BR/><BR/>To lighten the mood a bit, have you seen <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m0cyvfvMK0" REL="nofollow">this video</A> of a guy imitating batting stances of Red Sox players?Pokerwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06087637119337918275noreply@blogger.com