...a hat with the logo of the New York Yankees?

Rich Lowry suggests that this might change the so-called "cartoon riots" from "threat to our civilization" to the "natural exuberance of Yankee fans."

Perhaps they're burning that particular banner as a Bronx tribute to the arrival of Judas Johnny Damon, I'm not sure that---wait, what am I saying? These guys are making the Yankees look bad. Hey you, on the right, get closer to the camera. Yeah, take out that American flag the nice secret police officer gave you earlier. Make sure that the interlocking 'NY' is visible right when you light the next flag, OK? America's team, indeed.

I'd suggest it as the typical boorishness and nekulturniy behavior associated with the City of New York and the fans of one of its baseball clubs. (What's that about Bernie Williams and a Boston fan last season? Can't hear you.)

Yes, this is a cheap shot against the Yankees, but hey, what're blogs for if not for cheap shots? And no, I'm still not fully recovered from one of these nasty little 48-72 hour bugs, so my response to Grim and the Webb backers is still pending.

UPDATE: And yes, Lowry's post has been noticed over at Soxaholix. Bravo, h.b.

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Or, an alternative perspective:

Official 2005 Red Sox Nation membership card: $5
Unloading Johnny Damon to the Yankees: ~$52M over four years
The NYY logo displayed by Islamic extremists: Priceless

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In case you were like me and had gone MEGO during various points in last night's telecast, you probably only vaguely remember the Burger King ad. I wasn't particularly viable--but not persistently vegetative---at that point, and so most of it reflected on my glasses and went no further.

I remember the girls stacking up, thinking that this could be construed very filthily, snickering at mayonnaise, and I recall someone oohing over Brooke Burke. Oh, and the King off to the side. www.whopperettes.com (Take that, Diet Pepsi ads and Jay Bore Mohr.)

Anyways, if you want a much deeper analysis of the BK ad, visit Soxaholix.

Doug and Mike break down the deep meaning of the commercial utilizing Doug's years of Catholic school education and ultimately come to a strange conclusion regarding the holiness of the Whoppah.

On the other hand, I've noticed something: Strangely absent from any discussion is that terrifying Harrison Ford/Dr. Seuss collaboration. How far has Han Solo fallen when he appears, replete with beard and earring, to pitch...something as if he were an infomercial veteran? Oh, the places you'll go and the depths to which you've sunk.

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This also bears notice:

A regular poster at Soxaholix points out that the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve System, Ben S. Bernanke, is/was a fan of the Boston Red Sox.

I didn't know this until this morning, but then again, I was busy doing other things when the man's name was announced, and monetary policy generally operates above my educational grade. A quick check of Google notes less than eight hundred mentions of it, so maybe it's not super-widespread knowledge.

At any rate, I do not necessarily share in "Mr. Silverstein's" analysis, but it is interesting to note. Anyone who'd cut class at MIT to watch the Red Sox can't be all bad. I just wonder if he has abandoned them for the Washington Nationals, or if it's a two-team thing that I'm remarkably familiar with.

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