A few weeks back I predicted a sweet “sibling rivalry” that would develop between our new sister resorts in Maine and those of us in Boyne Country regarding baseball allegiances. Man was I right…and wrong.
Maine is part of “Red Sox Nation” which means that pretty much all sports loyalties point straight to Bean Town. Sunday River's forum post titled "Red Sox" has more than 10,490 replies...That's passion. With the Tigers tanking, it doesn’t look like baseball is going to add much fuel to the fire this year. Basketball is another story.
Alex from Sunday River decided it would be a good idea to place a little wager on the Eastern Conference finals after seeing the Celtics nip one. I am a homer, so of course I agreed.
Here’s the bet:
If (when) the Pistons win, Alex will have to buy two Pistons golf towels. He will fix one to his bag and mail the other to me. We will both keep the towels on our bags all season long. He will also put a picture of himself with his new towel up on Sunday River’s blog. I don’t know if I will post his picture on our blog…might be rubbing it in. We’ll have to see.
In the unlikely event that the Pistons should falter…Hey, why talk about things that won’t happen?
I like the idea of seeing Pistons red white and blue being paraded through the GORGEOUS mountain golf courses at Sunday River and Sugarloaf almost as much as I like the idea of getting something for free.
Now if only the Bruins and the Lions could get it together, we’d have a friendly blood feud going.
Go Pistons!
-JJ
p.s. Check out what they’re saying here:
http://www.sundayriver.com/Golf/GolfBlog/index.html
http://www.sundayriver.com/community/
