In My Tribe

When I saw Bobby Orr in December, he was all alone.

On Monday his friends were back.

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Dave Mace and I did our customary pregame.

At the Salty Dog in Faneuil Hall.
The seafood was tasty, as usual.

And we sucked down a few of these.

Then we headed over to the Garden.

It was very exciting!

10,000 Maniacs?
More like 20,000.

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And I was with Dave Mace.
Who is a Maine-iac!

The Garden was rocking!

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The action was thrilling.
And some of the fans were saying bad things about the refs!

It sure beats checking the score in the middle of the night.

In a foreign land.

When it was over, most of us made it home.

I could just walk back to the Lair.
But this guy had a few problems.

Reminds me of those lines from Milton:

Of true experience from this great event
With peace and consolation hath dismist,
And calm of mind all passion spent.

The Bruins lost.
But I was the real winner.

Because after 20 long years.
I was back with my people.