SINCE IT DOESN'T HAVE COMIC STRIPS, YOU KNOW HE DOESN'T READ IT

Pride of the Devils (YOGI BERRA, 6/12/03, NY Times)

When people ask me what I think of the New Jersey Devils, I always say, I think they're pretty darn good. I don't think it matters that they play in a so-so arena near a highway. Or that they don't have big-name stars and get knocked for being in New Jersey. So they can't decide on a good place for a parade--so what? How many teams are raising another Stanley Cup?

I've been a fan of the Devils since they moved to New Jersey more than 20 years ago. I've seen them grow from a rinky-dink team to three-time Stanley Cup champions. Now people are making a fuss over a parade--to have it in the arena's parking lot like before, or somewhere else. I say, no parking lot. Just have the parade down Bloomfield Avenue, starting in Newark and passing through the towns where lots of Devils fans live. It's not Broadway, but you'd still get a lot of people who'd appreciate it.

What a brilliant ploy by the Times, which should really just use Mr. Berra in every by-line: if he fouls up a story you can pretend it's a Yogiism. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 12, 2003 10:29 AM