I complimented a guy at the tire shop because of his nice truck. There was something else nice about it too…
The guy was wearing a faded orange Tim Lincecum t-shirt. Truthfully, most people in LA could care less about the Giants-Dodgers rivalry. It’s more of a Northern California thing. Still, “BEAT LA” has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?
The BEAT LA chant actually wasn’t created in San Francisco. It was not created for the Giants-Dodgers rivalry. It was created in Boston in 1982, as the Philadelphia 76ers were handily defeating the Boston Celtics in game 7 of the 1982 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Dejected Celtics fans were cheering on the 76ers to beat their hated rivals for the NBA Championship.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?
The Boston crowd was silenced at the end of the 3rd quarter as the 76ers’ Julius Erving (the famous “Dr. J”) hit a 15-foot jumper to give Philadelphia their then-biggest lead of the game, 83-71. Here is that Dr. J shot ➜ https://youtu.be/RvVN1jIPNps&t=5m5s. And you can hear the silence from the Boston fans.
The Celtics were heavily favored to win the game, but the 76ers were just too strong that day. With 5:08 left in the game the Sixers took an insurmountable 17 point lead. Here are more sounds of silence in Boston, and then the growing chants of BEAT LA! BEAT LA! ➜ https://youtu.be/RvVN1jIPNps&t=6m6s.
That scream of “Oh come on!” comes from Kevin McHale crying about being fouled.
Philadelphia crushed the Celtics, but they would not beat LA in the finals that year. However in the next year they did beat LA. With a sweep of the Lakers.
I’m visiting Minneapolis for the next few days. I flew in yesterday, went to the rental car counter, filled out all the paperwork, and the Hertz guy said to take any car in the “gold” section. The keys would be in it.
So I went up to the Hertz section of the garage, and found the gold section. It was the usual Camries and Escapes; the only thing with the least bit of character was a Jeep with blacked-out chrome and a trail package. As I was trying to decide what would bore me the least, one of the employees came driving up with an Acura and parked it in one of the spots. I figured it was probably a mistake, so I asked him if that was a “gold” car. He said yes, so I took it.
Further investigation revealed it to be an Acura ILX, A-Spec. Not the most interesting car in this thread, but for the next few days it’s mine.
All of Plymouth’s full-size wagons were called Suburbans at the time, with the trim level (Deluxe, Custom, or Sport) equating to the rest of their lineup. Those three bits on the fin make this a 1960 Custom Suburban and is the equivalent of the Belvedere.
I saw a red Cadillac Allanté on my way to the office this morning.
And also a Tesla Model S Plaid, which, as previously mentioned in this thread, is only distinguished by the emblem on the trunk lid. Given the state of traffic, the driver was unable to use Ludicrous Mode.
D’oh! This is what I get for relying on my so-called memory for even an hour! And I can’t even blame Google Lens. I have no idea where I got Belvedere.
What I wanted to to write was Impala, which is the other model Google Lens showed, in addition to Biscayne. But now, looking more closely at the Google Lens results, I see that it is actually a Biscayne, as @WildaBeast correctly said.
