I had a conversation with my brother after Shaquille O'Neal signed with the Boston Celtics. He read my article Benedict Shaq (link - Shaquille) and thought that O’Neal had every right to go to the Celtics. I, as my article pointed out, disagreed.
Of course my brother and I got into it and went back and forth for a bit. I assumed that he being a lifelong Sixers fan (I know...you gotta feel for him), was playing devil's advocate...a.k.a. “hating.” It seems that anyone who is not a Lakers fan feels that the Shaq move was not only the right move, but that it shouldn’t affect Lakers fans either way. Needless to say, I was not happy. He didn’t get it and nothing I said could sway him.
And then...it hit me. He’s a Red Sox fanatic. Not simply a fan, but a fanatic—stemming from the Latin fanaticus, which translates into—frenzied, irrational zeal, excessive enthusiasm and intense uncritical devotion.
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