Claim: The Boston Red Sox are postponing their 2009 home opener to avoid a conflict with Passover.
Example: [Collected via e-mail, March 2009]
THE RED SOX HOME OPENER,THIS YEAR WILL BE POSTPONED FOR PASSOVER
RED SOX GENERAL MANAGER - THEO EPSTEIN - ANNOUNCED THAT THE BOSTON
HE NOTED, BECAUSE THREE OF HIS STARTERS ARE JEWISH AS ARE SEVERAL OF HIS BOX SEAT HOLDERS, HE WAS FORCED TO MAKE THIS CHANGE IN SCHEDULE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM FANS, WHO ARE ENRAGED AT EPSTEIN'S DECISION.
IN FACT, PROTESTS ARE BEING TENDERED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL'S OFFICE; HOWEVER, BUD SELIG - COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL - WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE PROTESTS; MAINLY BECAUSE OF A SCHEDULING PROBLEM OF FAMILY SEDERS HE AND
YES, THIS IS AN AMAZING COUNTRY. (I LOVE IT!)
ALSO, UNABLE TO ATTEND THE OPENER:
AL GORE AND TIPPER, HIS WIFE, WILL BE UNAVAILABLE AS THEY WILL ATTEND SEDER AT THEIR SON-IN- LAW'S HOME.
BILL AND HILARY CLINTON WILL BE ATTENDING THE SEDER AT THE HOME OF THEIR DAUGHTER CHELSEA'S 'STEADY.'
IN ADDITION, EX MAYOR OF NYC, RUDY GUILIANI. HIS WIFE WILL BE BUSY PREPARING THEIR SEDER.
YES, THIS IS AN AMAZING COUNTRY. (I LOVE IT!)
Origins: Short and sweet, the above-quoted claim about the Boston
Major league baseball teams also cannot arbitrarily change their schedules once they have been established; delaying a home opener by several days would wreak havoc not with just Boston's schedule but with those of several other American League teams as well and would therefore require approval from the league offices. Neither the Boston
The reference to Boston's having three Jewish starters pegs this item as something that probably originated back in 2006, when the Red Sox had three Jewish players on their roster (Kevin Youkilis, Gabe Kapler, and Adam Stern), their opening home game was scheduled for
Last updated: 6 April 2009
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Hirschfield, Brad. "Red Sox Passover Rumor." The Washington Post. 31 March 2009. Mayo, Johnathan. "Red Sox Hoax Is No Passover Miracle, But Grabow May Be." The Jewish Chronicle. 25 March 2009. Associated Press. "Red Sox Postpone Home Opener vs. Tampa Bay Rays." 6 April 2009.
