Off Wing Opinion

If you've been watching the American League East race closely, it's been hard not to notice the tough transition that closer Eric Gagne has endured since arriving in Boston.

Unfortunately after blowing another lead on Friday, Gagne had to walk home to his apartment near Fenway Park. It wasn't a pleasant stroll:

After [Friday's] loss, he quickly dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and a pulled-low cap. He slipped out to the quaint surrounding streets with old fans and new neighbors for the short stroll to his apartment.

During which he was jeered and heckled.

"I kept my head down and kept walking, what else was I going to do?" he said. "I mean, these people really, really love their team."
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In only the last eight days, he has blown three leads that led to three losses that culminated in a Friday night meltdown resulting in a cascade of boos and one heaved water bottle." I remember fans throwing water bottles back when I watched hockey in Montreal," he said. "That's the best way to describe these fans, they're like the old great Canadien hockey fans."

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"I knew what I was getting into," he said. "I'm just glad the water bottle didn't hit me."

Thanks to Larry Brown at FanHouse for the pointer.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 20th, 2007 at 7:48 pm by Eric McErlain and is filed under Hockey. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.