Answer to the Poll question: What didn't happen during the Lakers trip to Boston?
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a) Dets helped a metro bus driver with his knowledge of the city
This is true...About 20 minutes after we got off the plane and found our way to bus that would lead us to the subway, our bus driver took a wrong turn and wanted to back up in the middle of the road. So what does he ask? He wanted someone to go to the back of the bus and watch for cars so he could turn around. So Gary was appointed to do it and the bus driver only got into 1 shouting match with the oncoming taxi cab drivers, with a lot of honking horns and bird flipping.

b) The Lakers met a Red Sox fan at the game, went to his kid's bar and drank for free the rest of the night
This is true...Matty started talking to this fan that was sitting close to him and the fan would tell us that his son owned a bar and we should go to it. Not only did he tell us to go there, but he gave us a note that said “Free beer complements of the Red Sox fans for the Twins letting David Ortiz go”. We were still unsure if this guy was putting us on. After going back and forth a few times about where we were going to hang out we decided the reward was greater than the risk. So we decided to take a taxi to Harvard Square.

The taxi dropped us off in the vicinity of Harvard Square and we stood there clueless as to where to go, because we really didn’t get any explanation of where the place was and weren’t 100% sure of the name of the bar. We just started walking and sure enough, there it was Tommy Doyle’s. We walked up to the door and the bouncers stopped us and asked us for ID’s and told us the cover charge. Jimmy handed him the note and he laughed and said, “Go on in”. After entering the small Irish college bar we handed the note to the waitress and she smiled and told us that was just like him to do this. We got a table and the first round of Samuel Adams’ Oktoberfest was served. About 20 minutes later our Boston Red Sox fan showed up and was happy to see us. We chatted about the Celtics/Lakers ’80 rivalries, amateur baseball and drank rounds of Oktoberfest until closing time. The reward was certainly greater than the risk.

d) The Lakers asked if there were any Bill Buckner jerseys to buy, but there weren't any
This is true. The guy that we asked about the Bill Buckner stuff looked at us like we said bomb on an airplane. Even after they won the World Series they can’t forgive this guy. I think if we go back, we’ll have to make our own Buckner stuff.

f) Jimmy hid his Yankee pride so he wouldn't get beat by Red Sox fans
This is true...He took up wearing the Twins stuff instead of his beloved Yankees gear. Every time someone questioned us about Yankees or took shots about the Yankees Jimmy didn’t say anything. Afterwards Jimmy would quietly thank us for not throwing him under the bus.

g) Dets accepted candy corn from total stranger
This is true...After we sat down in our seats for Sunday’s game in right field, we started talking to a guy behind us. His super obese kid was sitting right behind Gary gobbling down a *huge* bag of candy corn and he simply asked “Do you want some candy corn?” He’s not sure why he accepted it, but the super obese kid dug his grubby paws into the bag and gave Dets a handful. Dets gobbled!

The question was asked by Gary, “Who offers a total stranger candy corn?” His question was answered with a question. “Who accepts candy corn from a total stranger?” Dave summed it up with this knowing that Gary is a germaphobe and loves candy and sweets that Gary’s brain was going back and forth....germs...candy....germs....candy...germs....candy...and candy won out.