OK, everybody who wrote (a lot of us from here did) Boston Globe Sports Editor Joe Sullivan last year complaining about their ignoring the Patriots got this very infamous boilerplate retort from Mr. Sullivan:
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I'm sorry we disappointed you. The Patriots didn't play yesterday (Sunday), it was a day for the Red Sox and the Saints plus the US Open. If you think the Pro Jo and Herald has more coverage on the Patriots, you're mistaken. We've have (sic) many more pages than either paper since training camp opened in August. - Joe Sullivan, Boston Globe Sports Editor, via email to reader, 09/12/05
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To the many of us who received this e-mail (and it is still publicized on bsmw.com in its rotating infamous quotes box on the upper left side) the "Yesterday was a day for the Red Sox...." line became sort of the touchstone quote for the Boston Globe's organizational attitude towards the Patriots.
When Bruce Allen led off today with "Yesterday was a day for the Patriots", it was a not-so-subtle media dig at the Globe.
BTW, I still feel a pit in my stomach when I remember the day that Mike Reiss crossed over to work for Darth Vader.