MLB's celebration of Pride Month hasn’t been without its controversies. But Boston’s queer sports fans now have more important things to worry about: They might be losing their beloved sports bar, writes BuckInBoston.
. I stayed a Jets and Knicks fan for about 10 years until I finally got sucked into the Pats and Celtics culture.”“Even though I was a Mets fan growing up, I was always paying attention to Jim Rice,” he said. “Every time I looked at the box score he was doing something. I’m a Black man, and he’s Black, so I identified with him. And when I moved here I’d say to people, ‘Why isn’t Jim Rice in the Hall of Fame yet?’ Nobody could give me an answer.
“We wanted to watch the Celtics game somewhere, and also have some food and play pool,” Delery said. “So here we are. We had our food. And I played one game of pool and got crushed. Now we’re focused on the game.” It was the night of June 15, 2011, and Delery had just returned to his fourth-floor walk-up on Montgomery Street in the South End. He wouldn’t be staying at home for long. The plan was to throw himself together and then head over to Fritz, where he would be joining his buddies to watch the Bruins game..
“There was such a great vibe that night,” Delery said. “To be at Fritz to see the Bruins win the Cup was really special.”As did Frattura, Davino and Ward.“I remember when Fritz was closing down and everyone was verklempt and worried about what was going to happen,” Scott said. “When I went into Cathedral for the first time, it was, OK, it’s a different setup and a little bit different vibe, but it was the same people — the same customers, the same staff. To me, it was still Fritz.
In Kulpa’s view, sampling a gay sports bar back then in the company of a gay umpire was no big deal. It’s no big deal now.
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