A giant leap for a fan When the end came, the celebration about to begin, dick johnson was sitting by himself in a red robin restaurant, sipping a beer and watching the world series on tv, a needed respite as he made his way home to boston after a day in manhattan.Edgar renteria fly ball went over the wall in arlington, texas, and right there, at that moment monday night, johnson started hooting and hollering. The san francisco giants, his beloved san francisco giants, were about to be crowned world series champs. Just let out this yell couldn help myself, said johnson, who for nearly three ralph lauren donna saldi decades here in boston has been curator of the sports museum.Knew it was over.They won! Looked around the restaurant, and suddenly i could see i was like the crazy guy in the subway that no one wants to sit near.I was just a nutcase.He has been a giants fan for going on a half
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