New England fans are loyal to a fault. Members of Patriots Nation and Red Sox Nation are, for the most part, one and the same; this region knows no preference between baseball and football, only a fierce camaraderie and undying belief that their teams (the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox) are the best.
On Sunday, September 16, the ubiquitous “they” in the world of professional sports made a huge oversight in the eyes of these dedicated New England fans – the Patriots/Chargers and Red Sox/Yankees games were scheduled to be played simultaneously. What was a New Englander to do? Missing out on a match-up between legendary baseball rivals, or not being present to cheer on a recently demoralized football team, were out of the question. The solution? High-tech tailgating, of course! Joe Cahn, the Commissioner of Tailgating, was in the parking lot at Gillette Stadium for the Patriots’ tailgating festivities, and reported that most of the TV screens he saw were monitoring both the football pre-game reports and the lead-in to the Red Sox vs. Yankees baseball match-up.
With headquarters at the heart of Patriots and Red Sox Nation, KVH Industries is home to many die-hard Patriots and Red Sox fans. In fact, KVH’s general counsel reported on Monday that she had to rely on a tiny, 5" portable TV for updates from the football game in Foxboro as she cheered for the Red Sox while sitting in the stands at Fenway Park in Boston. However, she was yearning for one of KVH’s TracVision mobile satellite TV systems to catch the live play-by-play in all its crystal-clear, big-screen glory.
Short of cloning and actually attending both games, high-tech tailgating fans had the absolute best seat in the house for cheering both their teams on in very important games this past Sunday. Perhaps if there were more high-tech tailgaters, enabling more fans to practice their dual cheering, there could have been two New England victories instead of just one on Sunday. Something to think about for those who told the Commish they were shopping around before purchasing this year’s tailgating accessories…
Aside from the pre-game reports for the game, what do you watch while you’re tailgating? Let us know!
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