I used to listen to WEEI semi-religiously for the first decade-ish of my legal driving days. I still lived and died with the Boston Red Sox, and since I delivered pizza for five years, I spent plenty of time in my car listening to EEI. All I listened to was WBRU and WEEI; tragically, both are now dead (WEEI is currently a zombie).
While I was in college, I commuted most of my tenure, so if I had early classes (which I tried to avoid), I'd listen to Dennis and Callahan (later with Kirk) but was always kind of annoyed with how much of the show was outside of the sports realm. There were funny moments for sure, and I loved the Tom Brady interviews on Mondays (even if they didn't). Over time, the show progressively worsened and eventually ended between squabbles with management and countless on-air incidents. As WEEI continued to crumble, Callahan left, as well as Kirk and Callahan, but crazy Gerry (Callahan) found a new home at NewsMax that suits him and his "beliefs" much better. Meanwhile, Kirk Minihane is a star at Barstool. I don't have the emotional bandwidth to go into all of Gerry Callahan's scumbag beliefs and behaviors, so let's focus on this idiotic take by a hack. As you're likely aware, Jayson Tatum scored an NBA Game 7 record 51 points against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. You would think that performance would make an alleged Boston sports fan happy, right? Well, not if you're a has-been fascist sympathizer who is also racist!
Like most right-wing nut jobs, this super short tweet has plenty of terrible points and mistakes. Let's dive right in.
While this isn't the first mistake, let's start with the name. It's JAYSON Tatum, not Jason. Even as I typed that second Jason, I originally put the "Y" in just by habit. It'd be one thing to make this mistake in 2017-19, but at this point, everybody knows it's Jayson. That was likely some intentional disrespect. I mean, he's clearly talking down to him there, "There are people who do that for you." Do you think he gets mad when Payton Pritchard throws up a three-pointer sign after making a shot? Of course not, especially since white supremacists have adopted that signal. Since Gerry (pronounced Jerry) has a stupid spelling of his name, you'd think he'd be a little more empathetic toward people with unconventional spellings, but then again, Republicans hate empathy nearly as much as they hate the idea of billionaires paying taxes or all men truly being equal. Next is the dead wrong notion that Larry Bird was this 1950s Hoosier who didn't talk shit or show up opponents for his entire career. Do you mean the guy who told everybody at the 3-point contest they were playing for 2nd? (and competed in his warm-ups) Or the guy who played an entire game left-handed to show up an opponent? How about how Larry Bird asked the equipment guys at every away stadium what the scoring record was in the building so he could break it? Yeah, Larry was pure class. I'm a Celtics fan, but unfortunately, I was born during Larry Legend's final injury-riddled season. While technically, I could've seen him play, the Hick from French Lick played before my time. That doesn't mean I didn't learn about Larry Legend from an early age! 
Anybody who knows anything about Larry Bird knows he was a consummate shit-talker. At least I'd have an excuse for not knowing about his trash talk since it happened before my time. Hey geri, YOU were alive throughout Larry Bird's entire career. Yes, he worked hard (maybe too hard...he ruined his back fixing his mom's fucking driveway in the off-season...could you imagine an NBA superstar doing that today? There's no way Lebron, Steph, Tatum, Jokic, or Jimmy Buckets are out here repaving driveways), but the man talked his shit. Google "Larry Bird shit talk" and see how many millions of articles pop up.
I can't wrap my head around someone who's supposedly a fan of this team finding a way to get upset about Tatum's quick acknowledgment of a monster performance in a blowout C's win. Imagine being anything other than happy during that 4th quarter?? (worried is an acceptable answer if you too were concerned about the starters being in during garbage time). And to say Larry would've never done something like that??? Even worse. If you wanna just be an old man yelling at light-skinned clouds, that's one thing, but to incorrectly say Larry would never do something like that is both asinine and disingenuous. You'd almost have to have some sort of ulterior motive...
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