About Duffy's Cliff
What is Duffy's Cliff? Technically, it was a 10 foot slope that used to exist at the base of Fenway Parks left field wall. It may be gone but we're here to tell you about that and everything else Red Soxian. This Duffy's Cliff site is the brainchild of an email exchange that took place in September of 2004 between Emily of The Red Seat and Edward of Bambino's Curse fame. It went something like this:
Emily: Why do they call Shaughnessy "CHB"? I know it's "Curly Haired Boyfriend" but I don't get the "boyfriend" part.
Edward: You're the second person to write in asking this today which, as I wrote back to the other reader, makes me realize the need for some sort of Red Sox Nation "glossary of terms" where everything from Enos Slaughter to CHB to The Red Seat would be defined and put into context. Ideally, it would be the sort of thing where everyone could add and define terms.
A flurry of excited emails followed and the seeds of Duffy's Cliff were planted like outfield grass and in 2004 that was championship grass!
Team Biographies
Chris
Birthplace A Village in New England, USA
Manly Chest 85 cm
Burley Waist 85 cm
Gentlemanly Hips 85 cm
Height 183.00 cm
Weight 79 kilos and 38 grams
Ambitions To travel the country like Johnny Appleseed and bring the joy of the Metric system to millions (it's all in 10s!). And to get this Duffy's Cliff thing off the ground to bring the Joy of Sox to all.
Turn-ons Guinness, watching the Sox bullpen hold a lead, and the aforementioned Metric system. Go grams! You so tiny.
Turn-offs Smellies, anything with pinstripes, and mean dictators with nuclear ambitions. :(
Vices HDTV, Cristal champagne, and of course "da bitches"
Motto Live everyday like its 2004 -- you deserve it.
Emily
Birthplace The 49th or 50th state. I always forget.
Bust Add a "Y" and that's me
Waist I've got one
Hips Functional
Height 5'7" most days
Weight Is this a rhetorical question?
Ambitions
To be able to say things like: "Always tip your limo driver!" or maybe after a night of fine dining screaming out load "I'm FULL!"
Turn-ons The MLB Wildcard, inter-league play, and chocolate cake.
Turn-offs The National League and pitchers hitting because they can't.
Favorite Centuries, and Why Red Sox Century of course. Good book with lots of pictures because most books have too many words.
Favorite Foods Lebanese, chinese and che-ese.
Edward
Birthplace The woods of Massachusetts
Throws Right
Bats Right
Age Older than Schilling, younger than Julio Franco
Height Tallish
Weight The muscles make me heavier than the fat.
Ambitions To receive an award for my writing from Dan Shaughnessy
Turn-ons Sharing Sox slang and all the quality programming
on NESN.
Turnoffs 1986 and more recently 2003.
Favorite quote "Six, two and even" made famous by Walpole Joe
Favorite TV Show Alias.
Person I'd Most Like to Meet Duffy Lewis
Motto WOW is a palindrome.
John
Nickname Ginch
Birthplace Florida, though the birthplace of his fandom was the Twin Cities and the old Metropolitan Stadium, watching the Minnesota Twins; go Rod Carew, Tony Oliva, and Harmon Killebrew!
Throws Right
Bats Right
Age Seasoned
Height Wit' or wit'out my 'fro?
Weight 12.8 stone
Ambitions To improve my skills on electric tamborine and tenor slide kazoo and assert their rightful places as America's instruments.
Turn-ons Fenway Park
Turn-offs A-Rod
If I had More Time, I Would Whittle
Favorite Chow Vietnamese
My Philosophy Premature optimization is the root of all evil
Favorite Boston Bands The Upper Crust, The Rudds, Eric Martin and the Illyrians
Duffy's Cliff Means esquivalience