You can only win so many ridiculous comeback games in a season, apparently…
October 17, 2008
OK, so I fell asleep
It was 7-0, and I turned off the TV and went to bed. I turned on the radio and listened to Pedroia (our little pony) and Papi bring it back to 7-4, and then during the commercial break I fell asleep. But I wasn’t the only one!
June 20, 2008
9 Years Old. 6 Parades.
I predict that this kid will spend his sporting life frustrated and wishing for the “good old days.”
April 21, 2008
Not even close
The Bruins didn’t stand a chance tonight. ‘Nuff said.
Luckily, years of pre-Francona Red Sox rooting prepared me well for this.
The B’s are currently riding a decade-high wave of fan support, and want us all to go out and buy season tix for next year while we still feel good about hockey in the Hub. ‘Cause they know we won’t after they trade Bergeron in the off-season.
February 28, 2008
And so it begins again
Despite the fact that another two inches of snow fell on Boston last night, the Red Sox play their first Spring Training game tonight!
I’m not sure exactly where I stand as a sports fan these days — the Patriots and Sox have brought about an expectation of winning that I’m not wholeheartedly enjoying, and the Celtics seem to be joining the club. The Bruins, on the other hand, are still underdogs, and cultivated as I am by years of mediocre Sox teams, I am enjoying their struggle to make the playoffs immensely.
While I do enjoy it when my teams win, I think it is the most gratifying when they win unexpectedly.
February 7, 2008
Giuliani’s Baseball Card
This “joke” to be published by the Topps Baseball Card Company seems set to rub everyone the wrong way:
Good thing the man isn’t running for President anymore…
February 5, 2008
“The Loss” given a few days reflection
So here’s my background concerning the Patriots: I started caring when I was in High School, during the Bledsoe/Parcells era. I then go off to college in 2001 and (miraculously) end up with three Superbowls and a World Series victory in my “prime-sports-fan-years.” Meanwhile my roommate, a diehard Giants fan, suffers through the whole thing relatively quietly. At least the Eagles didn’t win, right?
Obviously the only thing to do, given this year’s Super Bowl matchup, was to drive to southern Connecticut and put him through yet another successful celebration. Except it didn’t quite happen that way.
The problem is, I just can’t get worked up about it. Maybe it’s because this endless winning has made me complacent, but I thought my Bruins were a sure-fire cure for that. And people around here keep saying “Pitchers and Catchers next Friday” - have we all moved on that fast?
October 29, 2007
Another one, just like the other one
No, this title isn’t as sweet as 2004, but then again it would be pretty hard to compete with all the angst behind that series. This year’s playoffs played out almost identically to those three years ago (except, perhaps, for the dancing): a tough come-from-behind victory in the ALCS followed by an easy sweep in the World Series. This time we knew how it was going to end, we’d seen this movie before. Curt Schilling, devout Christian, has posted a theological exploration of the events on his blog. Taking a few liberties, I believe the argument boils down to “the Red Sox were a runaway train.” It also sounds like he is seriously considering retiring on a high note.
Back to the 86 years thing. As Parker points out, railing against the “new Sox fan” is the new black, so I’ll throw in my two cents. If there is one thing that I cannot stand in this world it is an overbearing sense of entitlement. Having attended two New England liberal arts colleges, I’ve seen my share. It’s what spawned 80 years of Yankee hating: fans with a reasonable expectation of averaging about 3 championships every decade. The Sox and Patriots have both hit that milestone in this decade, and the Patriots seem to have taken it as far as winning every other year. The Celtics are currently in the midst of a resurrection attempt, and pretty soon the only underdog team from Boston could be the perennially sorry Bruins. Even the Revolution are in the MLS finals every other year. Is a “city of champions” what we really want?
