I'll admit. I'm one of those people who shut off the game and thought, "I guess it wasn't our year again after all." Wow do I feel like a moron.
It was the bottom of the 7th at 10:45. I was in a cab after a 13-hour day at work dealing with frustrated and agitated Red Sox fan drinking their sorrows away. It was 7-0 and I was exhausted. I was done with the day and done with the Sox season.
I woke up the next morning completely forgetting that it was Game 5 of the ALCS the previous night. After about a half hour of watching the Today Show, it dawned on me that I didn't know what the final score of the game was. It's true, I was thinking, "Did we lose by 13 or 15?".
Sox Rally and take Game 5?!? I couldn't have felt more like a loser when I read that. I'm sleeping less than 2 miles from Fenway Park, I've been a huge Sox fan my entire life, and the second I lose the faith, of COURSE they regain their comeback kid status and show America that despite not having the same roster, the boys still got it.
It was the bottom of the 7th at 10:45. I was in a cab after a 13-hour day at work dealing with frustrated and agitated Red Sox fan drinking their sorrows away. It was 7-0 and I was exhausted. I was done with the day and done with the Sox season.
I woke up the next morning completely forgetting that it was Game 5 of the ALCS the previous night. After about a half hour of watching the Today Show, it dawned on me that I didn't know what the final score of the game was. It's true, I was thinking, "Did we lose by 13 or 15?".
Sox Rally and take Game 5?!? I couldn't have felt more like a loser when I read that. I'm sleeping less than 2 miles from Fenway Park, I've been a huge Sox fan my entire life, and the second I lose the faith, of COURSE they regain their comeback kid status and show America that despite not having the same roster, the boys still got it.
Bill Simmons couldn't have explained the emotions of Boston sports fans better, so check out his most recent ESPN Page 2 article:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/081017
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/081017
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