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[apocalypsos]

I love this article. Part of the reason I'm rooting for the Red Sox this Series is because of something that Mike pointed out on the Don & Mike show last week, which was that there are so many little old people in Boston who are die-hard fans and who literally just want to see them win a Series before they die. I just like that mental image of a roomful of old people waving banners and cheering. Hee. That's what'd keep me going if I were on the team.

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[phillyexpat.livejournal.com]

Before each game, they've had two 80 year old men who are lifelong Boston fans sit with the announcers and talk about the games.

My boyfriend's grandmother was born in the early twenties and she's a diehard Sox fan. She's so excited, she's about to explode.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

My grandfather's a big Red Sox fan. This should be amusing. :)

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

You found the one reason that I'd want to root for the Boston team, after their fans were assholes to me elsewhere.

The little old folks deserve it.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Of course, half the old folks are gonna pop off in the hours and days after the games...

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

But remember (I comment from Boston), rooting for the Red Sox makes you old.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

You know why I'm cheering for the Red Sox?

Because if they win, I'll never have to hear about their stupid, sportswriter-invented curse again. Never again will I have to hear the litany of Bucky Dent, 1986, Babe Ruth, blah blah blah.

And finally, all those perfectly good players who gave their primes to that franchise- Ted Williams, Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, Nomar Garciaparra- can finally get a stupid monkey off their backs. Though I think Williams and Clemens managed to do it on their own through sheer longevity and stubborness.

So go Red Sox! So I never have to hear you whining again.

Love,
blue

Confirmed Yankees fan

[silly-dan.livejournal.com]

Which is precisely why next season, I'm rooting for the Cubs.

[badficwriter.livejournal.com]

I keep picturing a roomful of happy dead people after the game.