Why am I a Red Sox fan?

They were usually the ones to bring up the B’s. But burning it in the campfire reminds me of my own anecdote. Back in 04 on the night they went down 0-3, I went on the computer and printed out a picture of Babe Ruth. I took a red crayon or marker and wrote “The Curse” on it, and went out on my stoop to burn it. I believe in energetic intentions like that, and it couldn’t have worked much better. Another ritual I started during the regular season that year was playing Tessie really loud after every win. I did it for every win except the last one. I was a little guy then, 12, but to this day I think it helped.

…but it was because they lost..the whole ‘loveable loser’ thing. And GD, they haven’t lost a WS game since I became a fan!

Back when you could actually watch a home game on Channel 68.

I’m sure every baseball fan has seen the replays of the famous game 6 HR by Carlton Fisk , in the 1975 WS . I was 10 years old , and watched it when it happened . That was before the days of closers , settup men , short relief lefty or righty specialists , and the 5 man rotation .
There is a reason why there were so many more 20 game winners in those days . They only had a 4 man rotation , a full bullpen of guys that could give you 3-5 innings of solid work , any time they were called on . The Sox had Louie Tiant , Bill Lee , Rick Wise , And Reggie Cleveland , starting for them . If a SP was not ready for a start on 3 days rest , they would start their most rested reliever , use him for 4-5 innings , and bring in another reliever . The Sox have a bunch of guys that could cover the # 5 spot , and Dice-K will be back after the allstar break .
I’m not saying that I prefer to go with what we have , I’m just saying that if we have to , it does not automatically mean that 2012 will be a lost season . Every year there are playoff tems that made it to the playoffs , on arms that were a huge surprise . Last year , the Yankees had Nova , Garcia , and Colon . Did anyone see them winning the AL east with those 3 guys in the rotation ? I sure didn’t !

I was 10 then

I applaud your open-mindedness to see through things….Being a Sox fan for 54 years, it has been a challenging duration….I grow up watching my idol, Ted Williams play the game along with numerous, fabulous players over the years. We finally did it in ‘04 and it was way overdue….thanks for your read on things and thanks for sharing about your Sox conversion….We have a great team on the field and I feel real positive about ALL the changes during the off-season….CHANGE is good and let’s see what happens this year!
PS: We still need a Oswalt/Jackson solution for this year to allow us to dump a couple of fallen starters….just my thoughts….ty for listening, steve