Massachusetts

You know who you are….

An intrepid (or stupid?) reporter from the Boston Globe went around Boston earlier this week while fully decked out in New York Giants gear.

The only thing worse than that I can think of would be to run around during a Boston-New York ALCS while wearing New York Yankees gear.

The responses are classic:

“You got a quarter, bro?” asked a panhandler outside of Wendy’s in Copley Square. “Hey, Eli Manning sucks!”

It wasn’t 86 years this time…

The lesson here, for the Cleveland Indians, is that you should never count out the Boston Red Sox.

And now on to the World Series!

Clay Buchholz achieved every little boy’s dream last night – used his gifted arm while surrounded by an equally gifted team – to achieve one of the toughest goals in Major League Baseball:

It was a night dripping with fate, fame, and circumstance.

Clay Buchholz wasn’t even supposed to pitch at Fenway Park last night. He had only one game of big league experience under his belt and he was still in the minor leagues Friday.

And then last night, he was back in the Show, pitching a 10-0 no-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles in his second start in the big leagues. At the age of 23. And he told us, “This is what you dream about growing up.”

Eight years after I first fell in love with the team, and a move 1400 miles away to the frigid tundra of Minnesota, I’m still a member of Red Sox Nation

Living in Boston nearly forces one to fall in love with the local sports teams. While I never became a serious Boston Bruins fan or New England Patriots fan, I am a huge fan of the Boston Red Sox.

They were taken out of the playoffs yesterday – swept by the Chicago White Sox. And I never watched a game.

I attribute this fact as the reason that they lost and have resolved myself to being a more serious fan in 2006. So today, I wear my Boston Red Sox shirt with pride here in Minnesota Twins country!

The greatest rivalry in Major League Baseball is down to two games – it’s the fight for the American League East Championship.

Boston and New York are all tied up.

With two games to go…

At Boston’s Fenway Park.

GO SOX!