tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295208380600523621.post942333998583158073..comments2023-11-02T05:28:01.099-04:00Comments on Girls Don't Know Sports: Seriously, Again?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295208380600523621.post-86892024878082551312008-10-17T17:38:00.000-04:002008-10-17T17:38:00.000-04:00Bitch and moan about the Red Sox all you want but ...Bitch and moan about the Red Sox all you want but just know that the feeling of watching your team make a dramatic come-back in 03, 04, and 07 is one of the greatest feelings in the world.<BR/><BR/>Whether they do it this year or not isn't as important as it was 5 years ago. I'm just enjoying watching the games and knowing that there will be no 'down and out' moment. There is always a chance for them to win and that is exciting as hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295208380600523621.post-65357322164669021062008-10-17T16:15:00.000-04:002008-10-17T16:15:00.000-04:00Meghan-As a Red Sox fan, I can tell you that it is...Meghan-<BR/>As a Red Sox fan, I can tell you that it is rewarding to know you back a team that always has a chance. There can be two schools of thought when it comes to the Sox and postseason comebacks. The first is that the team has been there before and knows what to do. The second, and one that still ruminates in the minds of some Boston fans who can't believe this unbelievable run our teams have been on lately, is that our good luck will run out sometime and there is no way we can do it again. I will admit that last night as the Fenway Faithful began to sing Take Me Out to The Ballgame, I had my doubts and was hesitent to believe. But there is something about this team, this manager, these fans (the ones who have been through it all with this team, not those leaving in the 5th inning) that makes you feel like something crazy and magical will always happen. And having the cache of not one, but two comebacks in the past five years leaves you thinking that there is always a chance. That is why the 30,000 or so fans who remembered '04 and '07 and did not leave Fenway were a crazed mass when Papi stepped to the plate in the seventh. Because our backs have been against the wall before and we have rallied. I wish that every sports fan could experience this feeling just once. I have been lucky to have done so multiple times now in the past decade. The knowledge that your team, no matter the score or deficit, is capable of providing just one more night of magic is amazing. Will the Sox come all the way back again? Who knows. My gut feeling is no, but I don't think that makes me a bad Sox fan. I like having our two best pitchers going, but arguably so do the Rays. The fans in St. pete will be out with their cowbells and the knowledge that if they don't close the Sox out in 6 then anything can happen in game 7. Will becket's oblique allow him to pitch at his normal velocity? Doubtful. But I remember back to 2004 and a portly ace with a sutured ankle willing himself to not one, but two wins - the first of which was on the road with the Sox down 3-2. All I know is I am excited that baseball for the Boston Red Sox continues. That was the goal entering last night. Watching a classic game was just a bonus.Chashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12934719726938371939noreply@blogger.com