The year was 2004, I was standing in my living room and heart pounding as me and my dad watched the big game everyone in New England was watching. Edgar Rentaria of the ST. Louis Cardinals hits a blooper back to the pitcher Keith Foulke, who grabs the ball and lightly tosses it back to the first baseman for the out. The crowd goes wild and the entire northeast corner of America (and New York City) sat in disbelief as for the first time in 86 years the Boston Red Sox won the World Series and the curse was finally over.
I’ll never forget all my favorite players running to the pitcher’s mound, Jason Varitek, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, and Orlando Cabrera all Jumping around in excitement. For years before this Red Sox fans have gone season after season with broken hearts and sporting the phrase “threes always next year.” But this year it was our year. No longer would we have to listen to those Yankee fans chanting “1918!” or “who’s your daddy!” This year we can rub it the ‘evil empire’ face that the red Sox were on top. I remember watching the news shortly after and the entire city of Boston was all Chaos. Cars were being flipped, people running everywhere and everyone screaming. Being a huge red Sox fan I this was a huge deal to me, I remember watching 03 ALDS being blown by Grady little leaving Pedro Martinez In who later blew the game. I remember watching the clip of Bill Buckner at first base watching the ball go right under his legs and watching the Mets take the series lead and later going to the World Series. The special thing about it was that for generation red Sox fans lived and went and never got to see that world series trophy go to the red Sox but I can say proudly I was part of that generation that watched the 04 world series and the 07 world series and finally I can hold my head high and say “Yankees suck” and have something to back it up with.
Well mystery writter, im in disbelief with the whole redsox topic, but im very interested that you are into the sport of baseball. Im not to sure that the RedSox made it to the playoffs this year or last. well nice blogging with you. Okay Bye! (:
ReplyDeleteI like this post because im very interested in baseball. I can't relate to this becaus im a Yankees fan (hence my name) "Yankees 2012".
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading this post I was thinking "how could anyone like the Red Sox" but thats besides the point. Your skill at writing is quite good but I think you shouldn't have told the end of the story in the first paragraph. That would of created a better story with a great climax. Other than that, this is a wonderful post.
ReplyDeleteI can definitely relate to your post, I'm also a big Red Sox fan. I clearly remember sitting with my family in awe as the Sox captured their first World Series win since 1918. I remember wanting to be able to hit the ball like Big Papi, and field like Manny Ramirez. Watching sports with my family is always a good time.
ReplyDeleteI remember this night vividly. I was at UConn, and after the Red Sox won there was a big riot in the courtyard of the North campus dorms. Everyone ran outside and all the Yankees and Red Sox fans were yelling at each other. It was chaos. My husband (boyfriend then), a Yankee fan, made the mistake of throwing a water bottle at a Red Sox fan. Don't mess with Red Sox fans! He learned the hard way.
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