That's how you know it's genuine Red Sox!
I do worry about my mother, though, she's getting up there and has a hard time dealing with playoff stress.
But in general what I think about old folks is, if the last two years didn't kill 'em nothing will, and now they've seen the Sox win it in their lifetime so they can die happy regardless.
After 2003 my mother apologized for letting me become a Red Sox fan -- I reassured her that we'd win it in 2004.
Like we had a choice in the matter to begin with.