[Thudd]

It's funny. I used to be one of those "long suffering" Sox fans, and at first I was elated when they seemed to stop being a Greek Tragedy and actually started winning.

But then it became like that old (I think) Peggy Lee tune with the refrain "Is that all there is to a fire?"

Maybe I'm like the Hebrews when they left the bondage of Egypt and went into the wilderness and started griping and wanting to go back, but I miss the old, tragic Red Sox.

Maybe they're coming back. Oh... forgive my rambling, I need to think about something else.

[Mr. Mojo]

but I miss the old, tragic Red Sox.

I predicted Bosox fans - older ones intimately familiar with their history, at least - would experience that very sentiment not long after the WS victory in '04. Every last one dismissed my prediction as outrageous and asserted that their "long suffered had ended for good." Naive.

I'm sure most Cubs fans feel similarly. ....and with a bit of (bigtime) luck could very well find out for themselves this season.