Let's put it this way. Until you have endured what Red Sox fans have endured for much longer than I have been around, then you might understand. Go to a game.. just one game.. at Fenway and you will see how much these fans are behind this team. It is called entertainment, however after watching and hoping for so long it becomes part of you.
The Red Sox are so engrained in so many different generations of familes here in New England that I think the world would stop if they win it.
Unhinged doesent begin to decscribe Red Sox fans.
I would take Clemens back in a heart beat. In fact, the Sox were vying for him at the trading deadline this year when it looked like Houston was out of it. We want the Sox to win, and we want them to win NOW.
Might I suggest Valium? With a Sam Adams chaser?
It really does seem that the Bosox let the weight of history get into their heads, turning them into self-fulfilling prophesies. It also causes their fans (at least so it seems) to lose all perspective.
I can turn my New England brother in law into a quivering mass with 2 words...Billy Buckner, and he's lived in Baltimore since 1985.
Hmmmm, is there any Biblical prophesy that might connect the end times with a Bosox world championship?