World Champions
I waited a few days to post this entry because I wanted to be able to gain a piece of perspective before I wrote, and I think finally I’m able to articulate my feelings for this team properly. This isn’t the same feeling Red Sox Nation had in 2004. It’s not nearly as emotional, not nearly as releaving, not even close to as overdue. But it’s definately sweeter. It feels good to know that your team beat the two best teams in baseball before it even got to the World Series, then completely manhandled the NL team. It feels good to have a wire-to-wire best team in baseball. It feels good to not just win, but to completely dominate. It feels good to know how Yankees fan’s feel. Finally, it feels good to win when you are expected to; when you can’t sneak up on anybody because you have a giant bullseye on your chest every single night.
It feels really good.
If you would have asked me ten years ago if Boston would even be a condender with the departure of Clemens and Mo, I would have thought you were crazy. Amazing what an owership change can do for not just a franchise, but a city (are your reading, Cubs fans?). Now the Sox appear set for a decade of dominance, something so strange to a long time fan that it took a few days to settle in. It still feels like we just had the All-Star break, and are nursing a 13 game lead on NY. That was ages ago.
2007 World Series Champions. It feels good.
(note: here is a video of the royal rooters outside the fens sunday night..man…)
Did you see Papelbon on Letterman last night? It was pretty good. If you missed it, maybe YouTube has it now.