Why Everyone In Boston Should Love Me (And Everyone Else Should Hate Me)

In 2004, I was on vacation with Teresa during the ALCS Championship series. We watched the very end of Game 3, and as a diehard anti-Yankees fan, the crushing 19-8 blowout made her very sad. The next day she said she absolutely did not want to watch Game 4, because she did not want to see the Yankees sweep out the Red Sox and win yet another World Series.

So I PROMISED her that if we watched Game 4, the Red Sox would not only win that game, but come back and win the entire series. And I don’t just go around promising things either; I only promise things I KNOW I can deliver. This was a big promise too; not only would this have been the first time in Major League Baseball that a team came back from being down 3-0, but the Red Sox also were sort of “cursed”, and hadn’t won the World Series in 86 years. But, as fate would have it, the Red Sox came back and won the ALCS Championship in what will most likely be remembered as the greatest comeback in the entire history of sports.

So, now, 3 years later, Boston Fans, you owe me. The “curse of the bambino” has been lifted, and I was probably the only person in the world who truly believed that the Red Sox would win that series (including the players). And for those who aren’t that big sports fans, this is Boston’s YEAR. They just might sweep the three major sports (baseball, football, and basketball). The Red Sox are currently up 3-0 in the World Series, the Patriots are 7-0 and have won every game by at least 14 points, and the Celtics aquired Ray Allen and former MVP Kevin Garnett this off-season, making them a heavy favorite to win the NBA’s Eastern Conference this year. Looks like its a good time to be living in Boston right now.