walking up the ramp through the gate on a beautiful summer day, the look of the grass,the wall, the smell of cigars and peanuts, Yaz in left, Rico at short, Lonborg on the mound spending the day with my Dad ... Fenway is perpetually 1967 for me and it was great to be a 10 year old
Why do you love the Red Sox?
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Re: Why do you love the Red Sox?
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Re: Why do you love the Red Sox?
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Re: Why do you love the Red Sox?
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- Hfxsoxnut
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Fenway is one of those rare places where time stands still. You look at that field and you think of so many thrilling moments and so many heartbreaks, and the field looks exactly the same as it has for so many years. All the crazy nooks and crannies and the beautiful expanse of green grass with the wall towering over it.
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Re: Why do you love the Red Sox?
posted at 1/3/2013 2:21 PM EST
- jete02fan
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because...oh wait....damn..i've gotta stop being such a joiner :-)
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Re: Why do you love the Red Sox?
posted at 1/3/2013 4:42 PM EST
- craze4sox
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In response to carnie's comment:
For me, my love affair with the Red Sox started in the summer of 1967 in Augusta Maine. Like most 9 year old boys in my neighborhood I loved to play baseball, although I had never paid much attention to the proffessional sport. Both my father and grandfather were huge Red Sox fans though, so the Sox game was always either on the TV or the radio at our house. Something about that 1967 team really captured my imagination. It could have been Yaz, Tony C., George Scott or Jim Lonborg, but by the end of the year I was following the Red Sox as religiously as my male progenitors.
I've been a Red Sox fan through thick and thin ever since. Granted this year's team is off to a very bad start, but I am still, and will remain a Red Sox fan. I will root for them even when, maybe especially when, they are down.
Same year for me, I was 8 years old in 67 when I first took interest and my two favorite teams were the Sox in the AL and C's for the NL. I lost interest in the Cards after the Brock, Simmons and "Mad Hungarian" days. -
Re: Why do you love the Red Sox?
posted at 1/3/2013 4:47 PM EST
- SpacemanEephus
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In response to jete02fan's comment:
because...oh wait....damn..i've gotta stop being such a joiner :-)
c'mon, dont be afraid Jete. you can do it. Just say the words: LETS. GO. RED. SOX. You know you wanna. -
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Re: Why do you love the Red Sox?
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carnie my mom lives near Litchfield now
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Re: Why do you love the Red Sox?
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i love my children, ma, and bros....the Red Sox are a hobby....