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June 29, 2004
STUPID RED SOX
All I can say is, at least the sons of bitches are getting the swoon over with early this year - no teasing us for months only to fall tantalizingly short at the end. This time, they've had the decency to pull out the dagger and plunge it into our hearts as early as June 29.
Last year, even when things looked strong for the boys, my fellow Sox fan Tim (who has a great post up right now about the moronosity of Yankee fans) and I began repeating a little mantra... we knew that if we actually began believing in the Olde Towne Team, it would only hurt worse when they'd eventually just rip our hearts from our chests like they always do. So we kept maintaining a negative attitude about the Sox - for the last six weeks of the season, we started every IM conversation with this mantra, included it in virtually every e-mail, even repeated it in front of Yankee "fans" (most of whom have no clue about baseball, they're only in it because New York is a town full of front-runners who jump on whatever thing is hot and pretend it's always been their own) in the hallways and cafeteria. This negativity carried us to within five damn outs of the World Series. So, I'm officially declaring that it's time to bring the negativity mantra back - it's the only thing that can save the Sox' season now. So kids, everyone repeat after me... 1, 2, 3:
"The Red Sox are doomed... doomed, I tell you."
(Yeah, okay, so it's stupid and childish, and Tim and I were probably silly for doing it. But it's the only thing that's ever even come close to working, so if you don't like it, shut up. The Red Sox are doomed... doomed, I tell you.)
