The makeup of a Sox fan is thus: We never and always think we're going to win it all. We're a paradox, and every game is Armageddon with umpires. We say Wait 'Til Next year, and except for that once, there is no Next Year. It all blurs, and we love it and we loathe it and we come back for more every time. I'm not sure if we're masochists or optimists.
I've heard about this film. The '86 series bothers me for reasons most other Sox fans don't agree with. I hate that Bill Buckner was so hated that he actually had to leave town. The guy was a good player who made a mistake at the wrong time. I don't know if I'd watch it, but not because the Sox lost. It's because at the time, the fans sucked.
Ironically (if that's the appropriate term), when they're not directly competeing with my boys, I'm a Mets fan. They're my favourite National League team (along with the Cubs, which is mostly because I want the Cubs to win the Series so we all can be uncursed, or something. But yay Mets.
Anyway, to me the biggest heartbreak wasn't the 86 series, but the '75 Series. Probably because it was also the biggest triumph. Game Six of that series was the most brilliant, kickass game of all baseball. IMO, of course.
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Date: 2006-07-27 10:13 pm (UTC)I've heard about this film. The '86 series bothers me for reasons most other Sox fans don't agree with. I hate that Bill Buckner was so hated that he actually had to leave town. The guy was a good player who made a mistake at the wrong time. I don't know if I'd watch it, but not because the Sox lost. It's because at the time, the fans sucked.
Ironically (if that's the appropriate term), when they're not directly competeing with my boys, I'm a Mets fan. They're my favourite National League team (along with the Cubs, which is mostly because I want the Cubs to win the Series so we all can be uncursed, or something. But yay Mets.
Anyway, to me the biggest heartbreak wasn't the 86 series, but the '75 Series. Probably because it was also the biggest triumph. Game Six of that series was the most brilliant, kickass game of all baseball. IMO, of course.