October 28, 2004
Red Sox World
The Boston Globe has published it's story on Red Sox fans around the world.
All over the world, legions of otherwise productive and healthy people found themselves unable to sleep for almost two weeks.
Some have been staying up in loud bars until the wee hours of the morning; parents are waking up children before dawn to engage in strange, nocturnal rituals that involve howling and dancing in the living room. Neighbors can't explain what has happened; colleagues and teachers are concerned.
They are Red Sox Nation living abroad -- waiting, hoping, and yearning in distant lands, foreign capitals, and even in war zones for The Moment.
But to see it they've had to struggle in time zones where the ninth inning rolls around just before it's time to put on the coffee or to get the kids ready for school. They have bags under their eyes, they're exhausted, and they've never been so happy in their lives about the hometown team, which finished a sweep of St. Louis last night for the franchise's first World Series title since 1918.
The Globe reporter sends her thanks to
people who commented here.
Re: Red Sox Nation abroad
And the guys in Iraq are thinking;
The Red Sox finally win, all my buddies in Boston are out at the parade finally getting l___, and I'm stuck on duty in this Sh------ for another 8 months doing sand duty!
--AJK