Red Sox fever is definitely at an all time high at work. It seems that everyone is a huge baseball fan (even prior to the Sox getting into the playoffs). A lot of them go to the home games whenever possible, and take off early to watch the away games on TV. We’ve had some mighty sleepy people at work after the games that went 12 and 14 innings.
Either everyone will be rejuvenated, or they will be walking zombies after game 7. If the Sox win that game, people will have too much energy to work off before they come in to work the next day. If the Sox lose game 7 – people will be so depressed that they will be walking zombies.
Me, I don’t watch baseball; not since Grandma used to take me to Royals games – back when Bucky Dent was the short stop (I think that was his position anyway) and Dick Drago was a pitcher (I can’t believe I just drudged up those names after thirty some years).
There will be high spirits at work today - I see the Red Sox beat the Yankees in game 7.
Posted by: bogie | October 21, 2004 at 04:09 AM
Amazing that you could dredge up the names, but you always had a good memory!!
The only teams that I've seen play (in person) are the Kansas City Blues (doesn't that date me?!) and the Wichita Wranglers. I froze my butt off twirling (as in: baton--I was 11 or 12) at a Blues game (the only reason that I went--and I doubt that we stayed after the 7th inner stretch) and left nearly immediately after eating at the Wranglers game (we had taken CK to a company-sponsored event.) We didn't stay for the Wranglers game because the sound system was set at a painful level (even with earplugs! and CK had none.)
Posted by: Cop Car | October 21, 2004 at 10:49 AM
I grew up in New England and was raised by my dad to be a Red Sox fan. That has meant 30 years of heartbreak, not to mention humiliation, once I moved to New York and then out here to a part of Pennsylvania that is still within reach of the city of the Yanks. I couldn't watch the game last night; couldn't bear to go through it all again. But I peeked at the very end of the evening to find that our boys had finally done it. Go, Sox!
Posted by: Jackie | October 21, 2004 at 10:59 AM
Jackie--You Red Sox fans are amazing. I'll be rooting for you!
Posted by: Cop Car | October 21, 2004 at 09:03 PM