It must've been an odd sight to watch me bolt out of Mesh's this evening after watching the Red Sox beat the Cardinals. I couldn't help it. I didn't want to cry in front of 20 strangers.
The Red Sox won the World Series tonight, seven years after the death of my mother, who was a Red Sox fan. I remember her being livid when they lost in '86, and telling me and my dad over the years to turn off the TV when they were losing. But she remained a fan until the end.
She really would've liked this.
I'm so happy that I'm numb.
Posted by colrus at October 28, 2004 12:37 AM | TrackBackI don't know if it means anything coming from a complete stranger, but your post made me smile tonight. I needed it.
Thank you.
Posted by: WasteWheeler at October 28, 2004 12:54 AMThe people weren't complete strangers...I actually knew many of them...wrong choice of words...Pardon me, I'm not thinking clearly right now, as you can probably imagine. :)
Glad I made you smile...
Posted by: Bill at October 28, 2004 12:59 AMThe future father in law will ceremoniously burn his copy of Game 7 from the ’86 series tonight. He has watched it once a year save this one...same outcome.
Posted by: Pat at October 29, 2004 02:16 PMAnd, see, 1986 was the last taste of glory for my favorite team... My brother has this '86 Mets commemmorative video that we watched, well, way too many times when we were still kids.
Posted by: John H at October 29, 2004 03:52 PM