You have to grow up in New England to really understand what it means to be a Red Sox fan. As an 8- or 9-year-old, I would go to bed early on many summer nights, so I could lie in bed and listen to Curt Gowdy doing the play-by-play of the Red Sox games on…
Over the years, my visits to Boston to see the Red Sox play has morphed from an occasional treat to an annual event. As soon as the NARP* Spring meeting schedule is announced, I check the Red Sox schedule to see where they’ll be playing and start laying plans. Most of the time seeing a…
No one who was not raised as a pup in New England truly understands the obsession the rest of us have for the Boston Red Sox. We grew up with the team. We lay in bed on warm summer nights, listening to games being played under the lights of Fenway Park. We kept score on…
No one not born and raised in New England can understand what the Red Sox mean to those of us who do have roots in that part of the country. When one baseball season ends, we spend a week or so pondering what went right and brooding over everything that went wrong. Then, even before…