you can take the fan out of boston, but you can’t take boston out of the fan
damn, it’s a good time to be a boston sports fan.
the sox look like they’re off to a good start, and we’re ahead in our series with the yanks.
the celtics – oh my beloved celtics! i was a *die hard* basketball fan throughout the 80s. i probably loved basketball as much as i loved baseball, and that’s saying a lot. then the celts began a long downward slide through the 90s, they moved from the historic boston garden, the style of play changed to mostly fast-break dominated by one-superstar teams, and keeping up with my home team became logistically difficult while i was living in n.y. but now the celtics are *back*, in a big way – they finished the season at 66W – 16L, and start the first round of the playoffs tonight against the atlanta hawks.
and my bruins boyz! they’ve struggled a lot in the past few years – trying to find a good mix, trading and trading some more, bringing in new management. showing some sparks of life, then sinking to the back of the pack. but against the odds, they’ve managed to eek their way into the stanley cup playoffs, and are hanging tough against the hated habs in a 3-2 series. game 6 is tonight!
where i really want to be today, is in my brother’s living room, in front of his wall-size high-def screen, with a sam adams in one hand and a remote in the other.
that would be bliss.
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Comment by Sarah
22.04.2008 @ 11:41 am
We drove down to Rhode Island yesterday and listened to the Sox game, and were so excited that we looked for a station playing the Bruins game on the way back! I haven’t even THOUGHT about the Bruins since I was a kid. With the NE Revolution, we will have had 5 sports teams in the playoffs this year. It’s like the Red Sox not only released the curse, but sent mojo to all our teams!