Sunday, July 13, 2014

For Carol

I would like to see the Red Sox turn things around for Carol.

She is a mad Red Sox fan and it is one of the things I love about her.

We have watched so many games that images of The Sox are burned into the screen. Sometimes I will look up with the TV off and see Dwight Evans running across the screen. Or Wade Boggs. Roger Clemens. Kevin Millar. Dave Roberts stealing second base. Did he really do that? Wow.

Manny, Pedro, Schilling, Damon.

You get the point.

She watches night after night with hope in her heart, and more often than not ends the night with disappointment on her face.

She never gives up. She never will.

They win two in a row and they are on a winning streak. Until they lose the next night 8 to 1, stranding 13 runners in the process.

It is a painful year to watch. Especially after the emotional high that last year's championship created in the stricken but not defeated city of Boston.

They need to string a bunch of wins together. So that I know Carol is happy and comfortable on that couch.

Instead of sitting there fearing another collapse to loss.

Small things make us happy. Because most of us cannot afford large things. So we settle. We compromise.

The Red Sox make Carol happy. Even though we watch them on a tiny, little, forty something inch screen.

She enjoys the games. She enjoys Don and Jerry and especially Eck and Don. She is knowledgeable about the players and what is going on and she digs their personalities.

Like Johnny Gomes with the helmet fixation.

I just know that she would be happier if they were winning. If they were in contention.

This is what I want for her.

Maybe after the All Star break.......................

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