Go Sox!

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, toofacedgrl at a... wrote:
> *waves Sox pennant*  Let's just hope it doesn't turn into another 
Billy 
> Buckner incident.  Go Sox!!

Well, as a Mets fan, I have to say that I look back at the infamous 
Bill Buckner incident with glee.  Despite that, I am rooting for the 
Sox this year, because if they win I will get to watch Pablo Martinez 
pitch in the playoffs, and watching Pablo pitch is simply wonderful.

I am convinced that Pablo is a wizard, since the balls that come out 
of his glove clearly defy the laws of physics.

For the edification of Pip and others who have no idea what we are 
talking about, I will say only that the Boston Red Sox, know 
affectionately as the Sox, are the team that never quite wins the 
World Series, because there is a curse on them.  You see, about 90 
years ago, the owner of the team sold Babe Ruth, the greatest 
baseball player of all time, to the New York Yankees, because he 
needed money to put on a play because he had the hots for some 
actress.  As a result, some wizard put a curse on the Sox.  They've 
come very, very close to winning the World Series since then, but 
never quite made it.

In 1986, they came very, very, very close.  So close, that just about 
everyone thought they had won.  They needed one more strike.  (That 
means just one more decent throw of the ball.)  In fact, one more 
strike would have won the game 9 separate times, I think.  But, well, 
with respect to the Sox fans here I won't repeat the excruciating 
details, although I remember them like it was yesterday.  Suffice to 
say that a series of bad pitches, good hitting, and a ball which 
rolled through the legs of an otherwise decent ballplayer named Bill 
Buckner due to that forgotten wizard's curse, caused the Sox to screw 
up royally, and allowed my team, the New York Mets, to win the 1986 
World Series.  

Ah.  What a wonderful moment that was.  Sheer magic.

--JMC