Where's the Panic Button
Isn't it amazing how quickly Red Sox fans can go from being on top of the world to worrying that the team won't even make the playoffs? This week is a perfect example of the roller coaster ride that Red Sox Nation experiences. After Sunday, things were going great. They were on a seven game winning streak, and had taken a solid lead in first place. Two days later, they've lost two in a row, their closer seems to be in serious need of a shrink (if not an arm strengthening coach to revitalize his fastball), and their bullpen is shaky. Ayyy yay yai! Is it just me, or do melancholics make the best Red Sox fans?
posted by redsoxwinthisyear at 1:28 PM
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THE YANKEES WIN!!!
By the way, (I ask this question as more of a Hate-the-Yankees fan than a Love-the-Red Sox fan) When will Schilling be back?
I caught a whiff of him pitch for the PawSox the other night. It wasn't the prettiest scene to hear.
Hopefully soon! They badly need some pitching help.
They need any help right now...
Just be like me....only pay attention to scores of 17 to 1 during the season and only watch games regularly if they make it to the playoffs. Otherwise it's too much work, no, not work, emotional energy. I just don't have quite that big of a reserve to get on and off and on and off the bandwagon.
It depends on how you define "the best fans." If you mean those who go through the most excrutiating extremes as the season progresses, yes, melancholics are the best fans. If you mean those who are loyal no matter what, even on the blackest days, when the melancholics turn off the radio and sigh that the Red Sox deserve destruction, you'd have to go with the phlegmatics. An equal mix between the two is good...just enough mel to taste the extremes of joy and despair, and just enough phleg to stay calmly detached and proclaim your loyalty no matter what happens.
So glad you're blogging! Characterlink finally approved it! (At least, today is the first time I've been able to get on)
Go Devil Rays! well, and Red Soxs too.
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