October 27, 2004
Somebody, pinch me...
It still hasn't sunk in. It still hasn't registered. Sitting in a bar full of fans chanting, "Let's go Red Sox," in the top of the 8th, I couldn't help but shake my head. Even with a 3-0 lead in both the game and the series. Even with the defeated Cardinals batters holding their hats, unable to get a ball out of the infield. How can these people hope? Haven't they learned?
I suppose old habits die hard.
I told Pat after he called me that it feels like New Year's Eve. The ball has dropped and there is universal jubilation across the land. People are calling one another, people are cheering. You walk down streets filled with people singing. Okay, so it's not quite like that, but you get the idea. I want to hug the guy next to me. I want to high five the waitress. I want to call everyone I know and scream "WE WON!" as loud as I can.
World Series Champions. Strange. I think I'll go to bed. Or wake up? Maybe tomorrow I'll find a million dollar bill on the sidewalk. Tonight has proven that anything is possible.
Misako at October 28, 2004 08:38 AM
We did it! After 86 years we've won. All signs were pointing to it (that or the end of the world). The Lunar Eclipse, Dad's Birthday, it just had to be. The Red Sox won the World Series!
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