Red Sox Nation and Shadenfreude...

First let me point out I'm still sick. It's like just when I think I have this thing licked, it creeps up and kicks me in the butt and says "Ah, not so fast there, chief!" It seems that only the Ibuprofen is keeping the fever at bay.

And I can barely read what I'm typing because my four-year-old son has been smudging the screen again with his grubby little mitts.

Anyway, as a NY Mets fan, I wasn't all that into the last World Series. I did however think it quite sweet that just at the moment all seemed lost for the Red Sox in the ACLS and the Yankees had their foot on Boston's neck...bam, the kids come back and defy history by beating them winning four games straight - after being down three games. For me it was more of the Yanks getting clobbered by their hated rivals that made it a moment to remember. Yankee fans, normally a rather arrogant lot, were humbled beyond recognition for days afterwards.

But even I didn't think that the Sox had it in them to go all the way. So they did, good for them. I've never seen anything like the glee and relief that has hit this region since October. You can't go anywhere in New England these days and NOT see Red Sox paraphenalia everywhere you look. This part of the country really is Red Sox Nation.

But as I drove home from points North on Saturday, I happened upon some Boston area sports radio station and the two jamokes on the air where arguing - get this - whether or not the team should have it's World Series ring celebration just before their home opener with Yankees in April. One of these guys was actually trying to make the case that Red Sox should NOT rub their World Series Victory - the first one in 86 years - in the faces of a team whose slogan in the ACLS was "Who's You're Daddy?"

I think the public should call on the radio station to fire this idiot. Yankee fans have tortured Red Sox fans like a red-headed stepchild for almost a century. Twenty-Six World Series Championships IN.THEIR.FACE! Over and over. It's excruciating to watch these poor saps have to take it year after year. And now, they have a chance to shove it right back in their faces and this guy says "Now wait a minute, maybe we shouldn't get greedy here." WHAT!?!?!

Hey Sox fans - get GREEDY. Get VERY GREEDY. Hang Babe Ruth in effigy if you like. You gotta do it because you know damn well that if the situation was reversed, Yankee fans would do the exact same thing. And there isn't one Yankee fan out there who can honestly say that's not true. Face it guys, they won. Now take your medicine and move on.

The day Yankee fans hoped that they would NEVER live to see - the Sox winning the Series and going through their team to do it - has finally happened.

Shadenfreude is a German word that means taking pleasure in the misery of others. It's time for the Red Sox Nation to enjoy this period of Shadenfreude and milk it for all that it's worth.

Posted by: Gary at 07:52 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
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