Worshiping from afar

We are Sox fans. It's not that we want to be. We were born that way.



You don't realize how much a part of the landscape sports teams are until you change your landscape. Yes, the game was on each night the Sox played. It was a big thing in the playoffs when they were playing Cleveland. And it felt strange that while we were watching the playoffs, we were hearing fight songs from Cleveland instead of the stuff we are used to hearing from Boston.



But then the Sox won and we heard nothing. Nothing! Can you imagine? No recaps of Game 6. No wallowing in our 2004 win and the reverse of the curse. In fact, no mention of a curse was heard on the radio airwaves here in Dayton.



It was a strange silence.



At this point, I can admit, I'm not a big sports fan. It is really something I partake of more because I can't get away from it than that I have any particular interest in it. I watch playoff games and series games when the Sox are in because otherwise, my husband and I would not see each other, and because they usually knock off the air the most interesting shows. So, what else is there to do?



So I watched the games from afar this year. Not all of them. Usually only until 9 o'clock when my short sports attention span would quit on me. They were good games. Even a bit entertaining.



But again, there was silence the next day. No post-game recaps. No comparisons to previous series. No jokes in between news stories on the local news. No Red Sox day at school to support our home team. Of course, all of this is to be expected. After all, I'm not in Massachusetts any more. But, it still felt strange to not hear constant coverage of what Manny is doing and how Lester was having such a comeback after his health issues. Just silence.



Except for Jordan's Furniture. They made the national news on Public Radio. Leave it to Elliot to figure out a way to parlay the Red Sox win into national advertising for his regional store. Good ole' Jordan's Furniture and Underprices.



Go Sox!!