If you must know, I did jigs around my house and went to sleep smiling. Then again, I'm hardly an objective observer. I've made it pretty clear lately where my baseball and football loyalties lie.

Still, I can totally see how to the average fan the Sox/Yankees, with their East Coast hype and outrageously unfair payrolls, can be vomitose. In the Sox' defense, I think they're partly the way they are out of need to compete with Steinbrenner and the MFY, but yeah, they're stil part of the whole annoying East Coast sports mafia.

By the same token, you gotta give props to the Pats, who have managed to build their juggernaut of a team playing by the exact same rules as everyone else. I get the resentment over the "tuck" and stuff, but as a sports fan, you really have to admire what they've been able to do. (Sorry, not to dredge up Atma's and my little lover's spat from the football thread...)

Back on the Sox: I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that the lovable losers I grew up with are now such a powerhouse. Eight straight World Series wins? It just doesn't compute. Imagine, for example, the Warriors becoming as dominant as the Spurs. I mean, of course it's what we all wish for, but once you finally get there, there's this strange paradigm shift you have to undergo as a fan...

Anyway, let's get that championship first. Then I'll do my best to help you all through the weird psychological ramifications...

Still, its hard to root for Baaahston teams.  They make me gag, but hey, like Sleepy Coma says, those guys have been losers, not lovable, but losers for a long time, so my hats off to them. In fact the New England area is en fuego!  Pat's, Sox, Celtics and now BC?  WTF, spread the love Baaahston.  Sleep Coma, you need to check out barstoolsports.com  Its for chowda head, baked bean and creme pie eating, Bobby Orr/Larry Ledgend, tea sipping Baaahston fans like yourself.  Plus its got great articles on your better than average chiquitas!!!

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