Initial Post

I had considered publishing this blog for over a month now. When I read that Stephen King and his friend were keeping journals of the entire Red Sox season, I thought "what a great idea for a blog". Since I obviously can't start at the beginning of the season, now seems liek a great time to journal the playoff drive. The Sox are currently 3 1/2 out with a weekend series against the Yanks at Fenway.

I should tell you that I am a lifelong suffering Red Sox fan. I vividly remember the 1975 World Series as an 8 year-old boy, I faked a stomach ache at school in 1978 so I could go home early to watch the now infamous one game playoff in which BFD hit that homer. I was serving in the USAF in Germany in 1986 when they came back and won three straight to get to the WS, only to lose games 6&7. It's hard just to think about it...

I felt like the baseball that was played in the Division and League Championship Series last year was the best I had seen in my life. For nearly two straight weeks, I sat before my big screen and chewed my fingernails to nubs. The disappointment of the 2002 season, and the inablility to make the playoffs even after winning 95 games, all I wanted to see in 2003 was the chance for the Sox to play a seven game series with the Yanks. I got my wish.

This year the expectations are higher. The core team is intact, the pitching is bolstered. I've watched them play great, I've watched them play terrible. Let's just hope the great team shows up this weekend.