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...today, I will have nothing on my mind but the logic of the Red Sox starting lineup and the hope that Roger Clemens will throw a no-hitter...
...like fading team loyalty. I used to root for the hellish Mets just so we could meet them again in the World Series with a repentant Bill Bucknes at first. But, how can we have a crusade of revenge when Clemens and Mike Greenwell are the only remaining Red Sox and Darry! Strawberry plays for the Dodgers? Losing the Series because of an error was bad enough, but giving up the chance to make amends by leaving the Sox for more money was the ultimate fulfillment of the Curse...
...biggest questions I find myself pondering late at night during baseball season are the metaphysical ones. Think about this for a moment...The Red Sox finally complete their 75 year quest for World Champions. Clemens and the rest fight triumphantly past the Blue Jays, the A's and the National League to bring home a series pennant. Boston goes bonkers for a few weeks and hundreds of baseball authors find themselves scurrying desperately for new plots...
...anyone stopped to think about the fact that what we Sox fans pray for every night would in fact lead to the undoing of our sport? Quel Paradox...
...years ago, he was on crutches. But as he proved last week, Bo Jackson has * been doing more than making commercials since his hip-replacement surgery last year. When the Chicago White Sox decided to keep him on for the 1993 season, it marked a milestone on the comeback road for the former two-sport superstar, who trained relentlessly to get his new hip in shape. Says Bo: "I never doubted myself." Nor did his fans, who knew Bo had mettle even before the aluminum...