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...guess I do, a bit. So much is different, it?s inevitable that the trophy-only a symbol, after all-is starting to feel as if it?s about something else: the Red Sox championship, not the Red Sox on the field. As you gaze at the splendid Waterford glassware that is the World Championship trophy, which for all these weeks and months has been making a whistle-stop tour of one New England burgh after another, the team that you conjure consists of a Foulke who is a lights-out closer, not a DL?ed basket case; a Schilling...
...Still, yes, ultimately: a different team, and as we drift ever farther from the magic moments of the fall of ?04, and our relationship particularly with the Yankees enters new chapters-witness the weekend?s events-this becomes the Sox reality we have to deal with. The trophy, still thrilling to the touch, is a vessel of the past...
...It’s a dream come true. To be a part of [the Red Sox] organization is just a huge honor for me,” Farkes said. “It’s the best of both worlds—the chance to play pro ball and play for my favorite team...
...like to come back [to Harvard] this fall, but my first commitment is to playing pro ball, and if the Red Sox want me to keep playing this fall, I’m going to do that,” Farkes said...
...away by the richness of the vivacious Boston summer. So much, in fact, that I am starting to wonder whether maybe Boston can rival New York City as a great city. One thing’s still certain though, I won’t be rooting for the Red Sox this summer...