We Live for THIS
By Ian Haan
Well Red Sox nation, I’m back at it with giving you my take on the MLB season, so let’s get to it. How was everyone’s opening day experience? Mine was a disaster. As I sat in my living room Sunday night, and turned on the T.V. to see the Sox once again battle the Evil Empire in that classic rivalry I have grown so attached to and obsessed with, I watched in shame as the Sox just got absolutely dominated in every phase of the game against the Bronx Bombers. Maybe it was just the fact that I didn’t care anymore if we won another game, because we’re World Champs. However, as I fell asleep that night knowing they got stomped on 9-2 by the guys in pin stripes, I felt a need for more. Don’t you remember that feeling, when the Sox in ’03 fell short of making the World Series? Remember how tense you were, knowing that we came so close to having the opportunity to reverse the curse? It was kind of like that. However, since the Curse has already been reversed, it was simply a need for more…to see the Sox just keep it going. When I got home from school today, and saw the Sox down 3-1 in the 7th inning, I sat down and watched the game, as I talked with my girlfriend on the phone, almost like I was just watching a movie….it wasn’t anything of much significance for me. However, when the Sox started to slowly crawl back into the game, and when V-Tek hit the homer in the 9th to tie it up, I immediately came flying of my couch, screaming and yelling at the TV, leaving my girlfriend to wonder what the hell was wrong with me. She just doesn’t understand, that was the fan inside me screaming out, and awakening from the winter hibernation. With my heart racing and my palms actually sweaty, I sat back on the couch at the edge of my seat, feeling anxious and alert, waiting for the Sox to put together some kind of magic against the Yankees, just like the 2004 ALCS. Remember those late nights during the ALCS, when you’d sit there half awake, and watched as the Sox made history? This is what being a member of the Red Sox nation is all about my friends. As MLB’s well known slogan says, "I Live For this". So GO SOX 2005!
