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Being A Boston Sports Fan
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Being a Boston sports fan sometimes reminds me of battered-wife
syndrome. You get beaten down, but you keep coming back. Youre
given just enough to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, just
enough to ensure your devotion, but then youre inevitably and
sorely disappointed.
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Being A Boston Sports Fan
Copyright © 2005 Jason OConnor
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Being a Boston sports fan sometimes reminds me of battered-wife
syndrome. You get beaten down, but you keep coming back. Youre
given just enough to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, just
enough to ensure your devotion, but then youre inevitably and
sorely disappointed. I dont know why a woman would ever go back
to a coward who hits her, and I often dont know why I remain a
Boston sports fan. The Pats, Celts, Sox and Bruins make you want
to like them, but its sometimes painful to remain a devoted fan
throughout all their turmoil.
I grew up in a hockey family and my dad was particularly faithful
to the Bruins. From a very early age I can remember him watching
Bobby Orr and Esposito skate circles around other teams. By the
time I was old enough to actually understand what was going on,
the Bruins were comprised of some more awesome players like
Middleton, O'Reilly, Pederson, and Milbury. I used to love to
watch Boston play Montreal with my father, but it seemed like
Boston lost a lot more than won.
It was great to see Terry O'Reilly beat the heck out of other
players, and it was cool to watch all these veterans a few years
later skate around without helmets while the rest of the players
had to wear them. I guess it was some sort of grandfather clause
or something. They just looked tough. When Cam Neely and Ray
Bourque started playing I enjoyed the Bruins just as much. But
after Orr and Esposito were gone, none of these more recent
players won the Boston Bruins a Stanley Cup, quite frustrating.
But not to fear, The Celtics around this time were hot. Like the
Bruins/Canadians, the Celtics/Lakers rivalry was a blast to
experience, especially when the Celts won. And they did. I
remember probably one of the greatest NBA teams ever to exist,
Bird, McHale, Parish, DJ and Ainge. They werent the prettiest
bunch of guys around, Bird being particularly funky looking, but
they were so fun to watch. It was wonderful to see them beat the
L.A. Lakers in the 1983-84 championship and the Houston Rockets
in 1985-86 championship.
Unfortunately the last few Celtics seasons lately have been
dismal. They dont even make it to the playoffs regularly any
more. How many more building years do we need? Watching Pierce
take off his shirt and wave it around his head while being
ejected from one of the playoff games against the Pacers this
year was sad.
But 1986 was the end of Boston championship teams for a long
while. In fact, it was sixteen years until the Patriots finally
won Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002. Thats a long wait. Thats a
lifetime for crying out loud.
The New England Patriots were another difficult team to watch and
remain devoted to. Grogan was a decent quarterback and many would
argue Drew Bledsoe was even better, but they never brought a
championship home. Watching Drew throw numerous interceptions and
trudge off the grid iron with hunched shoulders was disturbing. I
like to think of Bledsoe as an almost kind of player. He was
almost awesome, was almost a championship quarterback. He almost
won the game. Bledsoe actually drove me crazy. He was New
Englands franchise player, but he just didnt seem to ever do
quite enough to win. It was so frustrating to watch him play. All
big and gawky, shuffling out of the pocket like my nana.
But the tide turned. Third string quarterback Tom Brady took the
place of an injured Bledsoe, and brought the championship home to
Bostonians. The 2002 NFL playoffs were absolutely awesome to
watch if you were a Boston sports fan. Watching Vinatieri blast
it though the uprights in a blizzard to beat the Oakland Raiders,
and again to win the Super Bowl beating the St. Louis Rams was
monumental. Thank God for the Pats. They brought respect back to
Boston. They showed what true grit is, what the word team
actually means, in a day when everything in sports seems to be
centered on individual feats. I loved it when they ran out on the
field together as a team instead of being introduced one at a
time at the beginning of the Super Bowl.
Pathetically enough, most people thought the Pats would not win
it all again. They thought it was a fluke. The Pats had lost for
so long that few had faith in them. But they won it again two
years later and people started to pay attention. The word
dynasty crept up in New England vernacular. When the Pats won
their third Super Bowl in four years, they were finally accepted
as a dynasty. These wins will carry me for many years. Again,
thank God for the Pats.
But no good article about being a Boston sports fan can be
complete without discussing the Boston Red Sox. What can be said
about the Sox? They were the epitome of frustration. They were
the Bad News Bears for so long. Of all the Boston teams, they
were the most painful to watch. They often had the talent, they
often played well, but they didnt win a World Series for 86
years! Between the ball rolling between the knees of Bill
Buckner, and Grady keeping Pedro in against the Yankees during
the 2003 playoffs, every Sox fan was pushed to the limit of what
they could endure. Of course there were many other less notable,
but just as frustrating moments in Red Sox history. Any Red Sox
fan who remained a fan throughout should be given a gift.
And what a sweet gift it was when the Sox won the 2004 World
Series. Being down 3-0 in the ALCS against the Yankees, and then
coming back to beat them and sweep the Cardinals in the World
Series was one of the greatest professional sports stories in
history. In fact, its been called one of the greatest comebacks
ever.
All those long years of no championships in Boston finally came
to end with the Pats winning in 2002. But after 86 years of no
World Series rings, the Red Sox win was the sweetest of all. 2004
was one of the greatest years in Boston sports ever. A World
Series and Super Bowl win by Boston teams in the same year,
almost unbelievable.
So I guess being a Boston sports fan is not so much like
battered-wife syndrome. Its more like being in a difficult
marriage that has lots of ups and downs only, but is worth
working at to keep. Being a Boston sports fan is as frustrating
as it is rewarding. Patience, loyalty, persistence, and faith
will get you through. And in the end, it all works out. Just keep
the faith.
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