# Damit! I have to become a Red Sox fan! Pit me. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 18, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767 "2004-10-18T03:05:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/21 "2004-10-18T20:47:32Z")
Throw the Dodgers into the mix, and **Qwisp** and I are brothers in pain! Ya gotts belieeeeeeeve! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/22 "2004-10-18T21:04:08Z")
> [@Dob](#): > > So I have now decided, fuck it, there is no possible way the Sox can continue to lose like this. They just cant! This many bad things cannot happen to a team without some sort of balance. The time is comming for them and I want to get in now. They hooked me in '75. Still waiting for that balance ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/23 "2004-10-19T01:35:01Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Theyā€™re not making the World Series this year, let that idea go right now. The Sox have always been, and will always be, losers. But the fun part is that sometimes they DO make the World Series. In fact, theyā€™re about due. Itā€™s when they make it there that they might pull off the really spectacular chokeplosion. See Game 6, 1986 World Series. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/24 "2004-10-19T01:40:29Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Throw the Dodgers into the mix, and **Qwisp** and I are brothers in pain! > > Ya gotts belieeeeeeeve! šŸ˜ƒ Thatā€™s what you get for being a Dodgers fan. Yes, I know I have no room to speak. Iā€™m going away now. ---
**Author:** ![carimwc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@carimwc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carimwc)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/25 "2004-10-19T01:45:03Z")
Oh god, I believe. The pain. The suffering. The horrors. The hope. The miserable, god-damn hope. We WILL persevere. Someday. At least in my old office, misery had company. Now I live in Astros land. (San Antonio where stupid Fox is not showing the end of the Game.) Born a member of the Red Sox Nation. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/26 "2004-10-19T02:35:12Z")
Hey, **Dob** , you watching? Top of 14th, 4-4, Wakefield still on the mound. I hope you opted for the backup battery on the defibrillator. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/27 "2004-10-19T02:39:32Z")
This is just too painful! Theyā€™re gonna go 16 innings and lose, I just know it! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/28 "2004-10-19T02:55:45Z")
Ortiz is God!!! ---
**Author:** ![carimwc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@carimwc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carimwc)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/29 "2004-10-19T03:00:38Z")
Holy shit! That was painful! Both teams played shittily- and I only got to listen to it! Nevermind actually watch it! But we won!!! This is a series now! We have a chance! Itā€™ll go to game 7. Usually does. God, 14 innings. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/30 "2004-10-19T03:41:50Z")
> [@carimwc](#): > > This is a series now! We have a chance! Itā€™ll go to game 7. Usually does. Actually, much is being made of the fact that in the history of MLB, no team has ever gotten to game 7 after coming back from a 3-0 deficit. And this is only the third case of such a team going to game 6. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/31 "2004-10-19T15:14:18Z")
We spotted the Spankees 3 games. Now itā€™s our turn to have some fun. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/32 "2004-10-19T15:22:42Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If you had seen the sixth game of the 1986 World Series, you would understand that nothing is impossible when it comes to the Red Sox snatching defeat from the jaws of Victory. I sure hope your sterilization skills are sound before giving ā€œthe Needleā€ in such a brutal way. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/33 "2004-10-19T15:29:33Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Actually, much is being made of the fact that in the history of MLB, no team has ever gotten to game 7 after coming back from a 3-0 deficit. And this is only the third case of such a team going to game 6. Yeah, people seem to forget this. I wanted the sweep, now I just want the win. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/34 "2004-10-19T15:32:54Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > I sure hope your sterilization skills are sound before giving ā€œthe Needleā€ in such a brutal way. That game actually caused me to consider whether Supernatural Forces might indeed be at work in the Universe. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/35 "2004-10-19T16:13:09Z")
holy crapā€¦I am so screwed now! I was hoping this desire to become a Sox faithful would fade with a game 5 lossā€¦but OH NO, nothing is that easy. The cement boots are now on, and I am being driven to the bridge. If by some miracle the Sox win, or at least look good tonight, I am lost ā˜¹ The cold waters of the Red Sox nation will wash over my head and I will spend my eternity wishing for the days when I could care less about baseball!!! On the bright side tho, what a great freakinā€™ game!! Big Papi for Prezā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/36 "2004-10-19T17:52:52Z")
I refused to wear rally caps when Dave said they needed the help. He put it on my pregnant belly. The Sox won. Coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/37 "2004-10-19T18:15:26Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Actually, much is being made of the fact that in the history of MLB, no team has ever gotten to game 7 after coming back from a 3-0 deficit. And this is only the third case of such a team going to game 6. Which is simply evidence that the 2004 Red Sox are a Team of Destiny. Game 1 of the Series is Saturday, Pedro vs. Roger at Fenway. Be there. Aloha. Gotta love Ortiz being interviewed about the ā€œJankeesā€. Howā€™re you Twins fans dealing with the knowledge that you actually released him? Thanks, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/38 "2004-10-19T18:16:59Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > I refused to wear rally caps when Dave said they needed the help. He put it on my pregnant belly. The Sox won. Coincidence? Who knows. Who cares. Do it again. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/39 "2004-10-19T19:03:47Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Which is simply evidence that the 2004 Red Sox are a Team of Destiny. Game 1 of the Series is Saturday, Pedro vs. Roger at Fenway. Be there. Aloha. You mean Moose vs. Roger šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767/40 "2004-10-19T19:17:17Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > I refused to wear rally caps when Dave said they needed the help. He put it on my pregnant belly. The Sox won. Coincidence? Another Red Sox fan is about to be born. Get the kid an Ortiz jersey for a blanket! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-i-have-to-become-a-red-sox-fan-pit-me/269767.md?page=3)