# It's a good time to be a Boston sports fan. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 23, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415 "2008-12-23T04:58:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/1 "2008-12-23T04:58:17Z")
Even the _Bruins_ [are doing well](http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/powerranking?lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos2) this year. Yes, I’m gloating. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/2 "2008-12-23T05:12:55Z")
Check the location. We had a nice run (which will hopefully continue) with the Sox and the Pats, then the Celts came back, and now it’s the B’s turn. Now if the Revs could just close out the season with a win… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/3 "2008-12-23T05:18:56Z")
Not that I expect the Bruins to win the Stanley Cup but I wonder what city has had the shortest span between winning all 4 major championships? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/4 "2008-12-23T10:34:55Z")
Is it ever a bad time to be a Boston sports fan? I remember all the whining about how Boston is a cursed sports city after the Pats won their 8th superbowl in 3 years and I wanted to burn the whole thing down. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/5 "2008-12-23T14:00:31Z")
With the Celtics of the 50’s, 60’s and 80’s and the Bruins on the early 70’s we never really could complain. Sure, the Red Sox are bigger then both, and we had quite the complex, but you can lay the blame on the Yawkees more then the Babe. The Pats, that’s just gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/6 "2008-12-24T03:48:40Z")
Ah memories - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv0-9Wi713o&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv0-9Wi713o&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/7 "2008-12-24T04:08:10Z")
Bad timing award, at least if you are talking baseball and the Teixiera deal the Yankees pulled off today. But I don’t think it will make that big a difference actually. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/8 "2008-12-24T04:34:53Z")
I’m not all that upset about Teixiera. The fans would end up paying for that contract and I’m a big fan of Mike Lowell. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/9 "2008-12-25T02:43:44Z")
[Eat It.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8YyENVghok) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/10 "2008-12-25T02:50:00Z")
[sub][Just for good measure…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkeRvw_ZHTQ)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/11 "2008-12-25T05:30:54Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Is it ever a bad time to be a Boston sports fan? Late 80’s, early 90’s. The Bird era was over for the Celts, the Pats were still in their pre-Parcells patheticality, the Sox were still hampered by the Yawkey estate’s cheapness, and the Jacobses were still refusing to spend any serious money on the B’s (stll are, really). ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/12 "2008-12-25T17:06:44Z")
Yeah, what **Elvis** said. My teams were losing a LOT of games when I was in elementary through high school. Everything did sort of turn around at the same time, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/13 "2008-12-25T17:26:56Z")
[The Anti-Boston](http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=seattle2008) ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-boston-sports-fan/478415/14 "2008-12-27T03:05:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Late 80’s, early 90’s. The Bird era was over for the Celts, the Pats were still in their pre-Parcells patheticality, the Sox were still hampered by the Yawkey estate’s cheapness, and the Jacobses were still refusing to spend any serious money on the B’s (stll are, really). The nadir was Reggie Lewis’ death.