For my wife - for knowing the Red Sox before what they are now. For understanding my years of heartbreak and watching all those hours of baseball with me knowing down deep in your heart that one day, they would win it all. For raising our kids and the compassion you give. Thanks for always being there with me, through the Boone home run, to the "underhand to first", to Papelbon's strike out. Thanks for sharing those memories with me.
For my daughter Aubrey - although you are not quite 2 years old, we already know deep in your heart that you are going to be a Sox fan one day. In your first October, we won the world series. I am looking forward to many years of sharing the sox with you. Your love of the Red Sox and Rocky make me smile. Just please don't ever bring home a boy who is a Yankee fan!!
For my son Austin - who cried that night Boone beat us with a home run. That picture of me holding you in front of the tv immediately before Faulke underhanded to first is my favorite picture of us. It was a picture I had seen in my mind for many years, and now I have it. You are a sox fan through and through - you know all the players and their jersey numbers better than me. I am so glad I got to share a couple world series wins with you.
And also to my mom - who was there with me in '86 when Buckner missed the grounder. Who absolutely hated the woman behind home plate at Shea Stadium waving her arms whenever Clemens took the mound. For never giving up on the sox, or with me. They finally did it!
Happy Valentines Day!
Also, the Steelers have won their 6th super bowl so now both of my kids have also witnessed a Steeler championship as well. Curt Schilling (big Steeler fan) posted an excellent blog about his trip to the super bowl with his kids. He put this picture in his blog and I thought it was appropriate here as well. It reminds me of me and my son, one generation of fan and another generation of fan, together going into the future with another championship. Congrats to the Steelers on winning number 6!
2 comments:
Happy Valentine's Day to you too. I love you-
red sox wife
Oh wow! I just checked your site and I see you are at blogging again after your winter hiatus! It's Valentine's Day week and I treasure my memories of you sharing times with Beakie and Krackoo, your playing at board games until we all were utterly beat, your earning more points at Space Invaders than the collective total of the nation's players, and for your still loving all the hobbies you have loved since childhood - when you were my Valentine. I treasure sharing your little Sox fans with you too! -soxboysmom
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