The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression.
Julianna Baggott
Related We all know the Red Sox did not win a World Series for 86 years after unloading Ruth, and the Cubs j... GEORGE VECSEY [And Jack Curry of the New York Times said:] The trendy fall color in baseball is white, not red, ..... JACK CURRY New York is great, but the New England fans are probably the most knowledgeable and ardent fans, and... DICK WILLIAMS You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER We tried to sell the heck out of the Red Sox not winning in 86 years. Here's a team that hasn't won ... JOE BUCK The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS He brings the greatest conflict into the history of mankind. He will come soon to our world just lik... TOBA BETA We picked the Red Sox because they lose. If you root for something that loses for 86 years, you'... JIMMY FALLON In Massachusetts, scientists have created the first human clone. The bad thing is that in thirty yea... CRAIG KILBORN There's not too many Cubs fans since the Sox (won the World Series). ANDREW TAGLI That was a great year (1959) for the White Sox, but a tough loss in the World Series, AL LOPEZ Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. We certainly consider every request. Without White Sox fans, there would be no White Sox world serie... KATIE KIRBY I grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and I'm a huge Red Sox fan. I've probably been to F... PETER UIHLEIN His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON Imagine life as a game, a game that is filled with obstacles and hazards to overcome but sometimes y... GARY F EVANS... One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE These philosophically fun ideas usually satisfy nobody. Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance i... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger. JULIANNA BAGGOTT (Red Sox) fans are going to be upset. I hope they remember the great World Series and the three out ... JOHNNY DAMON She would tuck Sam into her heart, a bright light for her to take out whenever things were darkest. SARAH J. MAAS Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE This is the biggest yet of the Red Sox-Yankees series in the three years that I've been here. Even b... GLENN GEFFNER Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY The White Sox are this year's Red Sox ... minus the sexy curse. If we get volume, this is going to b... ED GOREN Learn to appreciate every moment of your life, stop thinking of the future too much, you have a choi... AULIQ ICE You hear [the Red Sox players'] perspective on that series. They look at that ALCS as a great series... JOHN OLERUD We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL It wasn't like it is now. But for the types of teams we had, the fans were very good here. On some T... CURT GOWDY We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. like a small flame. ... HARUKI MURAKAMI Allie, what do the Stars tell me to do? You know I don't understand the scientific part. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The capacity of humans to believe in what seems to me highly improbable- from table tapping to the s... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN It is strange being in a crowd where no one knows your face or cares for your purpose. In Lykos, I w... PIERCE BROWN It's a wonderful film about a writer who is obsessed with his love for the Boston Red Sox, ... He ob... TOM ALDREDGE I watched him even then as he fell, his face undefeated, his eyes still proud NEIL GAIMAN Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Not only is he a lefty, not only is he a Red Sox killer, but when it comes down to it, has there eve... WILL CARROLL All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your lif... JOHN CHEEVER 2004 was a great year for Boston! The Patriots won the Super Bowl! Boston hosted its first national ... THOMAS MENINO That's what's happening... zombies are out... but in hour movie... not in series. DEYTH BANGER in these shitty plastic days ... GILLIAN FLYNN It's statistically impossible to have the Red Sox and Yankees in the Series every year. TIM BROSNAN We go through the thousands and give judges a sampling of the city. There's no quota. We send throug... PATRICK LYNN Without music, life is a journey through a desert. PAT CONROY I didn't care for humans at 16 and it hasn't gotten any better. They say one thing and do another. I... BOBBY W. MILLER We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 ... MICHEL PATINI It was like telling a high school team that in eight years they were going to have to win the World ... ANDREW CHAIKIN Weird makes you truly sexy in a way the world can never know. CRAIG GROESCHEL A Hazel é diferente. Ela caminha com leveza, velhote. Caminha com leveza sobre a Terra. A Hazel sab... JOHN GREEN This is the third year my husband and I have come down to Florida. We were lucky enough the first ye... CAROL RYAN If you have read this far in the chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans - and I certainly hope you have... LEMONY SNICKET Love is a growing, or full constant light, And his first minute, after noon, is night. JOHN DONNE You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are. MADELEINE L'ENGLE Even Lot might have been mistaken. But that’s what he promised ‘em – his virgin daughters, you... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN God is the strength in which I trust." Lesson 47, A Course In Miracles HELEN SCHUCMAN There isn't an hour of my life without you in it. I mend the boats, test them and all the while the ... NICHOLAS SPARKS Here again, the White Sox have made the World Series and awakened the city. It was always a challeng... CARL ERSKINE I became a Yankees fan for a few years. But now, I gotta say, I'm really rooting for the Red Sox... JIMMY FALLON An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. KILROY J. OLDSTER [But Epstein] doesn't walk on water, ... He's certainly not infallible, and the Red Sox still have a... ANDREW ZIMBALIST I want to win when the whole world is watching, ... I want to win a World Series in an Angels unifor... VLADIMIR GUERRERO I told him, 'If you want to change the perception of yourself as a player, one team sticks out: the ... DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ We wish Pedro nothing but the best going forward both on the field and off the field. He pitched wit... JOHN HENRY We wish Pedro nothing but the best going forward both on the field and off the field, ... He pitched... JOHN HENRY I love Boston. I love Fenway Park. I love Red Sox history. But in no way am I a Red Sox fan. GEORGE VECSEY I have to get out. VERONICA ROTH Life is a series of waves to be embraced and overcome. DANNY MEYER You know, a lot of people say they didn't want to die until the Red Sox won the World Series. Well, ... JOHNNY DAMON The generosity and compassion of Red Sox Nation, our players and the Red Sox Wives never cease to am... LARRY LUCCHINO It was a fantastic finish! 'Mo' was lights-out in the ninth, ... And now we've got these crying Red ... MARIANO RIVERA Status quos are made to be broken. RAY A. DAVIS Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. RONALD REAGAN Life is a re-discovery. BRIAN BLESSED If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga... GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception. DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire! DEYTH BANGER To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y... GARY F EVANS... It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER We'll have to compare the numbers from this year to ratings for the years prior to the Red Sox and C... ED GOREN God really has cursed the sports fans of Chicago. It defies the law of averages when you think about... BILL GLEASON Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place... ANKITA SINGHAL If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste... GARY F EVANS... Ants can carry twenty times their own body weight, which is useful information if you're moving out ... RON DARIAN The man I am today it's not the man of yesterday CHRISTOPHER FUDGE is a broken man an outlaw?" "More or less." Brienne answered. Septon Meribald ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The summer sun continued to rise in the sky and propel shocks of heat down on the city and the heavy... HUBERT SELBY JR. You know, a lot of people say they didn't want to die until the Red Sox won the World Series. We... JOHNNY DAMON My heart will never forget what it’s like to fade in and out of time, to never know if one year or... 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