You know you are a Boston Red Sox fan if you:

always thought socks was spelled with an X.
believe in curses
use a pin-stripe cloth to clean the mud off your shoes.
think of monsters as friendly and green.
often shake your head and mumble "Who the he- is Bucky Dent?"
think the Dominican Republic is a suburb of Boston and Big Papi is the mayor.
yearn to be in Ft. Myers, Florida on the first of February
suspect there is no Santa Claus, but keep waiting up for him anyway
can tell you who was the last batter to hit .400 in a season and insist that Williams is the best hitter of all time.
cry when someone says "Billy Buck" or "Mookie ball".
know what it is to dream the Impossible Dream, then watch it happen.
hid your official "B" cap in the closet after the first three games in the 2004 pennant series, only to scramble for it and wave it wildly the next day and every day after that.
know something good can always happen at Fenway Park.
feel you belong to the finest family in the whole wide world

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