MLB: What it's like to be a Boston Red Sox fan 28 Articles

by Christine Whitmarsh

A Foul Life Indeed By Christine Whitmarsh "I think if you're Red Sox, well, it's something you're born with, an affection you have." -Johnny Pesky I am one of those passionate, pathetic creatures born into life as...read more

by Colby Hetnar

The Boston Red Sox. Go ahead, close your eyes and say the "Boston Red Sox." Do you get chills? I do. I remember my first trip into Fenway Park. It was late July in 1991 against the Oakland A's. A birthday present fro...read more

by Timothy Williams

Let me tell you what roadrunner tastes like. Since I was a kid, my favorite team has been the Boston Red Sox. This is despite growing up half way between Philadelphia and New York. My father was born outside of Pitt...read more

by Michael Mccormick

When I think of Baseball, I think of the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park. No place in America is richer in baseball history. Fenway Park with its' unique (green giant) wall in left field is the perfect setting for the Ameri...read more

by JD Henry

Being a Red Sox fan has never really been something I've given much thought to; I was born less than 5 miles from Fenway Park into a huge Irish-Catholic baseball-loving family and I've never known anything else. As a chil...read more

by Erich Heinlein

In response to the above article, I can definitely identify with that. The year the Red Sox won the world series it was extra sweet because at the time I was a sports writer for a newspaper in north Georgia, my editor was ...read more

by Michael Severance

Being a Boston Red Sox fan is a special thing to me. I dont think I chose it, I think I was born into it, but feel lucky for it. One part of being a Red Sox fan, of course, is dealing with Yankees fans. They like to glo...read more

by Matt Quillen

Hope springs from fall classic I love baseball. To me, it's a game filled with magic, wonder and heartache. Baseball is the only sport that could have made the movie "The Natural" work. Roy Hobbs could not have been...read more

by Ben Polhemus

What does it mean to be a red sox fan? One of my first Fenway memory was being thrown into a camera well by my dad to get a ball during BP. I later got it signed by Red Sox greats Joe Morgan, Lee Smith, Brady Anderson, an...read more

by Jennifer Aimes

Just for a minute, close your eyes, and think of the most wonderful place in the world! When I close my eyes, I see Fenway Park! I can smell the Fenway Franks, hear the cheers of the fans, and hear the crack of David Ortiz...read more

by Kelly A. Mello

The number one thing Red Sox fans know about is heart break. They are definitely true die-hard fans if they watch every game, get their excitement revved up until it's play-off season, and be let down nearly every...read more

by Mo Morrissey

First Game: I'll never forget the evening I went to my first professional baseball game I can't recall the game very much itself, but through some keen analysis and a little luck, I think I've narrowed it down to a Septe...read more

by Karen Manuelian

On my first day of college, I walked into my dorm room to meet my roommate from Connecticut and my luck a Yankees fan also. No sooner did I say "Hey, how are ya," she commented on my thick Boston accent and asked t...read more

by Margaret Barker

The second i saw the words, "Boston Red Sox," i dove right in to writing this story. Still unsure of what exactly i'm going to say, i'm going for it anyway. Why, you may ask? Because, gentle readers.......i am a Boston Red...read more

by Martha Leonard

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 gre...read more

by Jared Albarano

Tito Francona distinguished himself from Red Sox managers past by making the appropriate switch. (Think back to Mr. Little) This move transcends game 6 and it's implications. Whether this move works out or not, it's effect...read more

by Brian Scalese

I'm one of those people that you hear about. One of the ones that had the grave misfortune of being born into Red Sox Nation. You may have seen the movie, "Fever Pitch," which I feel describes me pretty well. I am a life...read more

by Bruce Lucas

Being a casual observer of this so-called "American Past-Time", I figured that if you were old or boring or out of touch that you watched guy in the tight polyester and the ridiculously high socks as a matter of course. I ...read more

by William Blanchet

To be a Red Sox fan is to be a Fenway Park fan. To be sure, we loved Ted and Yaz, but even they knew that the 37 foot high wall in back of them was the real star. Going to Fenway was a big thrill a a kid and as an adult....read more

by TheTruth

It's tough. It's not pretty a majority of the time. But we love it and wouldn't have it any other way. Most people in New England can tell you that being a Red Sox fan is a different experience than being just a fan, it's ...read more