tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24009374.post6550739891890638959..comments2024-03-09T08:46:07.595-05:00Comments on The Mighty Quinn Media Machine: The Best Baseball Decade of My LifeBklynSoxFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512844600688808055noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24009374.post-9742658154690213772009-10-12T11:08:50.326-04:002009-10-12T11:08:50.326-04:00Good post, SoSock. You have to put these losses in...Good post, SoSock. You have to put these losses into perspective. I'm proud of my team and what they've accomplished this decade. It just didn't happen this year. OK, we move on to 2010 and hopefully the Sox take steps to be better. That's all I can ask.<br /><br />Rick, I remember when the Pats lost to the Giants in the Super Bowl, and I told the Thom's gang at the end of the night to remember what they had done this decade, and that I'm a Vikings fan still waiting for that elusive first one. The end of the season always bums me out too. That means winter is approaching...BklynSoxFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512844600688808055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24009374.post-41476582187496693732009-10-12T07:57:37.954-04:002009-10-12T07:57:37.954-04:00Rick hits it on the money.
The disappointment is m...Rick hits it on the money.<br />The disappointment is more in the ending of the games, the in-game on-line chats, (since I'm way the hell down here in NC), and the stat-watching and standings-watching.<br />And as a Carolina Tarheel fan I have finally gotten that almost-annual disappointment is a natural by-prouct of being "in it" almost every year. For decades we Red Sox fans didn't experience that.<br />Your "Words to Live By" have hit my particular personal situation right on the money several times lately. The selection up there right now, though, seems to be especially suiting for our team. This year WAS a big disappointment, in the sense that I think we all feel we have a beter team than our season results showed. So next year we look for one of those greatest successes.<br />This year has been the most difficult year I've ever experienced as a human on this ride we call life, and as such it has taught me where professional sports falls on the importance scale. It's pretty low. But it's also a nice reminder that things will still go on next year no matter how bad they seem right now, so there's that.<br />Come on TRUCK DAYSoSockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982944966573089279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24009374.post-70758134522306201162009-10-12T05:07:39.268-04:002009-10-12T05:07:39.268-04:00yes some perspective is setting in. When you go t...yes some perspective is setting in. When you go to the postseason a lot for which I am very greatful you will have some disappointments. Definitely a great decade. Not as bummed that we lost as much as that the season is overRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965366697020890846noreply@blogger.com