Comments on: The Green Fields of the Mind

By: luvmysoxboys

luvmysoxboys — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:24:19 +0000

I was flipping through the channels last night and stopped at TBS becaus the guide said it was MLB Baseball. When I flipped it on and looked at the description and it was Angels at Boston Red Sox. It was so sad. I can’t believe the season is over. I may go through withdrawls this winter. Summer =Baseball.

By: bally

bally — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:29:37 +0000

To be all sentimental for a moment… I really liked that. In a way I can’t fully relate to it; the baseball season to some may be long sunny afternoons and warm nights but for me it’s on my laptop, curled up in bed at 9am (or on the rare occasion, 3am). This was my first real season following the Sox, I supported them before but never got as involved as I did this year… and I don’t think I would have cared half as much as I did had I not discovered CF (aww). But I did learn a lot… mainly that mlb.tv cannot solve all the world’s problems… that dating a Yankees fan was probably a mistake… that there are not many things more entertaining than a squirrel on the field. Oh and people stealing home base makes me realy happy. So my baseball experience is kind of similar but in a way totally different to everyone else’s, I’ve never actually seen the Sox play for real and all I know is basically what I saw during the broadcasts or occasionally reading on NESN or learning from you guys.

That was a really long paragraph. But yes. I’m already counting down to next season when I will actually be in the States for half the year (hopefully in Boston, I just submitted my app today, cross fingers) and hopefully see some of you guys… and fc, I’m still waiting on the adoption papers to come through..

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:22:33 +0000

@jules: Well, that absolutely made me cry. Thanks for sharing, Jules.

By: LifelongSoxFan

LifelongSoxFan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:17:00 +0000

Truer words were never spoken. Thanks for this today. It helps.

I got a kick out of the shoppers in the grocery store yesterday morning. A lot of customers were wearing their favorite football jersey. The cashier even asked me if I was ready for the (Redskins) game. I replied “There’s only game I care about today and that’s the Red Sox!”

@jules: I love hearing stories like yours!

By: ecl1958

ecl1958 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:45:22 +0000

I shouldn’t be sniffling and wiping my eyes while sitting in a cubicle in a room full of people, but I am.

Thanks so much for posting this.

By: jules

jules — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:31:46 +0000

Of course, there are those who learn after the first few times. They grow out of sports. And there are others who were born with the wisdom to know that nothing lasts. These are the truly tough among us, the ones who can live without illusion, or without even the hope of illusion.

I don’t want to be that grown up. I don’t want to outgrow sports, outgrow baseball, or outgrow the connection with family that baseball brings.

I grew up going to The Stick with my Dad to watch the Giants. My Dad is no longer with us, but I’ll cherish those memories.

My husband grew up going to Fenway with his family. His Dad is now 88 years old. We flew back to Boston to take his parents to the last game of the season. I’ll never forget how excited my FIL was to go to Fenway again, after all that time. I’ll never forget my husband, sitting next to him, telling him who was at bat and why the crowd was cheering because my FILs eyes are a bit dim. I’ll never forget my MIL, looking down at the bullpen, excited to see all the goings on that you miss when you see a game on TV.

Baseball is more than a game.

How many days to Truck Day? to P and C?

By: BostonGirl

BostonGirl — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:09:12 +0000

that was really amazing

By: fc

fc — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:50:16 +0000

Perfect.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:32:03 +0000

I had this bookmarked from last season. Sigh. But yes, that last paragraph gets me every single time. Thank you, Texy.