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YES... The Red Sox took the World Series--though the only "world" in this competition is that our baseball teams are increasingly bettered by players from around the world.  Thank you world!

One sister called from Boston pre-game to remind me to get my broom out.  I thought it regarding me being a witch, literally cranky yesterday, but she meant, "Sweep, sweep, sweep" as in win in 4 straight games.  We did do that!  But the milk toast Rockies made it less interesting for me, they didn't make us fight for it.  The earlier series against the Indians was more exciting.  

This morning, an article by the associated press called the Red Sox the new Yankees.  I can not agree.  The Red Sox are more playful, banging their empty water bottles and chime making things by their noise making band in the bullpen; putting bubble gum (still inflated) on a relief pitcher's cap; laughing and joking.  Tossing champagne at each other with goggles on, this is not the proper form for the pin stripe N.Y. Yankee team that made Johnny Daimon cut his long beautiful hair.  The Yankees have a purposeful look, and the Red Sox have a grubbiness and an artsy quality of chaos to their bench.  Surely, its the playfullness that keeps their hearts going long after all the money and all the fame and the cheers die down; cause it does die down, even in the Red Sox fans who sit around complaining about the late game starts keeping us up way past midnight. 

We get tired cheering this hard.

Inspite of all the money passing hands behind the scenes (Red Sox payroll is second highest only to the Yankees) the Sox do seem to have a thing going on... beside talent, hard work, its called fun, friends, and maybe even a little love?