JESTER~RSM	Male 40 years old ANDOVER, MA
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Someone told me theres a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.......

So the year was 1982.  My spring semester at West Junior High seemed to last forever.  My father had received a job offer he "couldnt refuse" and we were moving from Andover, MA to Canoga Park, CA.....swimming pools and moviestars.........

I remember it like it was last month. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I REMEMBER ASKING MY POPS WHEN HE TOLD ME WE WERE MOVING.......

"wELL, GEE, POPS, WHAT ABOUT THE RED SOX???"

HE TOLD ME VERY REASSURINGLY LIKE THE SUPERDAD HE IS "SON, YOU CAN STILL LOVE THE SOX FROM CALIFORNIA."

I SAID "YEAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT GOING TO THE GAMES?"

HE BLEW ME OFF AND MADE SOME SMART-ASS COMMENT ABOUT FOLLOWING LYNN AND BURLESON TO CALIFORNIA.  THEN HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE ANGELS AND THE DODGERS...AND ALL I REMEMBER THINKING WAS HOW I'D NEVER GET TO GO TO FENWAY PARK AGAIN....WHEN WE'RE YOUNG THINGS SEEM SO ABSOLUTE AND FINAL.....AND EVEN THEN I HAD A FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC.....

BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER MY GRANDFATHER AND UNCLES AND MY POPS OF COURSE HAD INGRAINED IN MY VEINS SINCE EARLY LIFE THAT WHOLE RED SOX TIL DEATH PHILOSOPHY.  I USED TO TUNE IN ON THE AM RADIO ALL SUMMER IN MY TENT IN THE YARD....I LISTENED....I WATCHED...I ABSORBED....I LEARNED....I LOVED...I WORSHIPPED.....I SUCKED THE MARROW OUT OF THE BONES THAT ARE RED SOX CULTURE, HISTORY, AND NATION.....THIS WAS BEFORE THEY TALKED ABOUT RED SOX NATION.......THIS WAS BEFORE THEY HAD COMPUTERS....LET ME REMIND YOU THERE WAS NO INTERNET IN 1982.....IF THE GAMES WENT TOO LATE THEN YOU DIDNT GET THE SCORE TIL THE SECOND DAY AFTER............BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS TEAM....THATS NOT WHAT THIS BLOGS ABOUT............SCHOCKED??!! HAHAHA

IN 1985 I WENT BACK TO BOSTON TO VISIT FAMILY FOR 3 WEEKS AND CAUGHT A GAME AT FENWAY....BOGGS WENT 4 FOR 5 AND WE WON....BOGGS ATE CHICKEN THAT DAY AND HAD 3 DOUBLES....MAN, COULD THAT CAT HIT....HIS SWING WAS A THING OF BEAUTY........SO WAS LYNNS.......POETRY IN MOTION......

I WAS A 3RD GENERATION MASSHOLE.....I HAD NEVAH ENVISIONED LEAVING BOSTON.....IT STILL SOUNDS WEIRD TO ME AND ITS BEEN OVER 25 YEARS....I WOULD MAKE IT BACK FROM TIME TO TIME AND USUALLY RED SOX WERE OUT OF TOWN IT SEEMED MY LUCK WOULD NEVER CHANGE....HAHAHAHAAA......I ATTENDED MANY MANY GAMES AT OTHER PARKS MOSTLY ANAHEIM AND DODGER STADIUM....A COUPLE AT YANKEE STADIUM IN THE 1990'S......SOME SF GIANTS, OAKLAND A'S....I SAW THE RED SOX PLAY THE ANGELS ONE NIGHT JOE RUDI EITHER HIT INTO OR TURNED AN UNASSISTED TRIPLE PLAY...BUT NOT AT FENWAY...MUSTVE BEEN MID 80S......BUT IN ALL MY BASEBALL RELATED EXCURSIONS OVER THE YEARS I REALIZE I HAVE NOT ATTENDED A GAME AT FENS SINCE MY UNCLE AND I WENT BACK IN 1985.

I WANT ALL OF YOU THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH THIS DILEMNA THAT I HOLD IN MY HANDS TICKETS TO THE RAYS VS SOX GAME ON SEPTMEBER 8TH (IM AN IDIOT) AT FENWAY PARK.  NO PARK CAN COMPARE TO THEE.  BIG JESTER IS COMING HOME..........BAR THE WINDOWS AND LOCK THE DOORS!!!! I AM COMING HOME!!!!!  WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!! LETS GO RED SOX!!!!!!! SEE YA SOON THEN ALL ORDER SHALL BE RESTORED IN THIS CRAZY RED SOX UNIVERSE!!!   RED SOX GLORY FOREVER!!!!!!!!!   LONG LIVE KEVIN YOUKILIS!!!!!!  GOD BLESS DUSTIN PEDROIA!!!!   THEO IS DRESSING UP AS ELVIS AT THIS YEARS WGBH HALLOWEEN BASH!!!!!!! 

ITS BEEN 23 LONG YEARS SINCE I HAVE SAT IN THOSE HARD LITTLE SEATS AND CHEERED ON MY TEAM......I THINK THE PROGRAMS WERE A LITTLE CHEAPER THEN...I KNOW THE TICKETS WERE!!!..HAHAHAHAAAAA...ITS GREAT TO BE HEADING HOME FOR SOMTHING BESIDES A FUNERAL!!!!.......LETS GET AT THESE YANKEES TONIGHT...HOPE THE JAYS HELP SERVE UP SOME TAMPON BAY SEAFOOD SPECIAL.......FRY IT UP THEY LIKE THAT.......LETS GO MOTHERFRREAKING RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS DO THIS THING!!!!!!!!!!!!  NEVER EVER EVAH EVAH EVAH GIVE UP!!!!!

I'LL BE THE GUY IN THE RED SOX JERSEY!!!!!