Before Oh-Four - Red Sox Fun Fact

I learned something new today about the Red Sox which makes their 86 year World Series drought even more heart-rending. In every World Series that the Red Sox reached between 1918 and 2004 ('46, '67, '75, '86), the Red Sox took the opponent to a full seven games and lost in the final game.

There was color TV back in 1986. The world just turned grey for these few seconds.

So close, yet so far, every time. And that really sums up the Red Sox fan experience: the team makes us dare to dream, and then dashes those hopes in the most heartbreaking way possible. To quote Prof. Todd Crosset. "Sports can't help but disappoint." I'm glad I lived to see 2004.