It’s not anymore!
A Long, long time ago in a era that now seems so far, far away.
Way back in 1966 my Aunt and Uncle took me on my first trip to the big city of Boston to go to Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox play the Kansas City Athletics in a double header.
It was August 25th; the Red Sox won both games. The attendance was 8,321.
They finished ninth that year. Looking back it’s worthy to note that they finished ahead of the Yankees who finished tenth.
Of course 1967 was the year of “the impossable dream”. After 15 years of mediorcracy and an indifferent fan base the Red Sox had become revalent again. I became a rabid fan.
This of course meant gut wretching disappointment over the next 35 years. Missing the playoff in 1972 by a stinking 1/2 game on account of lost games due to a players strike.
Then came the 1975 world series loss to the Reds in seven games.
1986…the less said the better. Same with 2003.
If a game was on T.V. the set would be on. Otherwise I would be listening on the radio, I remember many times listening to west coast games that would often go into extra innings; on work nights, sometimes to 3-3:30 in the morning only to have them lose with one out to go.
But then in the miracle year of 2004, after an 86 year drought, the curse was lifted. People had gone their entire lifetimes without seeing the Red Sox win a world championship; then suddenly 4 in the span of 14 years.
Then 2019-2020 football and basketball went full”WOKE”, with kneeling during the National Anthem and displaying the Marxist ‘BLM” logo’s in their arena’s and on apparel. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 12 began a three(3) week shutdown “to flatten the curve”. Three weeks turned into indefintely. In Minneaplois on May 25th came the death of George Floyd while in police custody. From that day on riots ensued in practically every blue/democrat run city. Their Mayors ordering law enforcement to stand down while thousands of small businesses (many minority owned) were destroyed by fire and looting by BLM and Antifi thugs who were given cart-blanche.
Major league Baseball’s spring training had been suspended because of the pandemic. It was originally hoped that after the ‘curve was flattened’ the season could commence but the lockdown was never lifted. Finally it was decided that an abbreviated sixty game season would begin on July 23rd with games being played before empty stadiums.
Major League Baseball had a golden opportunity not to follow football and basketball’s example and not go “woke”. To offer a place for people who just wanted to watch a baseball game in a safe enviroment with their family or friends, and root for their team, a respite from political correctness and division. BUT NOOOOOOO!
So now we come to 2021, and MLB is doubling down on ‘wokeness‘ by moving the All-Star game from a majority African-American city (Atlanta) to a majority ‘white’ city (Denver). Why? you ask !
It’s because the State of Georga inacted some new voting laws that makes voter fraud a little more difficult and elections a little more honest. Of course THAT’S RACIST !!
Never mind that the event was going to honor a baseball and hometown legend, The late great Hank Aaron.
Never mind that 30% of the businesses that stood to benifit from the event are BLACK OWNED !
I once though of going to professional Baseball game as a place where people of all races and political beliefs could congregate, drink beer, eat hot dogs, and watch gifted millionaires (Black, Brown, and White) who are paid a princely sum to play a little kids game.
Not anymore, because the Left ruins everything it touches.
Did you know that 75% of their fan base, the people who bought the tickets at watched the games on T.V. are now RACIST BY BIRTH ?
I have watched no T.V. or listened to any radio of any baseball games in general and the Red Sox in particular. They are dead to me. I have no idea whose on the team nor do I care.
And that’s why it’s so depressing; it was something that I enjoyed very much.
But like Rush, my country, and especially my partner of 28 years, my passion for baseball and the Red Sox had died too.
I’m glad I’m old.
