Believers Boston Red Sox Season 1 Episode 3

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00:00Boston isn't just a city.

00:12It's a story factory.

00:15I can already hear it.

00:17Yeah, well, every city has stories.

00:20But let's be real.

00:21No city stories have echoed through history like ours.

00:25Come on.

00:26The origin story of America itself was written right here.

00:30We've got history, heartbreak, heroes, villains,

00:34and a whole lot of people yelling at each other.

00:37It's basically Shakespeare...

00:39Where are your jibes now?

00:40...with curse words.

00:43Boston is where people dump tea in the harbor

00:45because we refuse to pay a couple of extra bucks.

00:49That's like peak Boston.

00:51Stubborn, a little dramatic, and 100% right.

00:56But it's not just the big stuff.

00:59It's the little things, too.

01:01Like how every Dunkin' feels like a town hall meeting.

01:04Welcome to Fenway Park.

01:06Or how Fenway smells like a mix of hot dogs, spilled beer, and hope.

01:10We don't just live in Boston.

01:12We narrate, exaggerate it, and yeah, sometimes we yell about it.

01:17The pain.

01:17Nightmare of nightmares.

01:19This has made me physically killed.

01:20We've got the most painful sports drought in history

01:23and the most obnoxious winning streak right after.

01:28Boston is a paradox, sure.

01:30That's what makes the story so true.

01:33Every day here is a mix of comedy, tragedy, transcendence,

01:37and maybe a fistfight over a parking spot.

01:39Fight!

01:40Fight!

01:40In true Boston form, it's real, it's messy, it's us.

01:47For two teams that can't stand each other,

01:58they sure have spent a lot of time together.

02:01Game five at Fenway,

02:02the Red Sox didn't want to say goodbye just yet.

02:05No team has ever come back down three games to none.

02:10Best of seven series in the history of baseball.

02:13In Boston, there's one burning question.

02:15Who's your copy now?

02:16I've never seen so many clutch hits and walk-off home runs.

02:19I think if you do that, good thing's going to happen.

02:21The Red Sox are going to New York for a game six!

02:35New York has got the swagger and the attitude,

02:40and it's a big city.

02:42The city is alive not only with people,

02:44but ways that your senses confront it.

02:48There's nothing like it anywhere, ever.

02:52Boston has very much a chip on its shoulder

02:54in regards to New York.

02:56We were the little brother was the kind of vibe.

02:59I wouldn't even say the little brother to New York,

03:01I would say the little stepbrother to New York.

03:03You feel like the little brother,

03:04but you're like, oh, it's dirty and filthy,

03:06and my city's cleaner and nicer,

03:08and we got the same stuff you got.

03:09You convince yourself of that if you're from Boston,

03:11but we don't.

03:12History has shown that this team right here

03:14can't beat us, never will beat us.

03:17They want to beat us.

03:18Turkey's up! Turkey's up!

03:20We were always found wanting.

03:22We weren't as cool as New York.

03:23We didn't stay open as late as New York.

03:24We're into Boston?

03:26Let's go. It's a beautiful town.

03:27It's close as early, though.

03:29It's close as early, but hey,

03:30so does the season for you guys. Ha-ha!

03:31We completely defined ourselves

03:34as the scrappy underdog

03:36in every way, shape, and form

03:37because of that.

03:42My husband is a Yankee fan,

03:45unfortunately.

03:45And, um, we had a baby.

03:49And for Christmas,

03:51the very first year of her life,

03:53he thought it was a good idea

03:54to buy her a Yankees baseball cap,

03:57and he was so proud of it, sadly.

03:59I immediately went out,

04:00literally, December 26th,

04:02and I went on Etsy,

04:03and I bought a baby Red Sox hat

04:06and onesie.

04:08His oldest son,

04:09my grandson Will,

04:10we have a picture of him

04:11as a little baby,

04:12and he's wearing a shirt

04:14that says,

04:15I can't even walk,

04:15but I still hate the Yankees.

04:17Yeah.

04:17And that's our attitude.

04:20That's what it's supposed to be.

04:21We would occasionally,

04:23when playing the Red Sox

04:24in Yankee Stadium,

04:25just simply chant,

04:271918.

04:281918, people would scream,

04:30you know,

04:31which was really annoying.

04:32That was mean-spirited.

04:34But that's as a big...

04:34We didn't say,

04:36Boston sucks.

04:37We just needled them a bit.

04:41I went to a Devil Rays game.

04:44They were playing the Red Sox.

04:45I had my hat on,

04:46and they were chanting 1918 at us.

04:49Devil Rays fans.

04:51New to the league.

04:52Hadn't been in the league,

04:53you know,

04:53less than 10 years,

04:54no championships,

04:56and even they were doing it.

04:58Like, this is out of control.

05:00This has to end.

05:01Holy smokes.

05:02It's 2004,

05:04and you're still talking about me.

05:05It's been 86 years.

05:07Get over it.

05:08Get over it.

05:09Get over it.

05:12Boy, back then,

05:13Sox-Yankees was nuts.

05:15There was no bigger rivalry

05:17at this moment in time

05:18of any sports.

05:19With the Red Sox,

05:20there's always got to be a villain.

05:23You know,

05:23fans coming to the park,

05:24there's fights going on

05:25in the stands.

05:26Right away,

05:26it felt like you were

05:27in a place where,

05:28you know,

05:29if things get a little hairy,

05:30it could get out of control

05:31very quickly.

05:33The history

05:34and how far back it goes.

05:37Yeah,

05:37you gotta hate the Yankees

05:39if you're a Red Sox fan

05:40and vice versa.

05:42In the 2003 season

05:45was the, like,

05:47sixth year in a row

05:48that the Sox had finished

05:50second to the Yankees.

05:55It was like a record

05:57of just watching them

05:58continue to step on our necks.

06:00Even though the Sox hadn't won,

06:03there was still

06:04something shifting

06:06in the air in Boston

06:07where we were starting

06:09to believe that,

06:11you know,

06:11maybe we're not

06:12the little brother.

06:16We just won two games

06:18and now we're going

06:18to game six.

06:22The vibe just,

06:23it just shifted.

06:28Now it's

06:29cocktails

06:30boys club

06:32like how

06:32it's the Sox

06:33and the idiots.

06:34Yeah, they're back.

06:39Yeah, we happened

06:40to fly to New York.

06:41We were a car

06:42playing team.

06:43That's how we usually

06:44celebrate our win.

06:45And Hold'em was big then,

06:46you know,

06:47playing Hold'em

06:48and Bure.

06:48And boys are rocking

06:49and rolling, man.

06:50Poppy loves the river.

06:52So you gotta congratulate

06:52him when he gets that

06:53straight.

06:54I was fired up.

06:55I was ready.

06:57Veritek was always good.

06:58He's a thinker.

06:59You know,

06:59he's always looking

07:00in your eyes.

07:00I'm taking Jason Veritek

07:02all day.

07:05We all stink at cards,

07:06to be honest with you,

07:07but we were vibing.

07:09You know,

07:10we would play cards,

07:11we would have a couple

07:12cocktails on the way down,

07:14and we were going

07:17to be ready

07:17for game six

07:18and Curt Schilling

07:19on the mountain.

07:20Curt Schilling had come

07:25to personify the Red Sox

07:27last shred

07:28of ALCS optimism.

07:30Terry Francona said

07:31we have not closed

07:32the door on his season,

07:34that they might actually

07:34need him to pitch again.

07:36My ankle,

07:37it's popping,

07:38and if I can't give them

07:41better than I gave them

07:41today,

07:42I'll take the ball again.

07:44Curt Schilling had

07:45torn the tendon sheath,

07:48which was a part of the body

07:49that most Red Sox fans

07:50probably didn't even know

07:51existed until they heard

07:52about it.

07:53If he can give them

07:54six or seven innings,

07:55they have a chance.

07:56If he can't,

07:56if the ankle goes again,

07:58they basically have told me,

07:59we really don't have

08:00any alternative.

08:01The tendon in Curt Schilling's

08:04ankle was snapping

08:06across the bone every time

08:08that he would go through

08:10his pitching motion.

08:11He couldn't drive

08:12off of his back leg.

08:14Bronson was going to

08:15start game six.

08:16I couldn't go out

08:17the way I was going.

08:18I'm doing everything

08:19I can do,

08:20and nothing is working.

08:21The team doctor

08:22on the Red Sox

08:23had an idea.

08:24He lays me down the table

08:25and starts doing his thing,

08:26and I remember the first guy

08:27to walk in was Bronson,

08:28and he was, like,

08:30turned around

08:31and walked back out.

08:32The training room door

08:33in Boston at that time

08:34was never closed, ever.

08:35There was nothing going on

08:36in there that they needed

08:37to shut that door for,

08:38and it was this big metal door,

08:39and it was shut,

08:40and I thought that was

08:41very odd,

08:42and so I knocked on the door,

08:43and they said,

08:44wait a minute,

08:45and then, you know,

08:46two minutes went by,

08:47and I'm thinking,

08:48I got to do some stuff,

08:48and I got to get ready,

08:49so I knocked on the door again,

08:50and they opened it up

08:52in the midst of sewing

08:53Curt's ankle up,

08:55and he was on a regular

08:56old training table,

08:57like a massage table.

08:58They basically sutured

08:59his tendon to his skin

09:02to try to hold it in place.

09:05No one knew if it would work.

09:07We wouldn't find out

09:08until Schilling got out

09:09on the mound,

09:10and he would either

09:11be able to pitch

09:12like he used to,

09:13or it would go haywire

09:15like it did

09:15the first time he started.

09:16The superstar that we brought in

09:20has sutures in his ankle.

09:22That's the foot he played.

09:23He's got to,

09:24that's where he generates

09:25all of his speed from.

09:27Every pitch he throws,

09:28you've got to feel like

09:29a knife is sticking

09:29into his ankle.

09:31Peter,

09:31Curt Schilling says

09:32this is his chance

09:33to make up for game one.

09:35Realistically,

09:35what should we expect

09:36from him in game six?

09:37I don't think he really knows.

09:38I know the staff

09:39doesn't have any idea.

09:41What?

09:41They did surgery?

09:43That it happened to me

09:44struck me as,

09:46wow, they're really

09:46going to go all out on this.

09:57The Red Sox season

09:58on the line again.

10:00We get set for game six

10:02of the American League

10:03Championship Series.

10:05There's something fabled

10:06and high-pressured

10:07and singular

10:08about being

10:10the starting pitcher

10:11for a postseason game.

10:14You're standing

10:15on that mound

10:15all by yourself.

10:17Half of the outcome

10:18of this game

10:18really is in your hand.

10:21Focus was,

10:22is and was always

10:23something that

10:24you had to have.

10:26I was able to go out there

10:27and focus on making pitches.

10:29Period.

10:30Nothing else.

10:30Well, we assume

10:31all the question answered,

10:32how effective

10:33will Curt Schilling be?

10:34Can he push up?

10:35Can he throw high?

10:36Can he locate?

10:37Can he follow through?

10:40Schilling winds,

10:41here's the pitch.

10:42Swing and a hard shot

10:43to short,

10:44caught on the line

10:44by Cabrera,

10:45two men down.

10:46He retired the Yankees

10:47one, two, three.

10:48So far, so good.

10:50And by the end

10:50of the first inning

10:51when the camera

10:52zoomed in on his sock,

10:54there was already blood

10:54starting to peak out

10:55and the myth

10:56of the bloody sock

10:57had begun.

10:59The bloody sock

11:00was so totemic.

11:02I mean,

11:02it was mythic.

11:03I just remember

11:04walking off the mound

11:06after each inning

11:07just being

11:07so

11:08relaxed.

11:11That's warm.

11:12Schilling's been

11:12impressive.

11:14Lattes have been good.

11:15His location's been

11:16pretty good.

11:17Changing speed.

11:19Keeping his hitters

11:19off balance.

11:20Every fiber of my being

11:22was wrapped up

11:23in every pitch

11:24and every bat

11:24I was going to be

11:25making the next inning.

11:27I don't think Schilling

11:27had worn white socks

11:29all season.

11:29I think he'd worn

11:30red socks

11:31and suddenly he decides

11:32to wear white socks

11:33and you see this

11:34seminar like,

11:34is that iodine?

11:35Is that blood?

11:36Like, what is going on?

11:37And over the course

11:38of the many innings

11:39that he pitched,

11:40the red drops of blood

11:41turned into a giant splotch.

11:45The moment I remember

11:47most vividly

11:48about my ankle

11:48was probably fifth inning.

11:50You know when you

11:50get your socks wet

11:51in your shoes

11:52and that squishy feeling

11:54on the bottom?

11:54My foot was bleeding

11:55enough that

11:56on the bottom

11:57of my sock

11:57it was wet.

11:59It felt wet

12:00and I remember

12:00I could only feel

12:01about half my foot

12:02and I remember

12:03moving my foot around

12:04in my shoe

12:04going,

12:05wow, that's kind of gross, man.

12:06We'll wind up.

12:08Here it is.

12:09Swing and a miss.

12:10He got him on a changeup.

12:13The Red Sox season

12:14riding on every pitch.

12:17He went out there

12:18and pitched his butt off.

12:21The 0-2 pitch.

12:23Swing and a miss

12:24at a high fastball

12:25and the car goes down

12:26swinging.

12:27Well, Schilling

12:28has been outstanding tonight.

12:30Schilling always said

12:32the best thing would be

12:33to shut up

12:34however many people

12:36fit in Yankee Stadium.

12:37I'm not sure

12:38I can think of

12:38any scenario

12:39more enjoyable

12:40than making 55,000 people

12:42from New York shut up.

12:44The 0-2 pitch.

12:48Swing and a miss.

12:49He struck him out

12:49on a splitter.

12:50Schilling

12:50gets his fourth strikeout.

12:52The Yankees get a run.

12:54Two more innings to go.

12:57Looks like Bronson and Royer

12:58will pitch the 8.

13:00Schilling's job tonight,

13:02well,

13:02he was outstanding.

13:04That will go down

13:05as one of the legendary performances

13:07by a Red Sox pitcher.

13:08Fear of failure

13:09was the single biggest motivator

13:11of my entire career.

13:12I think it's the biggest motivator

13:13for every great player.

13:15But some people

13:15are paralyzed by it

13:16and other people

13:17are motivated by it.

13:18And it never paralyzed me.

13:23There was definitely

13:23that added pressure.

13:25There's a guy

13:25who's really severely hurt here,

13:27went out and got

13:27the job done

13:28in a way that nobody

13:29could have predicted.

13:31And, you know,

13:32you're coming into this game,

13:33you can't let this slip away.

13:35So here is Bronson and Royals

13:37who pitched the 10th inning

13:38last night.

13:38There are moments

13:39in a comeback like this

13:40that can make

13:41the team on the wrong side,

13:43in this case,

13:44the Yankees.

13:45All of a sudden,

13:46they realize

13:47they're the villain

13:48in someone else's

13:49Disney story,

13:50that it's not going

13:51to go your way,

13:52that you're in the movie,

13:54but you're not

13:54on the right side of things.

13:56Curt Schilling's bloody sock

13:57and pitching the way

13:58he did through Game 6

13:59certainly put that

14:00idea in their head.

14:02They had Derek Jeter

14:03on base,

14:04Bronson and Royals

14:05now pitching

14:05for the Red Sox.

14:07The Yankees

14:08were trailing,

14:10but they were,

14:10they had one last shot

14:11to even it up.

14:12Jeter in a short lead

14:13at first.

14:14Here's the set,

14:15the pitch.

14:16Swing and a dribbler

14:16off the end of the bat

14:17on the first base side.

14:19Arroyo picks it off

14:20and he tracks him,

14:21he drops the ball!

14:22It rolls down

14:23the right field line!

14:24Jeter hitting third,

14:25he's going to score

14:26A-Rod at second!

14:28He should have been out!

14:30And as he's charging

14:30up the line,

14:31he swats Bronson Arroyo's glove

14:33to knock the ball out.

14:35It goes trickling away.

14:36Derek Jeter scores

14:37all the way from first.

14:38Alex Rodriguez winds up

14:40on second.

14:40He had the ball

14:41in the glove

14:41and he slapped the glove!

14:43He slapped the glove

14:44with his hand!

14:45When A-Rod slapped the ball

14:48out of Bronson Arroyo's glove,

14:51I jumped off the couch

14:52and I lost my mind.

14:53Because historically speaking,

14:55they're going to say

14:56he didn't do anything.

14:57And it's like,

14:58nope, nobody saw it.

15:00There's six umpires

15:00here now.

15:01I know there was

15:02an instant replay,

15:03but there's normally

15:03four on the field,

15:04there's a couple

15:04of extra set of eyes.

15:06Somebody had to see

15:06how ridiculous that was.

15:08This is a huge decision,

15:09a very, very big decision here.

15:11A very pivotal point

15:13in this ballgame,

15:14in this series.

15:15If they don't change it,

15:16the Yankees

15:17would have a tying run

15:18at second and one out.

15:21I literally can't help

15:22laughing every time

15:23I see that play.

15:25See what the ruling

15:26is going to be?

15:26They're breaking up.

15:28And now they're pointing

15:29to Jeter.

15:29He's out!

15:31He's out.

15:31A-Rod is out!

15:32Jeter goes back to first

15:34and here comes Torrey.

15:35Well, he got it right again.

15:37When the call went

15:37against him,

15:39you know,

15:40when he was called out

15:40and everything,

15:41I was literally like,

15:42what is happening?

15:46Things are going our way.

15:47Like, what is going on?

15:48This is...

15:49This is crazy.

15:51Alex on second,

15:52he kind of puts his hands

15:52up in his head.

15:53He's like...

15:54He's looking around like,

15:55what do I do?

15:56I'm like, bro.

15:57You can see

15:58this sort of psychological

16:00unraveling happening,

16:02both by A-Rod

16:03on the field

16:04and by the fans

16:06in the stands

16:07because in the aftermath

16:08of the umpire's ruling

16:10that A-Rod was out

16:11and Derek Jeter

16:12had to go back to first,

16:13they snapped.

16:15They started throwing

16:15trash onto the field.

16:16This is awful.

16:18They're going to have

16:18a long delay here.

16:20Bottles and Terry Francona

16:22flying out.

16:22They better get the team

16:23off the field here.

16:24Terry Francona

16:25wants his team

16:26to leave the field.

16:27It was crazy, dude.

16:29We had police lined up,

16:31foul pole to foul pole.

16:32We're like,

16:33what in the hell's going on?

16:34It seemed like the Yankees

16:35had done something desperate

16:36in order to get back

16:37in the game

16:38and it had failed.

16:414-2.

16:43Red Sox are ahead.

16:45This comeback

16:47that Yankee fans

16:49were making fun of

16:50a day or two earlier

16:51has got them

16:52really paddocked.

16:54Another dramatic

16:55ball game.

16:57here in the Bronx

16:59at a series

17:00this has been.

17:00And that is

17:02what's on the table

17:02when Tony Clark,

17:05representing the game

17:05running run,

17:06two men on base,

17:07comes to bat

17:07with two outs

17:08in the bottom

17:08of the ninth inning.

17:09That is the winning run.

17:10The tying runs are on.

17:13Tony Clark,

17:15rich hitter with power.

17:16If Tony Clark comes up

17:18and creates magic

17:21for the Yankees

17:22and the Yankees

17:23win that game

17:24and it's all over,

17:25that would have been

17:26in keeping

17:26with the way it's gone

17:28so many times

17:28for the Red Sox

17:29over the years.

17:31For Red Sox fans,

17:32they're all thinking

17:32the same thing.

17:33We're going to have to add

17:34Tony fucking Clark

17:34to the list

17:37after Aaron fucking Boone

17:38and Bucky fucking Dent.

17:41There's going to be

17:42Tony fucking Clark

17:43at number three.

17:44It's happening.

17:44It's written in the stars.

17:46That's how this is going to end.

17:47We were wondering

17:47how it was going to end

17:48and now we know.

17:49One strike away.

17:53Here's the stretch.

17:55The runner's ready to go.

17:56The 3-2 pitch.

17:57Swing and a miss.

17:58He threw a fastball by him.

18:00Game seven coming up tonight

18:02here at Yankee Stadium.

18:05Keith Bolt

18:06sends the Red Sox

18:07on to a seventh

18:08and deciding game

18:09by striking out

18:10Tony Clark

18:11on a 3-2 fastball

18:12and the Red Sox

18:13win it 4-2.

18:18Kurt Schilling

18:18on a bad ankle

18:19hits one of the

18:21most brilliant games

18:22you will ever see

18:23in a postseason

18:24as the Red Sox

18:26force a game seven

18:27with a 4-2 win.

18:29That felt so good.

18:31That felt so good.

18:32It was like

18:33you got to give

18:34a big fuck you

18:35to all of New York City.

18:37They were emptying out

18:39the house that Ruth built.

18:41It was like so perfect

18:42if it was in a Hollywood movie.

18:43You know,

18:43to use that cliche,

18:44you wouldn't believe it.

18:45Can you imagine

18:46what it was like

18:46after game six

18:47for the Yankees?

18:48They would have just felt like

18:49you have got to be kidding me.

18:51Absolutely terrible.

18:52How do you devastate?

18:53We're going to win

18:53tomorrow night though.

18:54We are going to win

18:55tomorrow night.

18:55It ain't over by any stretch

18:57not against this team

18:58and against this organization.

18:59We have as much respect

19:00for them as any

19:01organization in the game.

19:03but I'm feeling

19:05pretty special

19:06about being a part

19:07of this club right now.

19:08One of the reasons

19:09I have never missed

19:10a minute of professional baseball

19:12is because the losses

19:13were a hundred times

19:16harder than the wins

19:17were good.

19:19When I won,

19:20there was that 30

19:21to 45 minutes

19:21in the locker room

19:22and that night

19:23was no different

19:24where I was looking around

19:25like I was proud.

19:26I did my job

19:26and my teammates

19:28did their jobs

19:29and we won the game

19:30and as soon as

19:31I get past that

19:32it's okay,

19:32who do I have next?

19:35You know,

19:36that team over there

19:37on the other side

19:37they responded well.

19:39Three games there

19:39are do or die

19:40so now we're going

19:40to find out

19:41how we respond.

19:42We got to come here

19:43and, you know,

19:44think that there's

19:45only one game

19:45to get going

19:46so, I mean,

19:46both teams

19:47are in the same position.

19:48We had some opportunities

19:49again tonight.

19:49I know I had one there

19:50in the ninth

19:50and came up short

19:51but we got one

19:52big ball game left

19:53and the seven games

19:54there was down

19:55to one game.

19:56Human beings

20:02by their nature

20:04want to believe

20:05that things

20:05are predictable.

20:07They will make up reasons.

20:09The ancient Greeks

20:10made up the gods.

20:12Today we make up superstitions.

20:15I didn't believe

20:16in curses

20:17but I still

20:18was superstitious

20:19as a fa...

20:19Like, I'm not going

20:20to be the one

20:20to mess it up.

20:21If I didn't

20:22turn my hat

20:23inside out

20:24and then put it

20:25backwards on my

20:26head

20:27at that exact

20:28moment

20:29then that next

20:30good thing

20:31that happened

20:31wouldn't have happened.

20:32I'm superstitious

20:33about very silly things

20:34so I wore socks

20:36for like

20:36five straight days.

20:38I thought

20:38if I continue

20:39wearing the same

20:40pair of socks

20:41that they would

20:42somehow

20:42pull it off

20:44and in game five

20:46that happened

20:47and somehow

20:49to the fact

20:49I'm wearing them

20:50right now.

20:51That's fandom.

20:52It's like

20:52whatever your weird

20:53thing is

20:54that you have to do

20:54if you have to

20:55come to this game

20:56with underwear

20:57that you haven't

20:58washed for two weeks

20:59don't tell me

21:00right?

21:01But do your part.

21:02You do your part

21:03and they'll do

21:03their part.

21:04You know

21:05after the

21:06dreaded 03 season

21:09there were four of us

21:10and we started

21:10just going to hike

21:11Mount Washington

21:12the biggest mountain

21:14in New England

21:14we get up to the top

21:16and two of us

21:18had Red Sox hats on

21:19and one of them

21:20just grabbed his hat

21:22and just whipped

21:23a magic marker

21:24out of his backpack

21:26and we just decided

21:27we're going to write

21:28Curse of the Bambino

21:30and we're going to

21:30break this curse

21:31we're going to do it.

21:31We found a perfect

21:32little spot

21:33and we just buried

21:35that hat on the mountain

21:36the rest is history

21:37really.

21:40That hope

21:41you know

21:42the thing that we

21:43have been carrying

21:43on our backs

21:44and belief

21:45and the idea

21:47of what's possible

21:48we've been holding

21:49that, been carrying

21:50that for decades

21:52at this point.

21:54If you're prone

21:55to superstition

21:57it's not

21:58rational

22:00but it's

22:02emotionally fulfilling

22:03for sure.

22:05It's part of what

22:06it is to be human

22:07is to think

22:08and feel this way.

22:09If you've never

22:10had to

22:11move on faith

22:13before

22:14you can't see

22:16what I can see.

22:21There's a phrase

22:22in anthropology

22:24to be human

22:25is to have a story.

22:28The Red Sox

22:28are cursed

22:29is a story

22:30that everybody

22:31believes in

22:32and then it

22:32becomes the story.

22:33Red Sox

22:3419, 18

22:35Red Sox mythology

22:36Manifestation

22:39of mythology

22:39and belief

22:41all of that

22:42is very much

22:44part of the

22:44history of Boston.

22:46Boston was a place

22:49of literature

22:50words

22:50of storytellers

22:52and thinkers

22:52and speakers.

22:54Ask not

22:55what your country

22:57can do for you

22:58ask what you

23:00can do

23:00for your country.

23:03It's not just

23:04because of the colleges

23:05but because of the people

23:06that were there

23:06and the tenor of it

23:07and part of that's

23:08the Irish tradition

23:09the Irish immigrants

23:09who showed up

23:10part of it

23:11predates that.

23:13All these writers

23:14and philosophers

23:15and thinkers

23:15who were there

23:16is part of what

23:17allows Boston

23:18to be the center

23:20of new thought

23:21and philosophy.

23:23In the 1850s

23:24Henry David Thoreau

23:25began to think

23:27along with Emerson

23:27of what was called

23:29the Transcendentalist

23:30Movement

23:30which had more

23:31to do with emotion

23:32than reason

23:33with passion

23:34with feeling like

23:35you could start anew

23:37and you didn't have

23:38to be shackled

23:38by the past.

23:39We're getting it

23:40this time.

23:41This year I think

23:41we're going all the way.

23:43We're going to break

23:43the curse this year.

23:45Emerson would write

23:46about the fact

23:46that people should realize

23:47that a new sun

23:48is setting on us too.

23:50We can look forward.

23:51We can take matters

23:52in our own hand.

23:53We don't have to be

23:54shackled by the past

23:55and somehow

23:56maybe that spirit

23:57got into that team

23:58especially in 0-4.

24:02By winning

24:03last night's game six

24:04the Red Sox

24:05have already made

24:05the greatest comeback

24:06in baseball

24:07postseason history.

24:08If they should win

24:09tonight's game seven

24:10will that comeback

24:11be extolled

24:12or will the thrust

24:13of the story

24:14be that the Yankees

24:15collapsed?

24:21The Red Sox

24:22they carried

24:22significant momentum

24:24in a game six

24:24in the Bronx

24:25and yes

24:26the Yankees

24:27had to be saying

24:28uh-oh

24:28this could be the year

24:29but you had to be

24:31mindful of the fact

24:32that there were

24:34so many cases

24:35throughout

24:36history

24:37where something

24:37would tragically

24:39unexpectedly

24:40but oh

24:41sure

24:42it's the Red Sox

24:42go wrong.

24:44Over the last

24:4560 some odd years

24:46in game sevens

24:47there was every

24:49reason to believe

24:50that the way

24:51this would end

24:52was the Sox

24:52would simply

24:53blow it in game seven.

24:54They'd come this close

24:55only to come up short

24:56once again.

24:58But everything

24:59felt different

25:00about this Red Sox team.

25:02Going into game seven

25:03I think if you pulled

25:04a hundred Yankee fans

25:06probably 95 of them

25:07would have told you

25:07that the Yankees

25:08were going to lose.

25:09You know what?

25:09I think the Sox

25:10are going to do it.

25:10I think this is it.

25:11Yeah.

25:12I believed in that team

25:13so much.

25:14I'm like we're

25:15going to do it.

25:16It just felt different.

25:172004 felt different.

25:19We were down

25:19three to nothing

25:20and now suddenly

25:21it's three three

25:21and you felt like

25:23it was a different team.

25:24You felt like

25:24you'd be a jerk

25:26to not believe in them

25:27at that point.

25:27A story recycles

25:31till it has exhausted itself

25:35and then it shifts.

25:38In the transition

25:40there's turbulence

25:41there's a lot of recycling

25:43and then there's a jump.

25:49It's literally a death

25:50and a resurrection.

25:52Old meanings

25:53old context

25:53old relationships

25:54and old stories

25:55die.

25:57Is tonight's

25:58Red Sox-Yankees

25:59game seven

26:00the most anticipated

26:01game in sports history?

26:03Ninth inning

26:04the Red Sox

26:04are going to have

26:05a 4-2 lead

26:06and they're going

26:06to blow it

26:07and these people

26:07in New England

26:08are going to say

26:09I wish we had been swept.

26:10Baseball is about

26:11playing percentages.

26:12230 teams

26:14have been at this

26:14very point

26:15in the history

26:16of team professional sports.

26:18Two have broken through

26:19and they've both

26:20been in hockey.

26:21It's not going to happen.

26:21When this is over

26:22no matter which team

26:24gets the World Series

26:25the World Series

26:26can't be

26:27as big

26:27as this

26:28particular game.

26:29Down goes the series.

26:30Terry Francona

26:31has shaken up

26:31the bottom part

26:32of his batting order

26:33a little bit

26:33to try and get

26:34the offense going.

26:34The top part

26:35of the order

26:35is staying the same

26:36and that means

26:37that leadoff hitter

26:37Johnny Damon

26:38needs to get on

26:39and try and make

26:40something happen.

26:41So far

26:41he hasn't.

26:42Tito stayed with me

26:43stayed strong

26:45and I always felt

26:47like when I came up

26:48I can make a difference.

26:50Boston loved Johnny Damon.

26:56Boston was

26:56Johnny Damon central.

27:00There was like

27:01a lot of merch

27:02about him.

27:03There was those

27:03Johnny is my homeboy

27:05t-shirts.

27:06The images of Jesus

27:08we were raised on

27:09Johnny did bear

27:10a bit of a resemblance to

27:11and what are you

27:12going to just let that go?

27:13You're not going to

27:14make that into a t-shirt?

27:15I do think

27:16I had one

27:17I'll admit.

27:21Everybody in Boston

27:22had a crush

27:24on Johnny Damon

27:24male or female

27:25it seems like.

27:26He had these

27:27flowing locks of hair

27:29beautiful

27:30sort of

27:31chiseled face

27:32and he was

27:33breezy

27:34and happy-go-lucky.

27:36He looked like

27:37a guy out of

27:37a surfing movie.

27:38The attitude

27:39that we bring

27:40to this team

27:40we're always relaxed

27:42we're always trying

27:42to have fun.

27:44That team

27:44was absolutely

27:45amazing

27:46and we had

27:47a bond

27:47we had each

27:48other's back

27:49and nobody

27:51thought we

27:52could do this

27:53but we're here

27:54let's win.

28:02This is the Red Sox

28:03and the Yankees

28:04Game 7

28:05the winner

28:05goes to the

28:06World Series

28:07the loser

28:07goes home.

28:09It's Game 7

28:09it's Yankee Stadium

28:10you know

28:12in a lot of ways

28:13it felt like

28:13deja vu

28:14it felt like

28:15you had fought

28:15an entire year

28:17to get back

28:17to the same place

28:18that we just

28:20were at.

28:23And now

28:24we've got

28:25Derek Lowe

28:25on the mound

28:26and

28:27who knows

28:28what's going

28:28to happen.

28:32The Red Sox

28:32have to

28:33get it done

28:34here tonight

28:34they have to

28:35beat the Yankees

28:36again

28:36Johnny Damon

28:37who's been

28:37struggling

28:38approaches

28:38the batter's box

28:39the Red Sox

28:42season on the

28:42line

28:43again.

28:48Here's the pitch

28:51swing a high

28:52drive to deep

28:53right

28:53back toward the

28:54corner

28:55and goes

28:55Shiffier

28:56looking up

28:57clam clam

28:58Johnny Damon

28:59with one swing

29:01of the bat

29:02has given the Red Sox

29:03four more runs

29:04they lead it

29:05six to nothing

29:05gave seven

29:07I was in Los Angeles

29:08and I was at

29:10Universal City Walk

29:12and I was driving

29:13up the hill

29:14when Johnny Damon

29:16hit the Grand Slam

29:17and I was by myself

29:19and I was

29:21screaming

29:21Johnny Damon

29:23hit a Grand Slam

29:24and it was like

29:25you're watching it now

29:27now you get to

29:28enjoy watching it

29:29and the Yankees

29:30didn't look like

29:30they were going to

29:31come back

29:31they looked like

29:31they wanted to

29:32go home

29:32they looked like

29:34they were done

29:35they couldn't

29:37believe they were

29:38going to have

29:38the ignominity

29:39of being the one

29:40team that got

29:41come back

29:42up three nothing

29:43you never wanted

29:44to say we got

29:45this

29:45but you sure

29:47started to feel

29:47inside

29:48you were in

29:49a special place

29:52we were loose

29:53we weren't tight

29:54we were free

29:56and we had

29:57nothing to lose

29:57and oh by god

29:59the giant Damon

30:00come through

30:00here it comes

30:02swing in the drive

30:03deep to right

30:04way back

30:05way back

30:06up for dark

30:07home run

30:08Johnny Damon

30:09I was walking

30:10with some friends

30:11over in Western

30:12Roxbury

30:12I remember that

30:13and my experience

30:14was just

30:14oh my god

30:16we were watching

30:17glued to the screen

30:19like just glued

30:20it's a holy shit

30:22this might happen

30:24but also

30:25let's not get

30:26too excited

30:26or do anything

30:27to jinx

30:28what feels like

30:30is about to happen

30:31we go to the last

30:33of the ninth inning

30:33the Red Sox

30:35are three outs

30:36away

30:36from what

30:37for them

30:38would be history

30:39here in the Bronx

30:40one of the beautiful

30:41things about sports

30:42is it's just a metaphor

30:43for life

30:43it's a metaphor

30:44for failing

30:45getting back up again

30:46it's a metaphor

30:47for the hard work

30:49you have to put in

30:49it's a metaphor

30:50for what excellence

30:51can look like

30:53it's a metaphor

30:54for the unpredictability

30:56of life

30:56and it's a metaphor

30:59for the like

30:59rare moment

31:00where something

31:02wonderful can happen

31:03that sort of

31:04keeps us all going

31:05the hope of that

31:06the imagining

31:07the fantasy of that

31:08and it can actually

31:11bring joy

31:13the 1-0 pitch

31:16swinging a ground

31:18ball to second base

31:19Hokey Reeves has it

31:20he throws the first

31:22and the Red Sox

31:22have won the

31:23American League

31:23tennis

31:24vanquishing the Yankees

31:44the way that they did

31:45it suddenly felt like

31:47oh my god

31:48this is

31:48we're living history

31:50I'm very confident

31:52that if you could measure

31:54joy

31:54beating the Yankees

31:56would have

31:57broke the scale

31:58best time of my life

31:59I can't even

32:00I can't compare this

32:01to anything

32:01yeah

32:02there is a religious

32:06quality to the

32:07redemptiveness of

32:08suffering

32:08that the reward

32:10of which took

32:1186 years

32:12to transpire

32:13but it did

32:15this was our

32:16World Series

32:16this is all I wanted

32:17to beat the Yankees

32:19and beat the Yankees

32:20to go to the

32:21World Series

32:22that's

32:23as good as it gets

32:25it couldn't have been

32:26any other way

32:27right

32:27to break the curse

32:29we had to do it

32:31against them

32:31I don't even have

32:35the words

32:35it's crazy

32:37that a baseball game

32:38could mean so much

32:39but um

32:40it did

32:43it does

32:44still does

32:46now they own

32:51the biggest choke

32:52in sports history

32:53and it was

32:54at our hands

32:55and we danced

32:56on their lawn

32:57we danced

32:58on their lawn

32:59and nothing

33:00will ever

33:01change that

33:02and real Yankees fans

33:04they will be

33:05haunted by that

33:06until the day

33:07they die

33:07just like we're

33:08haunted by

33:09Bucky fucking Dent

33:10and Aaron fucking Boone

33:12now they have

33:13a taste of it

33:13and that was

33:14the sweetest thing

33:15that I can possibly

33:17think of

33:17all of my friends

33:19were comedians

33:20and most of them

33:21were Yankee fans

33:21they

33:23they didn't pick up

33:24the phone

33:24and then they would say

33:26like when I did see

33:27and be like

33:27oh you know

33:27I'm happy for you guys

33:28I'm happy for you guys

33:29it's like no you're not

33:30what do you mean

33:32what do you mean

33:33that's it

33:34I'm happy for you guys

33:35all the shit you gave us

33:36I'm happy for you guys

33:37you think you're just

33:37walking away

33:38that's what's

33:39that's how it goes down

33:40all right

33:41oh baby

33:42oh baby

33:44did you ever

33:45think we did you ever

33:46think we'd see the day

33:47when Chuck Nixon

33:49is his weight

33:50bonds in reverse

33:51with the champagne

33:53and the bleachers

33:54and right

33:55the Red Sox

33:56are going

33:57to the World Series

33:58will Red Sox nation

34:06now be content

34:07even if they don't

34:08win the World Series

34:09well I don't know

34:10if they're content

34:10but there has been

34:11a huge cloud

34:14lifted off the franchise

34:15they won't be content

34:16they had two goals

34:17this year

34:18beat the Yankees

34:19and win the World Series

34:20one goal is done

34:21but they will not

34:22be satisfied

34:23I'm sure

34:23until everyone stops

34:25talking about 1918

34:26a team that won

34:27105 games

34:28make an argument

34:28the Cardinals

34:29were the best team

34:29in all of Major League

34:30Baseball this year

34:31the Cardinals

34:32have a great

34:33offensive lineup

34:34they're going to

34:35outscore the

34:36Boston Red Sox

34:37you can take

34:39Dan Shaughnessy's book

34:40you can take

34:41the curse

34:41let me tell you

34:42what's going on here

34:42it's over

34:44the curse is over

34:4504

34:50I was in Geneva

34:51shooting Siriana

34:53George Clooney

34:55was producing that movie

34:56and I called him

34:56and I said

34:57this is

34:58about the most

34:59unprofessional thing

35:00I've ever said

35:01in my life

35:01but

35:01I can't work

35:03next week

35:04and George

35:05and he's just laughing

35:06and laughing

35:07he goes

35:07I already changed

35:08the schedule

35:08he goes

35:09you have

35:10he goes

35:10I know your guy

35:11you gotta get home

35:11for the World Series

35:12nobody in Boston

35:15nobody in Boston

35:16wanted to miss a World Series

35:17this was before

35:20like you could just

35:21pull up the game

35:22on your phone

35:22we went to the World Series

35:25we went to the World Series

35:27because win or lose

35:29I wanted to be part

35:29of that history

35:30my whole family went

35:32we scalped tickets

35:34like some of us

35:34were in center field

35:35some were on third base

35:36we were all over the park

35:371918 was still

35:43a thing

35:441918 was not gonna go away

35:47unless the Red Sox

35:47won the World Series

35:48I'd like to say

35:49that the Red Sox

35:50coming back from 0-3

35:51was good enough

35:53and I know

35:54most Red Sox fans

35:57before they actually

35:58finished coming back

35:59from 0-3

36:00would say

36:00it would have been

36:01good enough

36:01but

36:03you know

36:04we were going

36:05to the World Series again

36:06we had to win

36:07the Red Sox

36:14could have beat

36:15any baseball team

36:17in history

36:17after beating New York

36:18they were unstoppable

36:20they had done it already

36:21they had already won

36:23high fly ball

36:26deep into the night

36:27is it fair or foul

36:28it is gone

36:30we just steamrolled them

36:37they were never in a game

36:38you were never worried

36:39flies that one to right

36:41did he hook it too much

36:42it's down the line

36:44it strikes the foul

36:45Paul it's gone

36:46it's gone

36:47a two-run homer

36:48for Bellhorn

36:49we weren't worried

36:52about losing the World Series

36:52we just

36:53were kind of wondering

36:54if they could beat us

36:54in one game

36:55game one

36:58we win

36:58and it's like

36:59man

36:59okay

37:00it's over now

37:01they just

37:10they just mowed through those guys

37:12they walked through them

37:14they just mowed through those guys

37:14they walked through them

37:16they were riding the magic of doing the unthinkable

37:26the unimaginable

37:27well you know what's at stake here

37:29the Boston Red Sox

37:30one win away

37:31from trying to do something

37:33that the franchise hasn't accomplished

37:34in 86 years

37:36swing and a drive right field

37:40backing up Walker

37:41turning around

37:42it's into the bullpen

37:44and the Sox have done it again

37:45they lead one to nothing

37:47so big

37:49every out creating excitement

37:52back in New England

37:53he kicks and deals

37:57swing and a miss

37:58he got him on a fastball

38:00two out in the ninth inning

38:02here on the banks of the Mississippi River

38:05the Red Sox

38:06need one more out

38:07one more

38:09one more

38:10one more

38:11when the ball got grounded back to Keith Folk

38:21I was like holy shit

38:23like he can't fuck this up

38:26like

38:27this isn't out

38:28and he

38:29he underhanded the ball

38:31and

38:32the second

38:33Minkiewicz caught it

38:35I just screamed

38:36oh my god

38:37Red Sox fans have longed to hear it

38:40the Boston Red Sox

38:41are world champions

38:43I cried

38:58instantaneously

39:02tears

39:05to the greatest Red Sox team

39:07ever

39:08it's over

39:14like

39:16no more of this shit

39:17there was a salve

39:19put on a part of my soul

39:20that

39:21I feel like

39:22I'm cured

39:24we're in Boston

39:34I've got several friends over

39:35we're at my apartment

39:37in the Fenway

39:38we go out on the roof

39:41my friends say

39:43maybe we should start heading home

39:46beat traffic

39:47and we looked out over the parapets

39:50and I was like

39:51too late

39:52I mean within seconds

39:54it seemed like seconds

39:55it might have been minutes

39:56Kenmore

39:59flooded

40:01Star Drive was backed up

40:02people were just

40:04streaming

40:05into the middle of the city

40:06to be near Fenway Park

40:11to touch that

40:12my friends were like

40:14we ain't getting home for hours

40:15yeah I was like what's the point

40:16and we went out

40:17and we just wandered in it

40:18and it was

40:19it was wonderful

40:21all the guys I was with

40:24were Boston guys

40:25they'd grown up in Boston

40:26it meant the same to all of us

40:28like

40:29we did it

40:30I still felt like a little kid

40:35I still feel like a little kid

40:35when I think about 2004

40:37it makes me feel like a child

40:38and that's a great feeling

40:39because it's

40:41pure

40:41the years

40:43of a city's

40:45frustration

40:46the years of a city's loss

40:47the years

40:48of a city

40:49never

40:50feeling like

40:52enough

40:54it made me proud

40:56to be from there

40:58to be part of it

41:00it was unbelievable

41:13the parade

41:14I've never seen

41:15more people in my life

41:17it was the coolest thing

41:18you've ever seen

41:19the Red Sox got a hero's

41:21welcome when they arrived

41:23the faithful

41:24who had the faith

41:25all season out

41:25celebrating

41:26a World Series title

41:27you felt good

41:30you woke up

41:31feeling good

41:32and I had nothing

41:33to do with it

41:34I didn't play on the team

41:35I'm not good at baseball

41:37I didn't

41:37I had nothing

41:38what right had I

41:40to take joy in it

41:41except

41:41that was sort of

41:43the function of that

41:44is that they were our

41:45emblem

41:45they were representative

41:47of us

41:47and so it meant something

41:49to us when they won

41:50and it meant something

41:53to me

41:53and it meant something

41:54to me in 2003

41:55when they didn't

41:55but it meant the world

41:56to me in 2004

41:57when they didn't

41:58I've never seen

42:06Boston turn out

42:08not just in the numbers

42:09of people

42:10there's estimates

42:10that half the population

42:12of Massachusetts

42:13not Boston

42:14but Massachusetts

42:15was in Boston

42:17that day

42:17it was

42:19an extraordinary moment

42:21the 2004 team

42:25would have to be

42:26one of the easiest teams

42:28to root for

42:29in the history

42:29of any sport

42:31they were just

42:33the way they played

42:34the joy

42:36that they

42:37clearly had

42:38and shared

42:38playing

42:39was so infectious

42:41that you felt it

42:42as a fan

42:42I ran

42:47to Boylston Street

42:48and stood

42:50on the corner

42:51as these guys

42:53that I

42:53that

42:53you know

42:54I felt like I knew

42:55tears were just

42:56falling down my face

42:57and everybody else

43:00was having the same

43:00experience all around

43:02but it was this

43:03something lifting

43:06my dad's health

43:25had deteriorated

43:26a lot

43:27and

43:27you know

43:29I would go see him

43:29before every game

43:30I went to

43:31in 0-4

43:32and he'd say

43:34they're gonna do it

43:35they're gonna do it

43:37and I got to go over

43:39and see him

43:39after they did

43:40and um

43:41man

43:42and I'm not

43:45the only one

43:46you know

43:47there are

43:47millions

43:49of Red Sox fans

43:51who waited

43:51whose parents

43:53never got to see

43:53it happen

43:54following the

43:56World Series

43:57it became

43:58a tidal wave

43:59of tributes

44:01and emotional

44:02gestures

44:03to generations

44:04past

44:05the people

44:05long gone

44:06who loved

44:07the team

44:08who suffered

44:08with them

44:09most of whom

44:10had never

44:11experienced

44:12the championship

44:13they went to

44:14grave sites

44:15of their parents

44:16their grandparents

44:17their best friends

44:18and were bringing

44:19pennants

44:20Red Sox hats

44:21baseballs

44:22headlines

44:23from the newspaper

44:24my dad

44:27when he was dying

44:28he

44:28he said

44:29you know

44:31one of the places

44:31he'd like some

44:32of his ashes

44:33was

44:33Fenway

44:35my dad was a pitcher

44:36left-handed pitcher

44:37I was like

44:38let me try and get him

44:38on the mound

44:39and he's like

44:39fuck no

44:40he goes

44:40put him in the seats

44:41he goes

44:41I never made it

44:42to the field

44:42in 2018

44:46when we were in the world

44:47series

44:47my brother

44:49took his

44:50two boys

44:51to game one

44:53and

44:54and he called me

44:56because he was like

44:56I would never

44:58spread

44:58dad's ashes

44:59you know

45:00without you

45:01but I got a little bit

45:02of him in my pocket

45:03here

45:03I said

45:06Kyle man

45:07it's

45:08it's Chris Sale

45:09against Clayton Kershaw

45:10I'm like

45:11it's the two best

45:12left-handed pitchers

45:13in the world

45:14at Fenway

45:15in the world series

45:16I'm like

45:17of course you gotta do it

45:18and it's you

45:19and you're with your

45:20and you're with his grandsons

45:21you have my absolute

45:23blessing to

45:24and so he

45:25he dumped a little

45:27thimble of them

45:28there

45:29which I think is illegal

45:30but

45:30they got swept up

45:31with the peanuts

45:32but that's what my dad wanted

45:34that's where he wanted him

45:36so

45:37it is true I think

45:48when the players say

45:49like it's joy

45:50to play in front of fans

45:51like this

45:52because

45:52you know

45:53you have fans

45:53that care that much

45:55you know

45:55it's all you can ask for

45:56you respect

45:57and you know

45:58that if they're right there

45:59with you

45:59that means they're crushed

46:00when you miss it

46:01but

46:01they're elated

46:02when you don't

46:03sports in Boston

46:05are just intertwined

46:07you can't get away

46:08from them

46:09my grandmother

46:09skipped my wedding

46:10to watch the Red Sox game

46:12I mean my dad

46:13never saw them win

46:14my dad passed away

46:15when um

46:16before they won

46:17and a lot of my family

46:18members that came here

46:19in the 60s

46:20didn't see them win

46:21and the fact that

46:22even my kids are

46:23Red Sox fans

46:23it has to be

46:24more than yes

46:25a team

46:25this is our daughter

46:27Robin

46:29mother of two

46:30beautiful girls

46:31one of them

46:32has the distinction

46:33of being the first

46:35baby born

46:36after the Red Sox

46:37won the World Series

46:39my mom

46:40literally waited

46:41until they're

46:41exactly three months

46:42she's like

46:43okay

46:43we're going

46:44so that was

46:45when they both

46:45first got to go

46:46to Fenway

46:46at three months

46:47it's not really

46:50the players

46:51I mean it is

46:52in the sense

46:53of the accomplishment

46:54but in the sense

46:55of the spirit

46:56of what people

46:57bring to it

46:59and the heart

46:59and soul

47:00of what it was

47:01and is

47:01to be a Red Sox fan

47:02that has to do

47:04with the fans

47:04with the people

47:05who show up

47:05come to the games

47:06who root

47:07who believe in it

47:08and the Red Sox

47:09become the first team

47:11in the 21st century

47:13with four world championships

47:15can you believe it

47:17Boston had the best

47:20nickname

47:20that any city

47:22can ever have

47:23it's a city

47:24of champions

47:24the Red Sox

47:26Bruins

47:26Celtics

47:26and Patriots

47:27have combined

47:28to win 11 championships

47:29since 2001

47:30hard to believe

47:31my nephews

47:33for instance

47:33don't

47:34know anything

47:36but

47:36victory

47:38like their

47:40their world view

47:41is different

47:41you know

47:43yeah the Red Sox

47:44they win

47:44the Patriots

47:46they win

47:46the Celtics

47:46they win

47:47like that's what happens

47:48the Bruins win

47:49like

47:49we win

47:50versus us

47:51it was like

47:52we fight

47:52we fight tooth and nail

47:54and

47:55and try our best

47:57and we might win

47:59I know that

48:01when the Red Sox

48:01won in 2004

48:02it lifted

48:03this

48:04big cloud

48:06of just

48:07sadness

48:08and despair

48:09off

48:09of the Red Sox

48:11fandom

48:11rather than

48:12rather than

48:13rather than

48:13it being

48:14bonded

48:14through trauma

48:15it was bonded

48:17through victory

48:18we felt more confident

48:21as fans

48:22that's for sure

48:22but I think

48:23Boston felt more confident

48:25too as a city

48:26less defensive

48:28less concerned

48:29about the past

48:30maybe they could

48:31look like the

48:32Transcendentalists did

48:33and the Emersonians did

48:34look at the present

48:35and look at the future

48:36and think about the future

48:37in a positive way

48:38I mean maybe that's

48:39laying too much

48:40on baseball

48:41but not if you're

48:42a baseball fan

48:43I really believe

48:452004

48:46fundamentally changed

48:48that city

48:48because it went

48:50from a place

48:51where things

48:52weren't going to

48:53work out for you

48:54where it's kind of

48:55a city of losers

48:55where Reverse the Curse

48:57was painted on that

48:58sign on Stora Drive

48:59and nobody ever

49:00took it down

49:01to

49:02what do you do

49:03when you're a winner

49:04it's never going to be

49:06the same

49:07because there's no

49:10story there anymore

49:11that lonely feeling

49:12of accomplishing a goal

49:14of like okay

49:14not like

49:15my whole thing

49:15was focused on this

49:16and then I just did it

49:17now what do I do

49:18but

49:20it's way better

49:22than losing

49:23something

49:27has a hole

49:29so

49:31v

49:35something

49:35has a hole

49:37for me

49:39I'm

49:40a

49:41link to the

49:43meeting

49:44one

49:44night

49:44every time

49:46I'm

49:46all

49:47over

49:48time

49:49Oh, yes it did, I went to a meeting one night.

50:15Oh, yes it did, something got a hold of me.

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