So, earlier in the season, my friend told me a story about a kid who was actually from New York who was a HUGE Red Sox fan. He was supposedly a really good college ball player. He went to Fenway and grabbed a handful of dirt and said that he would return it when he was playing for them. Unfortunately he got some sort of terminal illness and had to quit baseball and ended up in the hospital where he died. This season, his parents brought back the dirt to Fenway. When interviewed by the press, the parents said that on his deathbed, this kid said that when he went to the afterlife, he would go find the Babe and would try to convince him to reverse the curse. I guess the conversation went well.

I gotta admit I was rooting for the Red Sox, only because I love the whole underdog overcoming the odds type of story line.
There is no arguing though when it comes to the hotness that is Mr. Jeter.

Ill be at the games Sat N Sun...Fying in fri night....

Can you say Ortiz? by the way,,,,French word "WAY!

Ok, as a Boston resident and Sox fan, I have to say, I don't understand the Jeter obsession - I think he has nice eyes, and is a good player, but do NOT think he is good looking by any means (Johnny Damon, as much as I love him, isn't that great looking either). But as for the boy breaking the curse? He was young I think, so I don't know about getting any from Boston girls! And we are saying EVERYTHING and ANYTHING about how and why the Curse is lifted - we are a superstitious city! :)

Just incredible. Boston has replaced Disneyworld as the happiest place on earth, if for only a day.

I actually don't think Jeter is good looking at all, but still, there's something about him. He just seems like such a balanced, sane, young leader. Everyone on the team seems to really like and respect him and he's obviously very talented. And he has a hot athletic body, which never hurts. All that is just plain sexy, no question.

Ah, Derek Jeter. I think it's fitting that he plays baseball, as his face looks as though someone took a bat to it several times.

Weirdest. Head. Ever.

OC Weekly's Steve Lowery:

Please, Please, Please, PLEASE, stop with talking about the Boston “curse.” You know the one about how the Red Sox have been cursed from winning a World Series because they traded Babe Ruth? Sure it’s a funny thing to put on a T-shirt, but it’s tired and, worse, glosses over the real reason the Red Sox haven’t won a World Series title since Woodrow Wilson was president: for much of the 20th Century, the Boston Red Sox were one of the most racist organizations in all of professional sports. They had an opportunity to sign Jackie Robinson but passed. They then had a chance to sign Willie Mays and passed, saying the game’s greatest all-around player wasn’t their type of player. In fact, the Red Sox were the last team to integrate their roster, grudgingly doing so in 1959, two years after Jackie Robinson retired. The end of it? Hardly. Between 1976, when free agency started in baseball, and 1992, the Red Sox signed no African-American free agents. Instead, for most of those years, they have cast their lot with big, slow white guys who could only score by hitting home runs. Curse? Karma.

I personally think A-Rod is hotter!

I'm not one to judge whether Damon or Jeter is hot. I did have the opportunity of a lengthy conversation with Damon when he had barely started in the minors. He probably knew at the time he was destined for some kind of greatness, but he was very patient and polite and real in answering my questions.

I just don't know why us Southerners don't click with baseball that much? We like it up until college, then the fans just aren't there.

Thanks for making me feel better about not being able to meet you and keeping this a private affair.

In my case, if you have to ask how much it is; then you really can't afford it. And even if we can never meet, I cannot afford an evening with you, and have no idea what you look like, I will insult you by saying I still want to get in your pants, jeans, skirt, g-sting...whatever you might be wearing!! ;-)

I'm normally a Yankees fan too. But I have a soft spot for Boston. It's the only MLB park I have been to to see a game and I've alw felt sorry for them since that amazing series in 1986. I'd love them to finally lay their WS bogey.

I am a long time reader up in Canada and your blog is amazing. I love your writing style.
You are an amazing girl. I just love coming here.

I just wrote about those people with B's on their forehead and now you are one of them too?

Regarding Zen's post, the kid who died was a friend of the family. He died suddenly running on a treadmill during the summer. He had just been offered a scholarship to play college ball in California. No Terminal illnes, No death bed statements regarding the Babe. Amazing how the truth changes...