Celebration? Really?

I write this as I sit in my room and see my Red Sox hat hang from my bed post. When  I look at it I remember when my team use to play with their all and as a team. I remember sitting next to my brother and father and enjoying a game at Fenway. But that was then and this is now.

The Red Sox for me are ranked number four when compared to all other teams in the Boston area. I'd rather watch the revolution play soccer at an empty stadium in Foxboro. There is a key reason to this, and it is not because I hate baseball, I like the sport, even though it doesn't move as fast as hockey does, I still enjoy the product. But, and theres a big but to this, The Red Sox have cared more about their brand than the sport in the past two or three years. This has only been made worse by the fact that this year the Red Sox are having a losing season. As I'm typing this the Red Sox win percentage is .434. For those of you that are not too bright or not Asian enough to be good at math that is below 50%. How can you celebrate anything and not look like a jackass when you lost more games than you have won.

With that history lesson on to the celebration. The Pesky celebration is not what I am referring to. I am referring to the celebration for the 2004 world series win. Really? I don't mean to be redundant but Really? How can you celebrate 8 years after winning the breaking of the curse during one of the worst seasons in recent history. I understand it was because this year is the 100th year anniversary, but now is not the time. This to me, and in my opinion, just shows how bad it has gotten in Fenway. Maz from the Felger and Maz show on 98.5 the sports hub said it right today. He said something along the lines of "Most teams when they win the world series celebrate it once and then move on". And this should be the case. I understand 86 years is a long time with no victory at the big game, I understand the park is 100 years old now, but for god sake have some humility.

Now I don't claim to be speaking for every sports fan, nor do I expect everyone to accept my opinion on this. I accept contrary beliefs to this. But take this into consideration. Do you think that if you did half the work that you were suppose to at your job that you would have a steady income for much longer. No and to think you would, would just be ignorant. So I say to you, oh fenway faithful, oh rouser of the green monster, should we really celebrate anything this season? (Other than Pesky, because both he and we need to celebrate his life.)