It is only choice of colleges that made me into a Sox fan. When I got to the Illinois Institue of Technology in the spring of '93, it was hard not to see this big stadium literally across the street (well, across the Dan Ryan). The Sox came into my radar that fall because they went to the division finals against the Blue Jays (and lost). From my room I could see the fireworks every time there was a home run. To me, baseball was a primitive sport with none of the finer nuances and complexities of cricket. So it didn't really matter much who was playing.
These many years later, I now regret not having gone to more games. I didn't have to deal with parking, and student tickets at that time were in the 10 to 20 dollar range for pretty decent seats.
Over the last couple of years, I've tried to make up for that, but ironically every time I buy tickets for the games, I have had to go out of town. So Tish ends up going to see the Yankees, or the Tigers with friends of hers.
So maybe it's a good thing that I ended up at IIT instead of, say, Northwestern. I'd still be a bitter Cubs fan!
Go Sox!
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With all due respect Mr Sen, we may be a little bitter now but that will make our victory all the sweeter!
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