As a lifelong Red Sox fan, this string of success that we’ve been on has been amazing. For years I had to watch as it felt like every other team got that chance to shine while the Sox were the lovable losers. Year after year I’d watch as the disappointment of another failed season washed over my father’s face.
Then shortly after the turn of the century, something changed. A new mentality in the front office and some fresh blood in the clubhouse removed the ghosts of failures past. The Bambino was laid to rest and there was a power shift in the AL East.