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28 October 2004
The Red Sox comet and the power of the underdog
Last night was a historic moment for millions of baseball fans around the United States. The Boston Red Sox won the presumptuously titled World Series after a gap of 86 years. For a stranger to baseball that I am, it might be argued that last evening's game could have held no fancy. For the most part, that is correct but this morning I could still not help scouring over the flurry of articles that were choked with emotion, delirious reactions and nostalgic reminiscences. The last time I remembered doing this was when I studiously poured through every Australian newspaper online to read up reactions to the Adelaide test victory. I admit that I did not feel the same mix of beatitude and tremulation now as I did then and I could not have but if I experienced relief and amusement at the Red Sox winning, if I felt shortchanged that I had not been a Red Sox follower or even a baseball-fan amateur before last night to warrant experiencing this surge of gushing ecstasy and unbounded exhilaration from a fraternity that has suffered anguish and agony through its lifetime I can only imagine what a true believer and a Red Sox Nation enthusiast must be going through at this moment. Last night's victory was not merely a celebration of persistent faith but also powerful testimony to that most ancient notion of sentimentality -- rooting for the underdog. In the spirit of American enterprise, the Red Sox victory is already catalogued in DVD and available for sale within a day's passing.In the context of India's impending wrenching defeat against Australia in Nagpur the Boston Red Sox have infused in me a spirit of optimism and hope for better returns from my own Red Sox back home. Our time shall come.
