sophie's fair

Wile E. Coyote (c) Warner Bros

"Thank you, Red Sox!" fans chanted their neverending gratitude as the red sox finished the game with a jaw-dropping victory last night. i was laughing my brains out over these comments (left on dean's blog):

At long last, no more complaining about a curse... Perhaps the Cubs fans can have their turn soon.
-- Final Historian

Chicagoans will officially be able to say they are the world's most frustrated baseball fans.
-- Dean Esmay

Go go go!
-- John Irving

2 outs left... c'mon Sox!
-- John Irving

YEEEHAAA!!!!!!! 4 game sweep, yeah!
-- John Irving

Finally, Bostonites can stop with the carping.
-- Final Historian

now this one's my personal favourite:

After waiting for only 50 years for this, I'm certainly pleased. But the best part is:
The Universal Law of Karma
Only one group of Boston idiots gets to win the big one in any given year. Thus, JF Kerry will have to postpone his inauguration for another, oh, 86 years! Now THAT rocks!
-- Hatcher

I was watching Dennis Miller last night and he summed up how he felt about the "curse". I
paraphrase: "Boston, you weren't cursed when you traded the Big Bambino to the Yankees. It's just that for the past 86 years you've sucked!" It was awesome.
-- Kevin D

Hatcher: I hope that law holds true :-)
-- Dean Esmay

Well my father will be pleased. I bet the ambulance services were very busy in Massachusetts last night.
-- Andrew Ian Dodge

There are baseball fans left in Chicago after all these despairing decades? (How quaint. Like turning up a 160 year old civil war veteran.)
-- Arnold Harris

As a St. Louisan and homer galore I can't say the sweep made me happy, as a matter of fact it miffed me to all get out. I can say this though if anyone was to be able have the joy of victory while I was tasting defeat I am happy that it was Boston. Long awaited and now it's over. It will be interesting to see how they handle "winner" status now. Without the curse against them and the loveable loser tag the whole city may implode. Besides, it also opens the possibility for me to make fun of the Cubs fans more.
-- James Doney