World Series

Scotty McCreery was all set to see his beloved Boston Red Sox at the White House today, but it all went wrong, thanks to American Airlines.

The third Red Sox championship in ten years got me to thinking about my grandfathers last night, both of who were big "SAWX" fans. The reason being that neither of them got to see the Sox win a series in their lifetime. Well, they were both alive when the Red Sox won the 1918 series, but one was 6, the other 3, so that doesn't count, right...

My being a long time Red Sox fan, and I do mean LONG time, when I read that former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Pedro Borbon died recently, I couldn't help but think of that great '75 World Series when the Sox almost broke the curse. Borbon was a member of the Reds team that won back to back titles in 75 and 76...