With the Red Sox up two games to none in the World Series, yours truly is a pretty happy dude.  However, it’s pretty obvious that I’m in enemy territory right now.  They announced the final score of Game 1 during my flight out to Denver, and I was the only one who cheered… which got me some dirty looks.  And when I was exiting the plane, the pilot saw my Sox hat and said, “Out of everything I didn’t want to see on my plane tonight, a Red Sox hat is definitely not one of them.” Wow. 

I was watching the local Fox affiliate’s pre-game show yesterday, and it was pretty obvious they were reaching.  First, they showed a clip one of the guys from Boston’s biggest sports radio station, WEEI, and began talking over him, saying things like “oh, what does he know?” Then they did a whole segment about Fenway Park and how, despite the fact that it’s got a ton of heritage, it’s crammed into the downtown area where there’s not a lot of parking, and Coors Field is newer and bigger with better parking and technological advances like an electronic scoreboard.  Come on — is that really all you’ve got?  Denver has a better ballpark?  Yeah, because that’s really going to help you win games. 

And yes, I got dirty looks at the bar last night too, since I was again the only person in the place wearing Sox gear.  However, I fully expect Red Sox Nation to descend upon the Mile-High City within the next 48 hours, so I won’t be alone.  Go Sox!