why i <3 boston

why do i love boston?

well, the obvious answer is that a) it's a liberal enclave (no, mommy, i do NOT want to live elsewhere in the country to see how the other side thinks or build character or whatever) and b) it snows! what more could you want?!?

but, really it's...

...because at 1 am on a cold, damp sunday night/monday morning, after a 5.5 hour game, all but a handful of the 39,000+ fans who had been crammed into fenway were still there to witness the sox's heartbreaking loss in game 3 of the alds (the first layer of the postseason).
...because as dustin pedroia, who at one point during the regular season had a series batting average of .1000 (freaking amazing) and was 0-17 (.000) in the postseason (aka in 17 at bats, he had produced no hits...no bueno) stepped up to the plate, he did so to emphatic chants of "MVP". (incidentally, he then crushed the ball off the monster to drive in a run and bring the score to 2-0, sox).
...because any time there's a game on, there's a crowd standing on the sidewalk or sitting in the chairs outside cardullo's in harvard square, watching The Game on the flat screen TV that faces the sidewalk and only comes on for sox games.
...because any time, any where (especially the green line), chants of "yankees suck!" are sure to be returned with enthusiasm.
...because the entire city knows the words (and sings along to) a one-hit wonder's 1966 punk rock song that never charted higher than #11 ("dirty water", by the standells, is the red sox victory anthem, played after every home win).
...because no matter what happens in september (and hopefully october), come april, we're ready to fall in love all over again.

go sox!!