Wondering if anybody else had a similar experience with a sports team that they follow religiously.....On October 27th, 2004, after a nightmarish series of near misses and collapses, the Boston Red Sox finally won the World Series, setting off a celebration on a biblical scale for myself and those around me. Believe me, it had been a long time coming.
Anyway, since that event, I have found that I don't follow the team even remotely as near as I once did. Their exit from the playoffs last year at the hands of the ChiSox was definitely disappointing, but it was disappointment that lasted but a few moments.
Perhaps it was the near misses ('78 and Bucky Dent, the '86 meltdown, Pedro pitching into the 8th in '03) and other less well-known setbacks, or the fact that I didn't want to go to my grave without them having won in my lifetime, but after the championship it was like a huge burden was lifted and now apathy has set in.
Regardless, is there a "die-hard" fan of any team out there who experienced a similar scenario after their team, perhaps long-suffering, won the big one? I live in Mapleleaf country, and I always wonder if the post-Stanley Cup fan base would feel the same way, seeing that they are insanely passionate about their hockey team and are going on a second generation of fans whove been in existence since the last Cup victory in '67.
Anyway, that's all. Please chime in if this situation is a familiar one.
Anyway, since that event, I have found that I don't follow the team even remotely as near as I once did. Their exit from the playoffs last year at the hands of the ChiSox was definitely disappointing, but it was disappointment that lasted but a few moments.
Perhaps it was the near misses ('78 and Bucky Dent, the '86 meltdown, Pedro pitching into the 8th in '03) and other less well-known setbacks, or the fact that I didn't want to go to my grave without them having won in my lifetime, but after the championship it was like a huge burden was lifted and now apathy has set in.
Regardless, is there a "die-hard" fan of any team out there who experienced a similar scenario after their team, perhaps long-suffering, won the big one? I live in Mapleleaf country, and I always wonder if the post-Stanley Cup fan base would feel the same way, seeing that they are insanely passionate about their hockey team and are going on a second generation of fans whove been in existence since the last Cup victory in '67.
Anyway, that's all. Please chime in if this situation is a familiar one.