Patrick Mullins

The Boston Red Sox mean the world to me. They are by far one of my favorite sports teams and I keep tabs on them year round. My father was an avid Red Sox fan and shared the same fate of losing year in and year out as millions of other fans have. This all changed in one fateful October when an eight year old me and my dad began to watch the Red Sox play the then called Anaheim Angels in the ALDS. The 2004 postseason started off terrific as the Red Sox dominated the opposing Angels in a three game sweep, but next up was the rival New York Yankees and Boston's biggest nemesis. The Sox went down 0-3 in the first three games of the series and had virtually zero shot of coming back in the series since it had never been done from that deficit before. However, Kevin Millar, Boston first baseman, told the cameras to not count the Sox out of it just yet and man was he right. The best four days in sports history occurred after the game three beatdown. In game four, Dave Roberts stole an improbable base in the ninth which the set the Red Sox up to foil a save from the best closer in the game, Mariano Rivera. In game five, David Ortiz finished the game in walk off fashion as he belted a single into center to knock in Johnny Damon for the winning run. Game six brought the famous bloody sock game from Curt Schilling and the rest is history as the Red Sox whacked the Yankees in game seven and swept the Cardinals in the World Series bringing home the title to Boston for the first time since 1918. Since then the Red Sox have gone onto win two more World Series and are poised to make a run on the 2015 title as well. My father and I continue to watch Sox games and talk endlessly about the team.