An email message promoted from my email archives to my blog on the last day the 2004 Red Sox were world champions (10/26/05).
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:20:13 -0400 To: Ed [deleted] From: "Erik J. Heels" [deleted]> Subject: Re: Congratulations on the Victory Greetings, Thanks, Ed! It's been an exhausting, exhilarating, cathartic experience for everyone in Red Sox Nation. After they won, I made three phone calls: the first to my father, who took my to my first Red Sox game in 1976; the second to my brother, who swore off the Sox after 1986 but got sucked back in this year; and the third to my friend Joe, whom I've known since we were 6, and who shared the agony of 1975 and 1978 with me. When the Sox clinched a playoff birth, my 8-year-old Ben asked, "Dad, do you think the Red Sox will win the World Series this year?" "Oh yes," I answered, "I think that every year." Just wait 'til this year! This will last a lifetime. Thanks again! Regards, Erik At 10/29/04 12:13 PM, you wrote: >Erik: >I can only imagine your emotions as you celebrate the Red Sox >victory. I remember well your despondency in 1986 when they >lost. Hope you're enjoying it well with your family. >Will share more later, but had to let you know I was thinking >of you. > >Ed