Four Generations of MacAuley Clan See Red Sox Win World Series

Here is another bit of trivia for all you Identitystuff fans out there - Four generations of my family have been alive to see the redsox win the World Series twice in their lifetimes.

My grandmother, Mary, who passed away in 2005 days after meeting my 3 week old daughter for the first time was born the same year as Fenway Park - 1912. She saw the last World Series win of the Red Sox (Prior to the 2004 win) in 1918, and was alive and well, and wide awake in Maine at the end of the Winning Game in 2004.

My Dad and my Uncle were the second generation to see them win twice as did me and my son (who was born February 2004 and was wearing Red Sox stuff in her first days of life) in 2004 and 2007 respectively.

Four generations, two World Series, one team - The Boston Red Sox.

Just for the record, it has also been four generations who believe that the Yankees Suck...

The Identity of a Nation...

Those of you who know me, know how much of a Boston Red Sox fan I am. I watch over 100 games in the regular season, and have seen all the games in the post season thus far. Last nights win to send the Red Sox to the World Series was awesome. It was 11:54 PM with Papelbon on the mound and shutting down the Tribe, with some help from Coco Crisp slamming into the same wall Johnny Damon did to make the game ending catch.

So to those of us who are part of the Red Sox Nation, we don't need identity cards, biometrics, or poorly designed provisioning processes to help us define who we are. We know. And we know we actually have a shot at taking the World Series this year.

I am proud to say that if the Red Sox puu it out, there will be 4 generations of Red Sox fans who have seen them win twice (my Grandmother, who passed away after the 04 win and meeting her great grand-daughter, my dad and uncle, me, and my son) in their lifetime. The profoundness of that statement has me reaching for a box of Kleenex.

GO SOX!!!!!!!