Sox are red, sox ain't white, sox are champs, to the cards g'nite

In 6 games, the Red Sox ended a long struggle from last place, through mad bombers at the Marathon, through doubt, and scorn.


Then the season unfolded, with a new breed of Sox, their whiskers barely showing.




Sox showed themselves, and the city that they were Boston Proud, which became their season long battle hymn.



The beards of Boston, the rally monkey, the A's handle bar mustaches, these are all methods of team bonding , and Boston's beards were the NHL's version of playoff beards, just half the season, plus the pulling and tugging.



Ortiz and his Sox family, Dave O doing a Willie Stargell like post season impersonation led his group and like Stargell ages like fine wine.