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I sat quietly, my head resting on my hands, in the backseat of my father's mini van. I looked down at my shoes. A huge hole in the toe and a few dirt stains glared at me. I looked over to Christina Lorelli. Her shoes were pure and white. They sparkled with the passing streetlights that lined the darkening road. I had been in this position many times before. The year was 2004 and the Red Sox, once again, had made it all the way to the playoffs. Too bad they hadn't won the World Series in 86 years.
Ever since I was a little girl, I had been exposed to America's past time more so than other little girls. While the other little girls were watching shows about fairy princesses and talking turtles, I was watching the Boston Red Sox.
My parents, being natives of Massachusetts, had always been huge Red Sox fans. My father, his father, and probably his father before him, were all freakishly obsessed with their state's team. The Red Sox weren't just a baseball team; they......

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