How I learned to stop worrying & love the Sox

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Why Boston Doesn’t Riot (All That Much)

Boston doesn’t riot all that much anymore, and there may even be a nerdy scientific kind of reason for that. If you missed it last years when the Celtics made it to the finals, here’s my Phoenix article on the storefront window shattering phenomenon that Los Angeles has down to a science.

Also - here’s Deadspin’s take on the matter from 2007, by which time Boston had more or less cleaned up its act. I should also note that while this may seem kind of lame in the moment, it’s actually a good thing that we don’t trash the whole city every time a team wins something. The damn place would look like Baghdad.

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How I learned to stop worrying & love the Sox Several healthcare professionals have warned that I'll have a heart-attack unless I seek help for my psychotic hatred of pro sports.

As such, since I work less than one block from Fenway Park, I decided that the only remedy is all-out assimilation. During the 2010 season I hit 43 home games, and have since been referring to the Sox as "we" and engaging in all sorts of other foreign rituals.

Stick with me through my struggle to become a Sox fan, as I force-chug hella beer to numb myself like strippers do before they hit the pole. This is no joke. This is for survival, and for my book, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Sox," which drops in 2012.

-Chris Faraone


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