Life in the "City of Losers"

Everything was just perfect around here only two weeks ago, literally. The Sox had won their 2nd title in four years, the Celtics are back and own the best record in the NBA and the Patriots were storming through the NFL on their way to the perfect 19-0 season. It was all going too well. The Boston fans were living the life. They didn't know what to do with themselves, this city has never experienced this kind of success. In the '80's, the best decade for sports in this city, the Celtics were dominating and won three rings, the Pats were a very good team and played in a Superbowl (which they lost) and even the Red Sox were competitive. But to take away from everything this city was doing in the '80's Bill Buckner let that ball slip through his legs in 1986 and basically the city never rebounded from that loss. And when you walked around this city all fall and into the winter you could see the look on people's faces. No one could believe this was happening to their city, their teams. Everything was going great but on Superbowl Sunday everything changed. And now you walk around this city and everything is back to normal. The look on everyone's face is back, this city is again the "City of Losers" and to be honest with you, I think they kind of like it.

Since the day I can remember people who rooted for Boston sports team loved to do one thing, they loved to bitch and complain about sports. The fans around here are like a women who just complains because it's easier then actually doing something. It's funny to watch. I go into the heart of this city everyday for school and it is obvious to see, the complaining is back. My teacher told me the refs cost the Pats the game, classmates said the Giants just got lucky and it would be different next year. And with that everything clicked into my mind, "just wait till next year", their favorite saying was back. The fans were back. And I couldn't be happier.

The Patriots gear went away, I assume it will be back out in August but who knows. The funny part is that I expected to see Red Sox and Celtics gear to come out. The Red Sox report to Spring Training today as the defending champs and the Celtics still have the best NBA record. But it didn't. I was shocked, wouldn't thinking about your other sports teams help you get over a heart breaking loss? I used the Giants season to forget about the Yankees still struggling in the playoffs. But then it hit me again, the fans around here don't want to get over this loss. They have been waiting for this to happen, the wins have been building up for awhile now and the fans around here needed this. Why focus on the Sox or C's when you can sit around and complain about the Superbowl, isn't that more fun anyway?

It's now been a week and a half since the Pats went down harder the Brady getting hit by Justin Tuck. And the fans around here are still loving it, still bitching about the refs, complaining about the offensive line or the defense not being able to get the big stop. This is one city where they have more fun losing. They may not like it as much and of course people around here root for their beloved teams to win every year but when they do loose the fans have more to say. They have more fun and deep down I think they may like it a little bit more. No matter how often their teams win, this will always be "They City of Losers" and if you ask me, that's just perfect for these fans.