My wife is experiencing fandom for the first time this year with the Mariners, really snuck up on her (us). She was a despondent mess for a couple days after the Mariners blew an 11-2 lead to the Royals on the Mariners' last regular season road trip, and giddy with delight after they staged the biggest ever postseason comeback on the road.
So we have tickets to my first ever playoff game in person on Saturday. I feel it's likely we'll be attending a wake, but maybe not...
At any rate, I'm deriving some quiet satisfaction at her baseball reactions after 17 years of her confusion, bemusement, and (occasionally!) condescending sympathy at my reactions to the Sox' travails. I'm so happy she's on board with baseball now. I do not envy her the first-time pain of playoff elimination or potential years going forward of playofflessness, but enjoying the ride for now and maybe they can sneak up on all their opponents and stave off my wife's playoff pain for a year...
Go M's!
Also, that video rules,
@DeJesus Built My Hotrod .