{"id":30,"date":"2008-10-17T15:33:59","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T15:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/textmessages\/2008\/10\/rebuilding-the-red-sox-bandwag.html"},"modified":"2008-10-17T15:33:59","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T15:33:59","slug":"rebuilding-the-red-sox-bandwag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/textmessages\/2008\/10\/rebuilding-the-red-sox-bandwag.html","title":{"rendered":"Rebuilding the Red Sox bandwagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SoxGame5Youk08.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/197\/import\/SoxGame5Youk08.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span>I&#8217;m not sure if any team that has a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Sox_Nation\">whole nation of fans<\/a> can claim to also have a bandwagon&#8230;but still, since both <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/espn\/page2\/story?page=simmons\/081017\">Bill Simmons&#8217; father<\/a> and I turned the channel before the 7th inning last night (in fairness, I had a late show of &#8220;Religulous&#8221; to get to), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.someecards.com\/usercards\/viewcard\/08d815ead6f9d39545c3bfcfbb2e797b5c07abfa\">this card is apropos<\/a>. (hat tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/thecorner.typepad.com\/\">bob<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure if any team that has a whole nation of fans can claim to also have a bandwagon&#8230;but still, since both Bill Simmons&#8217; father and I turned the channel before the 7th inning last night (in fairness, I had a late show of &#8220;Religulous&#8221; to get to), this card is apropos. 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