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Article: Red Sox Nation pays visit to Cell
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 22, 2004
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Red Sox Nation took root Saturday at U.S. Cellular Field, where
the Boston Red Sox' 10-7 victory against the White Sox was greeted
warmly by their fans in the crowd of 37,303.
I've never seen so much passion," first-year Red Sox manager Terry
Francona said. There was a lot of love for the Cubs when I played
here [1986], but when they played bad, they became cute. The fans
forgave their losses. They weren't dying. [With the Red Sox], they
live and die every game. They rejoice when we win, die when we don't.
I haven't seen anything like it. I'd heard about the Red Sox Nation
before I got here. It's real. It's passed down from grandfather to
father to son."
Red Sox shortstop Orlando Cabrera, ...