Virginia Red Sox Fans Celebrate (longer version)
From: Charlottesville Podcasting Network
Length: 06:51
The World Series victory of the Boston Red Sox ended an eighty-six old drought for the team and for millions of the team’s fans. A small contingent of Red sox Nation descended upon the Southern Inn in Downtown Lexington to watch game four. This story starts with the voice of a man born in 1918 and follows one group of people as they explain the curse, and then watch it drift away into history. This piece is pretty much only available for 10/28/04, but anyone who wanted to use it later could contact me and I can take out any dated references.
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The World Series victory of the Boston Red Sox ended an eighty-six old drought for the team and for millions of the team’s fans. A small contingent of Red sox Nation descended upon the Southern Inn in Downtown Lexington to watch game four. This story starts with the voice of a man born in 1918 and follows one group of people as they explain the curse, and then watch it drift away into history. This piece is pretty much only available for 10/28/04, but anyone who wanted to use it later could contact me and I can take out any dated references.
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Review of Virginia Red Sox Fans Celebrate (longer version)Excellent coverage off long suffering Boston Fans who can finally walk Tall.I enjoyed the very informal but professionally mastered conversations of real people enjoyim\ng a magic moment in Their lives.
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Broadcast History
Aired on WVTF Public Radio 10/28/04
Transcript
(this is a rough script, not complete)
LEXINGTON RED SOX
10/28/04
AIRED
The world series victory of boston red sox last night ended an eighty-six old drought for the team and for millions of the team’s fans. A small contingent of red sox nation descended upon the southern inn in downtown lexington to watch game four, and
W-v-t-f’s sean tubbs was there to witness history.
NEW ENGLAND HAS WAITED EIGHTY-SIX YEARS FOR A PIECE OF WORLD SERIES GLORY, AND IN THAT TIME, FATHERS AND SONS, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS HAVE BONDED OVER A TEAM THAT JUST COULD NOT SEEM TO WIN. EIGHTY-FIVE YEAR OLD ARTHUR KAUFMANN GREW UP OUTSIDE BOSTON.
(KAUFMAN)
“They won the pennant before I was born, a year before. That was in 1919 I was born. They couldn’t win again, now they gotta win today, they almost get there but they never arrive, this is the year they gotta do it.”
LAST YEAR, THE RED SOX WERE...
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Mark Rush
Posted on October 30, 2004 at 09:50 AM | Permalink
Review of Virginia Red Sox Fans Celebrate (longer version)
The timing of this was poignant--little did we know that NPR would visit the Shenandoah valley outpost of Red Sox nation on the night that the Red Sox made history and actually WON the world series.
It was just a small gathering...in the middle of a town where confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried...along with their horses. It wasn't an ESPN SportsZone bar, it was a quiet, charming, warm spot on Main Street in Lexington.
But, if sports are a part of American culture, then this certainly touched upon one of the raw nerves of American sports: the agony of the Red Sox fan.