RealClearSports: Red Sox Nation Invades Oakland
By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
OAKLAND — The old Mausoleum wasn't so empty or quiet Tuesday night. The exes were there, as in expatriates, as in Red Sox fans who wouldn't go back to New England for all the tea once dumped into Boston Harbor, but for reasons you don't want to hear cling preciously to the old ball club.
It's an interesting matchup when the Bosox, as the headlines in the old Sporting News called them, show up in Oakland. An interesting contrast too.
Read the full story here.
© RealClearSports 2011
For RealClearSports.com
OAKLAND — The old Mausoleum wasn't so empty or quiet Tuesday night. The exes were there, as in expatriates, as in Red Sox fans who wouldn't go back to New England for all the tea once dumped into Boston Harbor, but for reasons you don't want to hear cling preciously to the old ball club.
It's an interesting matchup when the Bosox, as the headlines in the old Sporting News called them, show up in Oakland. An interesting contrast too.
Read the full story here.
© RealClearSports 2011