Published: Thu, 29 Oct 2009
Description: (Boston Globe) In this episode of Globe 10.0, Bob Ryan and Kevin Dupont debate how Red Sox Nation has changed since winning the World Series in 2004. (By Alan Miller, Globe Staff)
Automatically Generated Transcript (may not be 100% accurate)
" Hi I'm Bob Wright is to a ten point -- with -- today Kevin Paul DuPont. Got the million today where -- you know on a night -- 28 October 2004 because that is the fifth anniversary yes -- World Series of breaking the first 75 years got to go to one -- championship later. It's just the same. Attitude among the fans that we news 10152030. Years ago. No absolutely not me you can -- one late sixties from yesterday that it's not it's yeah that was still the David Walker provides a golf game to break courts so the attitudes change for many many reasons expectations. The finances. And I think more than anything you want a couple of people sort of lose the -- about what Wednesday. Six years and raises very it was seventy it was sixty love everything and therefore we -- are they more forgiving. And -- one more patient about management now because they do have the satisfaction of the to grow our it was as a question about that. I. I think -- some -- I think it's it's a much different crowd in terms of appreciation from pitch to pitch hasn't been routed out yet the sweet Caroline pink cat yeah exactly is a lot but that didn't exist fifteen even ten years ago -- we're -- Not so it it it's more relaxed is much angst in this last anger and it's. Yeah what I have but I do use it when you sit there and tonight faces it's a very much. Churning crowded as it could not Matthews he's been for thirty games next can you imagine that if the -- I know that the court if they -- that drop had not ended I don't something well the such as the Papelbon implosion happened. What are that put -- mood would have been and the among the populace then what surely we can go back to yeah -- people look and listen to forgive him but there's."
" Hanging in all you know it is -- you."
" Happen -- this -- insist that would've been a catastrophic and it's and it's not so willingly the -- is pass code is so five years later we put in a context where. It is it they had such starting pitching problems -- good chunk of the year -- to see Papelbon implode like that was rare but you're right that you have been very very different spots and all of which by the way isowich should be when you win twice in. In within a three year period -- for -- gonna win and win twice to what were -- back here in the teens and if they're not nobody is often suvs and cut this so this. The interests of the passion. It's still there. I I had I think the optimism you -- next season rolls around. You know going to be so they'll be buying our beloved ballpark in my big question is the optimism is derivatives that is has it also become somewhat -- and I think that's what's happening that when you sit in the stands -- The press box is a certain kind of you know this is okay tonight out. I thought during this these times over what that fans could do was focus all their -- on rooting against the Yankees -- for the Phillies. But against the Yankees."