 It's been a while since Red Sox fans have seen baseball this far in October, and with Boston the ALCS, fans sure have something to be excited about. It's playoff baseball, the atmosphere is going to be great, I'm trying to go my beard out. Not too successful so far, but it's playoff baseball, we haven't had it in five years so it's back. The Sox ended their season with 97 wins, the most wins they've seen since 2008. It's no surprise that fans have confidence in their team's play, but also in their team's unity. It's got to be the beards, it's got to be the team unity of how we're not just a bunch of players, good players, we're also just a team, we're all brought together by one meaning. Not just what the players are as individuals, but that working together, being part of something, the beards representing that kind of manifestation, but it's more than the beards obviously. Just the way the team came back from an awful year, we lost a manager that was great, set nine years with Frank Kona, and then one year with a manager not to be named. So I wasn't sure if they could do, certainly not as much as they've done in one year. So they kind of put it back where it should be. While Red Sox fans are certainly optimistic, after the past few years they've learned to take it one game at a time. Being a Red Sox fan, I don't think that far ahead. I've been through a few of these. It's a special time, I'd like to win tonight's game, and if not tonight, next one. And anything past what the next half hour is, if not bad luck, because I don't believe in bad luck, is irrelevant yet.