"it makes my heart sing"
In Boston, usually, people tend to get down on our local sports teams. They do so publicly on the radio and in newspaper columns, and the bitterness flows like bad wine. Yes, both teams that matter to us here are reigning league champions, but there is a strong sense that it can't last, that bad times are always right around the corner. There was a period during the summer where the flow of desperate pessimism was checked by the suprisingly good performance of the Red Sox, but a week ago bad losses by both the Sox and Patriots, followed by the Sox's slide out of first place, brought the naysayers out again in full voice. It's like folks around here can't be happy unless they're miserable.
Well, since I complain so much about this phenomenon, I feel it's my duty to report a notable exception to it. Yesterday both teams won their games, and the Patriots did so in exciting fashion at the last minute. Not everyone was wholly pleased--there were those on the talk radio who said that the local footbal club was more lucky than good--but they were the minority. No, even at WEEI, that bastion of negativity, one of the hosts was heard to say that the performance of the Patriots against the Steelers and the character of the team in general 'makes my heart sing.' Now that's wonderful to hear. I only hope they win again next week; it would be a shame if they were transformed back into a bunch of bums so quickly.