I was thinking about being a Boston Sports fan when I was a kid recently. I had this conversation with my 19 year old son about how spoiled he is as a Boston sports fan in this era, but I then kind of remembered that when I was a kid being a Boston sports fan was pretty darn fun.
My first sports memories, everyone was talking about just coming off the Bobby Orr years; the Bruins were still nasty (went to three more Stanley Cup Finals all tough losses in the mid to late 70's). The Red Sox had the 1975 World Series and were dam good team from 1975 to 1980, and of course 1986. All four Boston sports teams made the finals between 1986-1988.. etc The Celtics managed to somehow replace John Havlicek with Larry Bird my second favorite athelete of all time!
If you just compare these two different 20 year stretches for Boston Sports
1967-1987
Bruins 5 Stanley Cup appearances (2 wins)
Celtics 9 Finals appearances.. 68,69,74,76.81,84,85,86,87... 7 wins)
Red Sox 3 World Series appearances 67, 75, 86) no wins
Patriots 1 Super Bowl 86 (I loved the team overall between 76-86, just some bad luck and the competition was brutal)
1995-2015
Bruins 2 Stanley Cup appearances (1 win)
Celtics 2 Finals appearances (1 win)
Red Sox 3 World Series all wins
Patriots 7 Super Bowl appearances (4 wins)
Funny both 20 year stretches produced 9 championships for the region.
My first sports memories, everyone was talking about just coming off the Bobby Orr years; the Bruins were still nasty (went to three more Stanley Cup Finals all tough losses in the mid to late 70's). The Red Sox had the 1975 World Series and were dam good team from 1975 to 1980, and of course 1986. All four Boston sports teams made the finals between 1986-1988.. etc The Celtics managed to somehow replace John Havlicek with Larry Bird my second favorite athelete of all time!
If you just compare these two different 20 year stretches for Boston Sports
1967-1987
Bruins 5 Stanley Cup appearances (2 wins)
Celtics 9 Finals appearances.. 68,69,74,76.81,84,85,86,87... 7 wins)
Red Sox 3 World Series appearances 67, 75, 86) no wins
Patriots 1 Super Bowl 86 (I loved the team overall between 76-86, just some bad luck and the competition was brutal)
1995-2015
Bruins 2 Stanley Cup appearances (1 win)
Celtics 2 Finals appearances (1 win)
Red Sox 3 World Series all wins
Patriots 7 Super Bowl appearances (4 wins)
Funny both 20 year stretches produced 9 championships for the region.