With all due respect this "Red Sox have an advantage because of a stronger foundation" is crap. I'm sure we were both there in the 80s when noone showed up at Fenway and the Celtics and Bruins ruled this town. Remember there were only 12,000 at Clemens 20 strikeout game. This Red Sox fixation is recent and is due to the engaging personalities on their team, like Big Papi, Manny and Pedro, and the marketing genius of their Hollywood execs. The Pats are into this "we have no personalities, we have no individuals" thing, which is very tough to market to the average non-sports fan. It's much easier to create excitement when you celebrate individuals, like "celebrities". Of course, that also can be detrimental to the team concept, so I'm not disagreeing in any way with their strategy, just commenting on why they have been beaten in the market by the Red Sox.