The House that Ruth Built is sturdy enough to ward off any strange curses put on
Yankees fans by particular individuals who wear red socks. Photos: jman2112
I can only infer from the highlight below from your website that your Aunt L** has found a way to infect your mind with a "Boston Curse".
I have never been and never will be anything but a Yankees fan. How could I of short stature as a child desire to be anything but the "Scooter" Phil Rizzuto? I won't list the litany of Yankee players that I watched growing up. But I will confess to staying home "ill" from school to watch Don Larson pitch his perfect game.
Growing up a Yankee fan in Bristol, CT., which hosted a Red Sox farm team, was not easy but then I did have the support of my older sister (your mother). I don't recall Aunt L** being much of a Red Sox fan growing up so I can only surmise that Uncle P** converted her, K*** and M)(* to Red Soxism. If that is what happened he must be given a great deal of credit (and also be kept away from wavering fans for any team), because they have lost any ability to see reason in this matter and to this day K*** will travel from Albany, NY at the drop of a hat to visit Fenway Park. Worse still, M-- will, if given the opportunity return from London, England.
In my own family, Aunt S^^^ is not a Boston fan, she is a Brooklyn Dodger fan. Not an LA Dodger fan. She hates the Brooklyn Dodgers for leaving New York just because they (and their NY Giant counterparts) couldn't beat the Yankees. However, she now just cheers for any team to beat the Yankees. So you know where her allegiance is during this series and will be during the next one.
I have managed to keep Gr!! and Ka!! at least neutral. They are not either Yankee or Red Sox fans. However I have continual concern for their future. Step&^% is a lost cause. His mother turned him against me when he was a child and since she couldn't turn him into a Brooklyn Dodger fan he became a Red Sox fan. The moral to that is never underestimate the influence of mother's milk. We can all see the positive effect that it had on you. The best I have been able to do is keep S&^% occupied with football and basketball so that he does not become a staunch advocate for the Sox. *&^
I am sending a copy of this email to your mother (my sister) in the hopes that she will also help set you straight. I am a bit concerned about her long term relationship with the Yankees because she has visited the O'C$# in Albany and I felt a weakening of the Yankee force while we were all there in August. It was shortly after that visit that Boston started to make their exceptional run through the end of the season. I now fear that the O'C$# may have used a Red Sox spell during one of the meals. If your mother has weakened at all the only remedy would be for her to see and touch your scrapbook. I hope that that will not become necessary.
I am not sending the O'C$# a copy of this email because if they find that their curses are working they will only redouble their efforts and try to further divide those of us with Schur genes that are Yankee fans.
You should know though that once you have been touched by a Red Sox curse you must always be on your guard. The O'C#$ are formidable opponents and even Uncle P**'s past interest in the NY Mets (which was my attempt to at least get him to support a NY team) fail in comparison to his allegiance to Boston.
P(*& (and of course love also from Aunt S** even though she is a bit misguided).