How old are you?

[jose melendez]

I got Nip's clearance to post this on the main road because I was curious to see how and if this differed from the poll we have in a certain forum not discussed in polite company.

Please answer, but please do not come even vaguely close to commenting about anything political--no one wants to hear it--this is for entertainment purposes only.

 

[simplicio]

This should have been expressed in ballplayers. Still a couple ticks below Rich Hill here.

 

[Scott Cooper's Grand Slam]

I fell in love with the Sox shortly before Wade Boggs rode around Yankee Stadium on that stupid horse.

 

[deythur]

'86 was the first time my mom heard me swear. Now I choose seats based on accessibility to bathrooms.

 

[the1andonly3003]

or pre/post 2004 or 1967

 

[canyoubelieveit]

My 1986-induced catatonia interfered with my bar mitzvah prep.

 

[ookami7m]

I am 4 months and a week younger than Rich Hill - so barring another comeback, this will be the first season coming up that I will be older than all MLB players.

 

[Alex18]

The first red Sox team I remember actively watching was during the 03 season as an 11 year old. I was hooked then and have been ever since

 

[Greg Blosser]

The strike to open the season ended three days after I arrived.

 

[bernardsamuel]

I was introduced to baseball in 1952 when I was turning five years old. I remember my father of blessed memory explaining the strike zone to me as we watched a game on our Dumont television. When I watch games on TV these days, sometimes I think I could still benefit from having the strike zone explained to me, though it might be more urgent to explain the strike zone to some umpires.

 

[bosox1534]

First team I can remember was 2007. Definitely a good time to begin as a Red Sox fan. By the time the 2013 season came around I was hooked and watching every game. Haven’t stopped since.

 

[Pandemonium67]

I saw Gary Geiger, Chuck Schilling and Arnold Early play. I saw Tony C as a rookie and remember Gino Cappeletti catching passes from Babe Parilli.

 

[Norm loves Vera]

 

[Carbo Loading]

My first memories of the Red Sox were with the 1970 team and Yaz. I remember my grandfather calling them the Red Flops. Also Ioved those road unis they had that year. Wish they'd do something similar to that again.

 

[Bread of Yaz]

The nuns at Immaculate Conception School in Somerville rolled a black and white TV set into our second grade class so we could watch Lonborg battle Gibson.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Born the same year Cal Ripken JUNIOR was born

 

[Johnny Fashion]

Old enough that my natural father never took me to Fenway in the mid-70s. Not that I'm still bothered by it of course.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Born the same year Cal Ripken was born

1935?

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

I’m old enough to use Brad Komminsk as a comparison to a rookie phenom.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

1935?

Sorry, Jr.

 

[nayrbrey]

I came into the world a few months after the first moon landing.

 

[wiffleballhero]

On July 25,1996 the Red Sox called up Arquimedez Pozo and I was officially no longer younger than everyone who had ever played for the Red Sox. They'd go on to bring up Trot Nixon and Nomar Garciaparra, just to rub it in a little more.

 

[HangingW/ScottCooper]

Similar question would be, "when was the first time you went to a game / when did you first start watching baseball?" For me, I started watching in 1988 when I was 5.

 

[beached_garces]

In a bit of age-approximating trivia that I don't get to bring up nearly often as I'd like, my first game was the major league debut of Sam Horn himself. The debut home run that launched 1,000 angry internet rants.

 

[TeddyBallgame9]

I came into the world a few months after the first moon landing.

I was a few weeks past my fourth birthday on that day, one of my earliest memories. My first Sox game was in ‘73, Bill Lee beat the Yankees at the old toilet. First games at Fenway was ‘75, double header against the Twins. Gene Mauch threw the entire rack of bats onto the field after disagreeing with an umps call at second.

 

[Pozo the Clown]

I emerged from the womb 65 days after the MFY suffered a crushing defeat on the road in the 7th game of a World Series.

 

[dgello1971]

1986 World Series crushed me as a teenager. That angst, for all sports, was gone after 2004.

 

[E5 Yaz]

On July 25,1996 the Red Sox called up Arquimedez Pozo and I was officially no longer younger than everyone who had ever played for the Red Sox. They'd go on to bring up Trot Nixon and Nomar Garciaparra, just to rub it in a little more.

Jeff Suppan was 20 when he made his debut in July 1995.

 

[PRabbit]

When the curse was lifted, I was a Freshman at UNH. Skipped class to go to the parade.

 

[Yaz4Ever]

I'm curious to see how those of us at a certain age and above feel about the lack of offseason spending compared to those younger than us.

Speaking for just myself, I was ecstatic that my Dad and Uncle (who passed away last week) were able to see a championship in their lifetimes. To see four of them just boggles my mind.

This ownership is not perfect, but they've earned enough love from me for what they've given us that I find it difficult to fault them now. I still want us to sign Burnes, Teo/Suzuki/RHH, and Hoffman/Scott so we can win again now, but I'm patient.

 

[phineas gage]

1975: Carlton and the Gold Dust Twins

 

[nvalvo]

The first Red Sox player younger than me was Cla Meredith.

 

[brienc]

I watched Carlton Fisk walk it off with the sound down because I was supposed to be asleep. I got busted about 30 seconds later.

 

[JohntheBaptist]

I am exactly one day older than MTV.

 

[Yaz4Ever]

Born the same year Cal Ripken JUNIOR was born

Stop bragging about having an earlier Social Security Full Benefit than me. We have to wait for 67, which I won't do.

 

[Ted Cox 4 president]

My first game was watching the Dodgers play at Ebbets Field.

 

[jercra]

Went to my first Sox and Bruins game in 1977 when I was 4 years old. Wiffleball me tried to emulate the stance and swings of Yaz and Dewey (but from the other side of the plate).

A long time ago someone started a SoSH demographics thread that had questions about age, gender, area of origin, area of residence. That was a fascinating read, but I have no idea if it's still around somewhere, but it would be fascinating to see how much it's changed since then.

 

[Homar]

Among my earliest baseball memories was the 1967 World Series. As a nine year old growing up in Colorado, 600 miles from the nearest "major league" team, the Kansas City A's, baseball was the Saturday game of the week, the daily standing, and the box scores in the Boulder Daily Camera. The Sox were an amazing story, from nearly last to first, an underdog tale from the fables. And the Cardinals had all of these amazing Black men, Gibson, Flood, White, Brock, who seemed to suggest a tomorrow that was different than today. Not that I understood any of that, but it was there, and the whole thing made me tremble. Ultimately, Yaz won me over, though the Sox history with the Cardinals (1946, 1967, 2004, 2013) still fills me with wonder. I moved to Maine in 1987, and there is no looking back.

 

[buzzard21]

I grew up in a rural town in NW CT under the tyrannical rule of a Bronx born Yankee fan stepfather.
There was no cable, rabbit ears and the VHF dial on my 13" black & white TV were my only hope of catching a rare Sox game.
My first vivid memory as a Sox fan was listening to Clemens strike out 20 on WTIC through the irritating buzzing of the AM channel, it was great.

 

[cantor44]

Grew up in Amherst, MA. My first real season following was 1975. When game six went into extra innings, my parents told me I had to go to bed, and I missed Fisk's home run.

 

[YTF]

Born in 1960, most of me is 64 years old. My right knee is almost 9 years old, my right hip is 4 years old and my left knee is 3 years old. I always followed the Sox but I would say my fandom started somewhere around 1969-1970. It was definitely post Impossible Dream and pre Carlton Fisk's rookie season.

 

[chrisfont9]

Max Fried + Jarren Duran. My first trip to Fenway involved rookie Dwight Evans.

 

[axx]

I woulda guessed older, honestly.

 

[jacklamabe65]

I will be 70 in January. Just made it to the 60-69 age group. When I was 12, I wanted to be Rob Snow.

 

[CR67dream]

This should have been expressed in ballplayers. Still a couple ticks below Rich Hill here.

This is an awesome idea. I am just a few months younger than both Tim Naehring and John Valentin, both of whom are still all time favorites for me. I wanted to be them . They were contemporaries to me in the same way that kids like Casas and Rafaela are to my son, who is 24. It reminds me of the perspective I had way back in the day, and makes me happy and proud to have passed along the passion.

Now if we could only get that age 20-29 bracket to participate, and not think understand that message boards are becoming fossils.... I was 33 when I got here, and we had a lot of really good posters in their twenties, many still here. Kind of sad to see that it's not being replicated, at least in this medium.

 

[joe dokes]

63. One good thing about the newfangled brand of baseball is that players who wear 63 aren't necessarily spring training or late-season cannon fodder. (Though most still are).

 

[SLC Sox]

I'm a couple weeks older than Adrian Beltre and about 7 months older than old friend Coco Crisp.

 

[Gold Dust Twin 19]

I was a few weeks past my fourth birthday on that day, one of my earliest memories. My first Sox game was in ‘73, Bill Lee beat the Yankees at the old toilet. First games at Fenway was ‘75, double header against the Twins. Gene Mauch threw the entire rack of bats onto the field after disagreeing with an umps call at second.

I am pretty sure I was at those games, unless there was a different time that Mauch threw bats out of the dugout during a doubleheader. I used to love Rod Carew and imitate his batting stance.

 

[Margo McCready]

I’m Kevin Cash years old, though fortunately for me I look closer to half his age.

 

[RorschachsMask]

I started watching the Red Sox in the Mo Vaughn John Valentin days, was 17 for the 2004 season.