Why I Donate To The Jimmy Fund Every Year

“They lost because you fell asleep!”

I guess before I really get into why I donate every year, I’ve gotta tell the story of how I became a Red Sox fan.

Like most neurotic sports fans, there tends to be a figure behind you who's just as crazy about the team you root for. For me? Those are my parents. I was just too young to dig my teeth into baseball in 2003, but my older brother wasn’t. He was apparently something of a good luck charm for my parents as they watched the Sox and Yankees battle it out in the 2003 ALCS. Night in and night out, no matter the score, my older brother was with my parents watching each game. That is until Game 7 stretched a little too far beyond what my older…