The Sisters of the Episcopal Society of St. Margaret’s in Roxbury, Massachusetts, above, represent 240 combined years of Red Sox devotion. The Philocrites household, on the other hand, represents a mere seven years of devotion — but we sure do join the sisters in New England’s favorite petty idolatry:
Evidence that they may be getting carried away: when they arrived 20 minutes late to 8:30 p.m. chapel Wednesday, after watching early innings of Game 1, Sister Grace Gallant remarked, “God will understand, God is a Red Sox fan.”
(“Sisters in convent keep faith in Red Sox,” Donovan Slack, Boston Globe 10.10.03)