The article reflects on the emotional impact of the 2002 World Series loss for the San Francisco Giants. A fan recalls their personal experience during Game 6, expressing how a sense of optimism turned to despair upon realizing the outcome. The narrative highlights the collective disappointment felt by fans, particularly when witnessing the contrasting emotions of other supporters. The author reminisces about their youthful hopefulness and how this particular loss served as a painful but formative moment in their sports fandom.
I watched the final game with my despondent father the next day. It was, perhaps, the first true sports pain I had known in my life at that point.
Our driver did not have the game on and it was 2002 so we were pretty much cut off from information at that point.
Let me set the scene. I was 17 years old and at a marching band competition somewhere in Northern California.
Then we got back to our high school and as we got off the bus, we saw the faces of the boys coming off of their bus and the faces of our parents waiting to pick us up. It looked like we were arriving at a funeral.
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