As the young one of the board, I feel like I need to throw in some counterpoints.
For starters, I was raised to believe the Sox would never win. Since I was little until 2005 it was always "88 years."
And of course, this was Sosa's heyday, so being a Sox fan meant you were something of a lone wolf, which is why Waldo was such a damn good mascot. Seriously, team colors and a wolf. Why is he not still the mascot over the giant green nightmare?
Plus, sometimes it seems as if the old guard is the one complaining...often there are old posters (who I won't name) that complain about Buehrle as "no Billy pierce" and other such comparisons. I revere the names Pierce, Aparicio, and Fox because they will always be my dads favorite players. That being said, they didn't win a World Series. Came close, but no cigar (Pierce might get a pass since Lopez didn't play him in that series).
And also, wasn't it a guy named oldsox that started the Adam Dunn nuclear meltdown thread?