FenwayNation

In January of 2000, a group of Red Sox fans grew tired of lamenting over the Olde Towne Team in a low-tech mode. So, Ernie Paicopolos and Ric Glaub set out to put together a website that would offer a 'virtual water-cooler' for their fellow Sox-obsessed buddies. And, for a while, that's all that FenwayNation was. Then, it morphed into a one-stop-sh... opping site for all things Carmine Hose. The site steadily grew in popularity and, today, we attract visitors from over 180 countries. Mark Lawrence is emblematic of this new worldviewgiving readers a fresh perspective on the team from 'Down-Under' in Sydney, Australia. Editor-In-Chief Ernie Paicopolos grew up in Somerville, Massachusettsprecisely 5.49 miles from Fenway Park (you could look it up!). As a small child, he attended his first Red Sox game on Sunday, July 8th, 1956. The Red Sox swept the Baltimore Orioles that day in a double-header, and his Section 19, Row 4, Seat 18 grandstand ticket set his Dad back a whopping $1.90 (he still has the actual ticket framed). Ernie lived through some pretty bad Red Sox teamswhen the only shining lights were players like Ted Williams, Frank Malzone, and Jackie Jensen. Pennants (let alone World Series titles) were a complete and total impossibility. His despair was so deep that he briefly flirted with rooting for another team (those self-same Orioles from his first game). Ironically, his one year of fanhood resulted in the Birds winning the 1966 World Series in a sweep of the Dodgers. Guilt-ridden, he decided to re-apply his loyalty to the Red Sox in 1967. 'Nuff ced. Oh, and by the way, if you really prod him, he might tell you about the RBI he got off Luis Tiant at Red Sox Fantasy Camp in 1992 . Anyway, the angst of the Sox championship drought undoubtedly shaped his generally pessimistic attitude toward the Olde Towne Team, so the 2004 win was almost too much to bear. The 2007 crown was, for him, the fulfillment of the New Order. The 2013 championship was an uplifting inspiration for the entire metropolitan Boston ...Read More