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Boston Sports Fans Think Pink

Fans sporting the feminine hue in the seats is sure sign of success in Beantown

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 4, 2008 2:44 PM CST

(Newser) – Talk about an embarrassment of riches. The Boston Bruins have long toiled in the shadow of the Red Sox, Celtics, and Patriots, but there's a surefire way to tell that the local NHL entry's hot streak is the real thing, Charles P. Pierce writes for OT, the Globe's weekly sports magazine. At a recent game, he found signs of what he calls "the Pinkification of Sports."

The sight of a little girl in a pink Bruins jersey gets him to thinking about the much-maligned fans who wear pink Red Sox caps—but unlike many fans, he doesn't see pink as the color of the apocalypse. "It is now obvious that, the pinker your sport, the better your team is performing," Pierce writes. "So now there are pink Bruins jerseys. You know what that means? It means you might just have the best team in the NHL here, that’s what it means."

Pink paraphernalia follows in the wake of a team's success.
Pink paraphernalia follows in the wake of a team's success.   (MLB.com)
A fan holds up a sign at Fenway Park in Boston with a message about winning a championship for Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs during the Red Sox game against the Cardinals Saturday, June 21,  2008.
A fan holds up a sign at Fenway Park in Boston with a message about winning a championship for Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs during the Red Sox game against the Cardinals Saturday, June 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Red Sox fans wave and take photos as the team passes by during the World Series victory parade along Tremont Street in Boston on 30, 2007.
Red Sox fans wave and take photos as the team passes by during the World Series victory parade along Tremont Street in Boston on 30, 2007.   (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
A young fan sports a pink Red Sox cap as she hits up manager Terry Francona for an autograph during spring training in 2008--mere months after the team's second World Series title in 4 years.
A young fan sports a pink Red Sox cap as she hits up manager Terry Francona for an autograph during spring training in 2008--mere months after the team's second World Series title in 4 years.   (AP Photo/Brita Meng Outzen)
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Let’s all understand that the Pinkification of Sports has become very important to the various manly men who follow sports for a living. - Charles P. Pierce

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