As a Red Sox fan, I can talk about ‘75 and ’78, but to this day, even after four trophies, I still can’t discuss ‘86. And I never blamed Bill Buckner, he didn’t lose it all by himself.
Geography matters. Most of New England is Red Sox territory, except for about half of Connecticut. There are also pockets of Red Sox Nation in upstate New York, around Albany and Rochester.
Unless it falls on him.