It's knowing that you are not alone in your frustrations and your joys, that everyone else in the park is drinking the same cheap beer and eating the same hot dogs, because they love the Red Sox, too. It is being one of many fans, not a single, lonely fan. In Boston, it's about thousands of people believing in a single miracle.
I hope that this is true for all fandoms. We love our movies, comics, shows, and sports for what they are, but also for the other great people who make it worth obsessing over. What is the point of owning a bajillion comics if you never have a friend to show them too? And wouldn't it be kind of silly to memorize the script to Monty Python and the Holy Grail if you had to recite it all by yourself?
NB: I am not a Red Sox fan.
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