Couple of things –

First, please note the first graph about cramming into a coach class seat on a cross-continental flight – has the Globe policy changed? Does Dan really think flying coach coast to coast is akin to what John Glenn did? Talk about delusions of grandeur.

Second, Sox winning or losing has no effect on Dan’s demeanor – he’s miserable no matter what. Bob Ryan had it right – sports is the toy department in the department store of life. Surely the most fun. What is left unsaid is at the end of the day, and the career, you are still working in the toy department. For those who have bigger influences, in bigger jobs, and (btw) are probably in first class on the same flights you’re going to Anaheim on … ’nuff said. Dan’s gone the way of Dick Young, etc. – made choices in his 20’s that he can’t afford to leave in his 40’s.