Red Sox Nation Spreads North

Sitting on the southeastern shores of Nova Scotia is a place called Halifax. Located in the Great White North, you might expect the few residents who aren't hockey fans to support a "local" baseball team in the Toronto Blue Jays. Not so. According to the Toronto Star, Halifax is officially part of Red Sox Nation.

On Tuesday, Red Sox club officials brought a special piece of hardware to the fans up north: the 2007 World Series Trophy. The trophy was on display for two days in order for thousands of Nova Scotia fans to photograph and touch the Commissioner's Trophy.

It took a little doing for the decentralized fans to get the attention of the ball club. But relentless efforts, including a massive letter-writing campaign, orchestrated by the Bluenose BoSox Brotherhood fan club eventually made it happen.

Darrell Corbett, a life-long Nova Scotia resident who started listening to Sox games as a child in the 1940's said:

"I thought I would be dead before I saw them win the World Series but now I've seen two," he said, his face breaking into a wide grin.

Corbett is now 73 and made the trek to see the trophy along with an oxygen tank to help him breathe.

Great story, unless you're a Blue Jays fan.