One of the cool things about LOST, ABC’s surreal drama about plane crash survivors on a weird-ass island, is how the Red Sox winning the World Series has been something of a running gag.
The father of lead character Jack favored the expression, “That’s why the Red Sox will never win the World Series” as something of a metaphor for why some things are just fated to be. Later, when Jack was captured by the island’s inhabitants, they used a clip of Foulke’s famous final out as proof of their contact with the outside world, instantly creating one of the coolest Red Sox references in popular culture:
And in last week’s episode, even after months of battling ghosts and other beasties that defy description, it seems Jack still can’t wrap his head around the idea of a Sox championship:
Oh, and when Jack says, “I can’t believe it’s been one hundred days since I’ve seen a game”? I heard that.
