I was at the Twins/Red Sox game last night. I’d also been watching the series on TV. And I’ve been to a few other games this season already.

The most conspicuous and confusing thing about all of it? All the Red Sox fans.

I went to school in Boston and came into my full interest in/appreciation of baseball while watching the 2004 ALCS/World Series (I’d liked it before, but this got me hooked), so the fact that I wore my Boston cap and my Twins jersey to the game last night was excusable. For me. (Plus I wanted to be a smartass, and I think I succeeded rather well.)

But, watching the series on TV, it sounded like the crowd was split 50/50 in who they were rooting for. I didn’t think too much of it, until I was at the game last night and fully half of the people I saw with team paraphernalia were sporting Sox gear.

And it’s wasn’t just this series that has been bringing out the Minnesota chapter of Red Sox Nation. Every game I go to, the team hat I see most often, after Twins caps and any other Minnesota sports team, is for Boston.

Is this something you’ve noticed? I can’t imagine that it’s simply because they won it all last year. Or even remnants from the 2004 happiness. But, I can’t think of any other explanation, so maybe it is.