Saturday 29 September 2018

What color "Sox" will you be wearing?

Hi baseball fans,

As all of my students know, my favorite baseball team (一番好きな野球チーム) is the Boston Red Sox. I have been a Sox fan since I was ten years old. In America, though, there are two teams with "Sox" in their names, the other being the Chicago White Sox. So, sometimes I have to specify (特定する) the color of "Sox" to show that I am rooting for Boston (ボストンを応援している).

By the way (ところで), "Sox" is a simplified (簡易化された) spelling of the word "socks." Here in Shikoku, we have the Tokushima Indigo (藍色) Socks, but they spell their name the standard way.

With the MLB Playoffs starting next week, what color "Sox" will you be wearing?

Simply Red,

Alan