He didn't watch the three most traumatic moments in modern Sox history, he lived 'em. But if Evans bears any scars from that trifecta of tragedy, they don't show. It's not that Evans and his mates felt no anguish back then. After each of those awful defeats, their clubhouse resembled a shelter for tornado survivors. But they've evidently been able to let their pain go better than a few Sox fans we all know.
Baseball is an infinitely different experience from the inside looking out than from the reverse.
That's why the Sox alumni looked so good yesterday. They felt good. Baseball people are happy because baseball is a happy thing, or should be. The alumni of the early free agent era have wealth to cheer them up, of course. But Ted Lepcio and Pumpsie Green were as happy as any of yesterday's celebrants, and they certainly didn't get rich playing ball.