October 29, 2004: Volume 62, Number 8

At HR, after Red Sox victory, it's 'wait until next year'

In case you weren't keeping up with the World Series this week, you could follow the games on the front window of the Office of Human Resources at 17 South Lane, itself a microcosm of the heated Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.

During the American league playoffs, Yankee fans Shirley Agosta and Eric Noll were in good spirits, and Yankee paraphernalia covered the walls. But when Boston overcame the three-game deficit to take the league title, it was Sox fan George Schiller's turn. (Jennifer Blessing, according to Noll, is "Switzerland.")

On Thursday, a scoreboard created by Schiller proudly proclaimed Red Sox 4, Cardinals O beneath a banner that read "We Did It!"

Schiller, whose work area practically screams his allegiance to the New England franchise, was working the phones early Thursday to spread the news. At the Office of Communications, Schiller's call was quickly followed by one from Noll who dismissed Boston's first World Series title in 86 years as not worthy of coverage.

In HR, as in Yankee fandom, it's "wait until next year."

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