word, put that back up, i think we have it. the use of the word narrative. you see here. skyrocketing in books since the 1980s. you can see the spike, which is people talking about narratives more and more and more. from tv to social media. we see the emphasis on dramatic, clear narratives, but narratives can be wrong. you know people in finance said housing prices always go up and that was largely true until they crashed in 2008. baseball fans said the red sox can t win the world series. they even called it the course of the bambino because the sox hadn t won since 1918. that narrative was cemented. but it was wrong. the sox did win the series by 2004. and what s the point here? even sturdy narratives backed by some evidence can be upended. in d.c., there s a narrative that republicans are just
danvers is as much boston and anywhere else. it seems like this tragedyics murder that happened last night and the excitement of what they re expecting to see behind me tonight, mel, it s a difficult juxtaposition. but boston, all the best to you. and mel, thanks again, it s good to see you. and you look great in fenway park, you re just missing a red sox cap, my friend. i ll continue to be missing the red sox cap with all due respect. we ll keep you updated on that story throughout the hour. life goes on and baseball goes on. and more on the world series now. what a season for the boston red sox. i don t know a baseball fan who was. saying, especially at the all-star break, these red sox can t hold on, they don t have the pitching, they don t have the team. well, they held on. and they have the best record in baseball, tied with the st. louis cardinals. tickets are sold out as they
losing 3-0. this is the story here, with the red sox, for a long time it was like the red sox can t win when they have to. they thought they turned around history and 5-18 right now in september and they re on pace to have the worst month of september and miss the playoffs since 1926. harris: wow. okay. pete, good to see you, thank you very much. on this day in 1965, speaking of sports, baseball legend satchel page became the oldest to play in the major leagues, took the mound at 59. page played in the negro leagues as they were called and enlisted to the highest bidder. he d play in the outfield and then strike out the side. he shut down 8 of 9 batters and inducted in the hall of fame and page refused to act his age, 46 years ago today. a quick last week at the headlines this have hour, verbal lashing by president