Donning Your Sox with Pride

How young is too young to begin to indoctrinate your son or daughter? This week's objet d'eBay is advertised as a "Dad's mini-diaper bag" (as if somehow you could limit by size what happens when a man straps on a diaper bag).

From all evidence, at least based on this week's smiles throughout the Red Sox nation, it is never too young. In fact, some kids owe it to their dads to follow in their footsteps, like Avery Kate Tilton of Beverly, Mass., who is around to watch the Red Sox win their second championship thanks to a bet Dad made with mom about the BoSox claiming their first.

** Can anyone explain why kids reject every one of a dad's ideas except team affiliation. **