Me: “They do have baseball in Montana and football, too. All of the niceties.”

He: “Really? I wouldn’t have expected that.”

Me: “Sure. I even ran into several Red Sox fans.”

He: “You know it will be Armageddon if there’s a Cubs-Red Sox World Series.”

Me: “Yes. I mentioned that to a Montana Red Sox fan. He asked what would happen when they reached Game 7 of the World Series and Armageddon actually took place.”

He: “And?”

Me: “I told him I didn’t have all the details, but I was pretty sure the losers would go home to Boston.”

He: “Ahhh, so you were making friends out West.”

Me: “Indeed.”