Go Sox
Sure, White sucks when compared to Red, but the Sox just won an incredible baseball game. Looking at it from an outsider's perspectve, it was a better World Series game than any the Red Sox played last year. (This isn't an ALCS discussion, because those were probably the best baseball games i'll EVER see). The sox rallied from two down with a monster grand slam in the 7th only to give up the lead with two outs in the top of the ninth. And then Podsednik hits a walk-off in the bottom of the inning. Game Over. I gotta mention that the two-out two-run hit that tied the game for the Astros was a pinch hit by Vizcaino and included a great slide around the tag at home. Both teams were amazing baseball.
These sox are cool ... starters going the distance, a rookie closer who can throw 100, and a wild manager. Seeing Cotts and Jenks strike out three in a row with a man at third and leading by just one run was pretty amamzing, and reminded me of the Sox bullpen in extra innings.
Even so, the key ingredient in watching any sporting event is to really care about who wins. Add that to a game, and suddenly your heart is racing with every pitch. The feeling is addictive, and it turns any win into a beautiful game.
Soon enough we'll be watching Big East basketall, all wrapped up in the moment. Until then we can read Montaigne.
These sox are cool ... starters going the distance, a rookie closer who can throw 100, and a wild manager. Seeing Cotts and Jenks strike out three in a row with a man at third and leading by just one run was pretty amamzing, and reminded me of the Sox bullpen in extra innings.
Even so, the key ingredient in watching any sporting event is to really care about who wins. Add that to a game, and suddenly your heart is racing with every pitch. The feeling is addictive, and it turns any win into a beautiful game.
Soon enough we'll be watching Big East basketall, all wrapped up in the moment. Until then we can read Montaigne.
posted by john rothenberg | 12:16 AM
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I have to weigh in with Mike on this one. Sure game two was exciting, but game three, despite going 14 innings into the wee hours, was hardly dramatic. More like tedious. It'll be nice for the other Sox fans to have a championship after even more than 86 years, but I can't imagine there are millions across the country waiting for this to happen. It's more like a novelty than the catharsis of 2004.
And as long as we're on this topic, what's up with Bud Selig? He reminds me of some village police officer, who has no real authority, and couldn't solve a single crime if he had to, but feels compelled to boss around some kid whom he catches jaywalking. Selig is completely impotent when it comes to any of the real issues facing baseball today; he is just a nebish. He couldn't get two owners to agree on anything. But then for no good reason, he orders the Astros to open their roof. Forget that the Astros like playing in all that din. And maybe their fans don't even want to sit out in the elements; maybe they like it all hot and steamy with the roof closed. What business is that of Selig's? An idiot, a meddler, and a nincompoop.
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