Well, the leaves are changing or falling depending on your particular area, the weather is getting colder, the days are getting shorter and one thing is taking up a disproportionate amount of my time. It's the season of playoff baseball.
Some days in the last 2 weeks there was baseball on from 2:00 pm until sometimes as late as 11, there is great and intense competition on the big league fields. It's great and I love it.
The other night I was watching the Philadelphia Phillies trying to punch their ticket to the World Series. They did win and are now going to face either the Anaheim Angels or the New York Yankees. New York had a 3 games to 1 lead at the time.
I didn't think much about the possible match up I just enjoyed the end of the game. Then something happened. Toward the end of the game, the Phillies had a fairly comfortable lead and the crowd in Philly knew it. Out of the cheap seats it started to spill, until it flooded the whole stadium.
"Yankees Suck! Yankees Suck! Yankees Suck!"
At first I just chuckled, because I too, think the Yankees suck. Then something occured to me. I just kind of mumbled it to myself.
"Oh sweet Jesus."
This is Philadelphia. A city baptized by the american revolution. A city of rabid, foaming, drunk sports fans. Opposing outfielders being targeted by groups of fans with laser pointers, language that would turn you white. In fact, a man was killed outside the stadium at one point this year....at least one point.
J.D. Drew was drafted with the #1 pick by the Phillies a while ago. After Drew demanded a rookie salary record 10 million bucks, the Phillies said no thanks and Drew went back into the draft the following year to be chosen and paid by the St. Louis Cardinals.
When the Cardinals went to Philadelphia the first time that year, Drew took his spot in right field. Fans from the town he had spurned greeted him by.......throwing D batteries at him.
This is the terrible storm the American League Champion will walk in to. I'm personally rooting for the Angels, but if it is indeed the Yankees........consider the possibilities.
Animosity is already building. It could be as long as a week before the first pitch of the World Series and already they're chanting for blood. Two major metropolitan centers on the east coast with nearly a century of sporting history.
One group, possibly the largest team fan base in north america and one of the few globaly recognized baseball brands. The other group........throw batteries and kill people.
There will be strikes and balls, great hits and greater catches and there just may be bloodshed. God damn I love playoff baseball.
Some days in the last 2 weeks there was baseball on from 2:00 pm until sometimes as late as 11, there is great and intense competition on the big league fields. It's great and I love it.
The other night I was watching the Philadelphia Phillies trying to punch their ticket to the World Series. They did win and are now going to face either the Anaheim Angels or the New York Yankees. New York had a 3 games to 1 lead at the time.
I didn't think much about the possible match up I just enjoyed the end of the game. Then something happened. Toward the end of the game, the Phillies had a fairly comfortable lead and the crowd in Philly knew it. Out of the cheap seats it started to spill, until it flooded the whole stadium.
"Yankees Suck! Yankees Suck! Yankees Suck!"
At first I just chuckled, because I too, think the Yankees suck. Then something occured to me. I just kind of mumbled it to myself.
"Oh sweet Jesus."
This is Philadelphia. A city baptized by the american revolution. A city of rabid, foaming, drunk sports fans. Opposing outfielders being targeted by groups of fans with laser pointers, language that would turn you white. In fact, a man was killed outside the stadium at one point this year....at least one point.
J.D. Drew was drafted with the #1 pick by the Phillies a while ago. After Drew demanded a rookie salary record 10 million bucks, the Phillies said no thanks and Drew went back into the draft the following year to be chosen and paid by the St. Louis Cardinals.
When the Cardinals went to Philadelphia the first time that year, Drew took his spot in right field. Fans from the town he had spurned greeted him by.......throwing D batteries at him.
This is the terrible storm the American League Champion will walk in to. I'm personally rooting for the Angels, but if it is indeed the Yankees........consider the possibilities.
Animosity is already building. It could be as long as a week before the first pitch of the World Series and already they're chanting for blood. Two major metropolitan centers on the east coast with nearly a century of sporting history.
One group, possibly the largest team fan base in north america and one of the few globaly recognized baseball brands. The other group........throw batteries and kill people.
There will be strikes and balls, great hits and greater catches and there just may be bloodshed. God damn I love playoff baseball.
