ramblings about sports part II

the pro baseball season is winding down and it’s going to be crazy down the stretch. I would like to see the Yankees miss the playoffs. I have a few other thoughts here.

  • now would be a good time for the mets to act like they are making a serious attempt to make the playoffs.
  • question for red sox fans: which would you rather have, a healthy schilling or last year’s world series championship? apparently you can’t have both. I would also worry about that bullpen.
  • root against the Yankees. it’s always the right thing to do –forcing their fans to endure suffering and embrace humility. losing games could work to achieve this. it’s more difficult to hate steinbrenner when he donates a million bucks to Katrina relief.
  • more proof that great defense is superior to great offense in baseball – baseball tonight on espn and web gems. home runs we’ve seen before. yawn. diving catches and sweet double plays never get old or boring.

by the way, if you don’t follow baseball, football, or college basketball, you should be kicked out of the jingo-istic American cabal. loving sports is just as much a part of the American fabric as capitalism and should be respected in the same way. women are of course excluded from this requirement.

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