So I skipped the AL and NL games Sunday night, and both were apparently terribly exciting. So last night, after we got the urchin to bed, we watched the ALCS and flipped to the NLCS periodically.
It’s amazing that both underdogs have gotten off the mat in their respective series. David Ortiz, a player Minnesota decided had no value, hit a walkoff homerun on Sunday night and had the game winning hit last night in the 14th inning of a six plus hour game that was tension filled from the minute they started playing. You could watch the shots of Fenway and actually feel the collective waves of nausea going thru the crowd as each bottom of the inning came and went with chances to win going by the wayside.
Now, the series shifts back to Yankee Stadium. Both teams’ pitching staffs are exhausted and now, in game 6, Curt Schilling will return and attempt to take the series to a game 7. The Yankees have to be at least a little bit worried. Imagine if they let Boston become the first team to EVER come back from three games down to win a seven game series. I almost think that for Boston to break thru, it’s going to have to be this hard. It’s how they do things.
So the Sox won in 14, and I immediately flipped over to the bottom of 8th and beyond of the NLCS. To keep checking that game and see that Houston’s young studs Brandon Backe and Brad Lidge held the mighty Cardinal lineup to one hit in nine innings while Woody Williams was doing the same to the white-hot Astros was amazing.
Then, Jason Isrinhausen gave up the single to the hottest player on the planet in Carlos Beltran. Then, Beltran stole second forcing the Cards to walk Lance Berkman, which led to the first pitch three-jack by Jeff Kent (Barry Bonds best friend).
Now, both series shift to cities that expected to be long since done with their opponents and preparing for the World Series. St. Louis will have to win on Wednesday to see a game seven, and the Sox will have to do the same tonight. If these series both go to seven games, I may have a stroke.
So Mr. Selig, you’ve got me. Despite the fact that you are a puppet for the owners and the fact that yours is the only professional sport in the WORLD where steroids are not illegal, you’ve got me.
Just don’t mess it up and I might, MIGHT watch some games in the spring next year too.
What say you?