YAWN
Well, another World Series is about to pass. Over the past three years, this is what has happened....
2007 Boston beats Colorado 4-0
2006 St. Louis beats Detroit 4-1
2005 Chicago White Sox beats Houston 4-0
2004 Boston beats St. Louis 4-0
So in other words, over the past four years the World Series Winners have won a total of sixteen games, while over the past four years the World Series loser has won a total of one game.
To quote Nothing Ever Happens On Mars (from Waiting For Guffman), "Boring. Boring. Boring."
This year the World Series has been especially disappointing because the regular season was so exciting. There were a lot of great individual milestones (not just Barry Bonds' home run chase), some exciting pennant chases, and some magical teams to watch.
So the one game playoff between the Pardes and the Rockies before the playoffs series even started was probably the peak of the season. Everything since then has felt like a slow march towards the inevitable: the crowning of the Red Sox.
So I'll put a wrap on the season with two final thoughts.
1. People who dislike the Yankees with their ungodly payroll and arrogance, should have equal disdain for the Red Sox.
2. The Twins were disappointing this year, and I predict they will disappoint even more next year.
4 comments:
I can't help but like the Red Sox, despite their huge payroll. I don't know why, but they epitomize a cool baseball team to me. I mean, they have Poppy and Wakefield for God's sake!
Let's go to the game on Saturday before the Marathon and you'll understand.
Don't get me wrong. I have been a long time Red Sox fan. I sat in the Fenway bleachers in college during a road trip. I waited five hours in line to buy standing-room-only tickets to a game when I was in 8th grade. They were far and away my favorite non-Nolan Ryan team growing up.
But somehting has changed over the past few years and they've lost their appeal to me. And it's not because they win World Series titles now. It's because BoSox fans take on a holier-than-thou attitude and rip on the Yankees for overspending. But this is the BoSox same team the spent $10M just to TALK to Dice-K, let alone sigh him.
p.s. you are right though, we should go to a game in April.
I'm glad you guys are on board for a BoSox game. It will be by far the most expensive game we ever go to, but it will be worth it. Make it so.
I like the Red Sox, but that's in SPITE of Ortiz. What a bum. He leaves a mediocre team for a better one, so he decides to trash his old team in the press? Lame and shows poor sportsmanship.
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