And a belated word or two about the World Series.
It's good to see such diversity in baseball. Why, there was a time I never thought that the winning manager of the World Series would speak a language other than English, but even though I never understood a word of what Ozzie Guilen said, his team did and that's what counts. Signs. It just goes to show the importance of knowing the signs when your boss doesn't speak English.
And yet another curse was lifted. Last year the Red Sox, this year the White Sox, and it's just a shame the Black Sox remain banned from baseball. How times change. Shoeless Joe Jackson hits .352 during that Series and gets banned for life because he helped "throw" games, and Barry Bonds gains 75 pounds of muscle using illegal anabolic steroids, breaks one home run record after another, and remains the talk of the town.
Two years in a row, and two American League shutouts in a row. Been 3 years now since a National League team has won even ONE game in a World Series, so look for the Commissioners Office to allow a 'roid user or two to escape dedection in the Senior Circuit just to keep that all important parity. Worst television ratings ever, two teams the country could care less about, so hey, it's for damn sure SOMETHING will be done.
And to all of you sissy Frenchmen, and Englishmen, and Spaniards who scoff at the concept of it being a World Series, just remember that ANYONE in the world can come to North America and play baseball, unlike your shorty-pantsy soccer squads that have immigrant quota's to insure the purity of the home team ethnicity. All one needs to play baseball is a level of athleticism coupled with superior hand-eye coordination that is of course unheard of in places such as Europe where all they do is keek the futballs.
Why'd ya think the Germans hadda put handles on their hand grenades fer chrissake. "Throw them? Ach du lieber, how does one "throw"?
How much longer 'till pitchers and catchers?
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