SWEETNESS

Got back from the D-bar a little while ago--had to get me a celebratory Guinness since the St. Louis Cardinals won the National League Championship! Woo-hoo!! Ran into some other PTS people there and had fun just chillin.

Found this article earlier and thought it pretty much encompases my feelings about this time of year. Here's an excerpt:

"Baseball is often put down as boring and slow, nowhere near as fast or as crunching as the violence that the National Football League or college football display. And on a Tuesday night in July, with virtually nothing at stake and with another game tomorrow in what for many major league teams can be a dreary 162-game schedule, baseball can be boring and slow.

On the mound, the pitcher shakes off the catcher's signs. The batter fouls off several pitches. The infielders and outfielders stand as still as statues.

But when a baseball game means something special, the same elements that made it boring and slow in July make you hold your breath in October. For one of the teams in a Game 7 in October, there really is no tomorrow."

And I should add that those of us who follow and watch baseball from when it starts in July and the majority of people don't talk about baseball, up through the beginning of football season where Sports Center suddenly revolves around football, and on till the final innings of the League Championships and into the World Series...it's a long road, but the destination is worth it. And from the same article:

"When an October baseball game is still at stake in the late innings, teammates and spectators hold their breath on every pitch. And whenever the batter hits a long fly ball or even a short line drive, they hold their breath until it lands in the stands or in a glove."

And then jump around in exaltation when Pujols catches the ball for the last out. Even when it's not in extra innings. See ya in Boston.

Game 1-Saturday October 23