And there you go. It's already evident why the baseball playoffs have become a giant anti-climax to a thrilling 162-game marathon.
If you find yourself yawning and checking your fantasy football roster, it's because the Yankees are already booking their rooms in Philadelphia. Having humiliated the Twins, they now face the prospect of a match-up with the pitching depleted Rays or Rangers. A series versus Texas without the services of Cliff Lee until Game 3 is as compelling as a hammer-nail competition. Texas is more likely to secede from the Union (again) than beat New York in a seven-game ALCS. Tampa might prolong the dance, but three Sabathia starts weighs more heavily -- literally and figuratively -- than anything the Rays can pull from their $70 million roster.
In fact, it was only two games into the playoffs before we already knew that the franchise with advantages at every level -- in the draft, in international signings, in payroll, in recruiting players; in everything -- will yet again compete in the championship series. Ho hum. Fans in Seattle and Chicago and Houston and Toronto and Kansas City must again be filled with glee.
And if the Yankees face the favored Phillies, we will once again witness the sorry spectacle of outdoor baseball on frigid November nights in the Northeast. That's just how Abner Doubleday drew it up, don't you think? The sting of the bat, the clattering of teeth, the pristine white of snow flurries sprinkling the brown grass. The Boys of Winter.
ZZZZzzzzzz.
If you find yourself yawning and checking your fantasy football roster, it's because the Yankees are already booking their rooms in Philadelphia. Having humiliated the Twins, they now face the prospect of a match-up with the pitching depleted Rays or Rangers. A series versus Texas without the services of Cliff Lee until Game 3 is as compelling as a hammer-nail competition. Texas is more likely to secede from the Union (again) than beat New York in a seven-game ALCS. Tampa might prolong the dance, but three Sabathia starts weighs more heavily -- literally and figuratively -- than anything the Rays can pull from their $70 million roster.
In fact, it was only two games into the playoffs before we already knew that the franchise with advantages at every level -- in the draft, in international signings, in payroll, in recruiting players; in everything -- will yet again compete in the championship series. Ho hum. Fans in Seattle and Chicago and Houston and Toronto and Kansas City must again be filled with glee.
And if the Yankees face the favored Phillies, we will once again witness the sorry spectacle of outdoor baseball on frigid November nights in the Northeast. That's just how Abner Doubleday drew it up, don't you think? The sting of the bat, the clattering of teeth, the pristine white of snow flurries sprinkling the brown grass. The Boys of Winter.
ZZZZzzzzzz.
1 comment:
Hmm... finally another team is getting to build its "dynasty" and pushing back on the Yankees dominance. Of course, I am a Phillies fan, so that changes things, but this is a bit of a downer and I don't think it's called for. There was already a no-no and other amazing pitching from SF in this Post Season (and Chooch hit s 103+mph fastball for a double last night!). What else do you want?!? The chance for the team with the most losses in the history of sports to come back again and beat the New York "Mercenaries" as you call them is something to get EXCITED about!!! LET'S GO PHILLIES!!!
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