<p>Well, first I was rooting for the A’s and they got eliminated and then I was rooting for the Mets and they went down so now I am rooting for the Cards for no reason that I have been able to discern so that doesn’t sound like a good sign does it? I will just be sad when it is over and there is no more baseball for a while…</p>
<p>“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” - Rogers Hornsby</p>
<p>No House show with baseball and repeats everywhere…blech</p>
<p>and the big story is about dirt on a guys hand</p>
<p>Tigers were down 3-1 to the Cardinals in '68 and came back to win.</p>
<p>But they had Lolich and McClain</p>
<p>Unless there is a sweep, there is always an ebb and flow in a 7 game series, be it baseball, basketball or hockey.</p>
<p>It amazes me the way the media jumps on the winner of the last game as the favorite in the series. The Tigers were initially the favorite in this series, based on the way they brushed the As and Yankees aside. The flip side of that approach is that the Cardinals were “battle-hardened” in getting through the 7 game series with the Mets. Now with the series at 2-1 Cardinals, the media seems intent on anointing the Cardinals as World Series Champions.</p>
<p>It think this is, and will continue to be, a very close series. If the Tigers start hitting, they are right back in it. The great thing in a 7 game series, like match play in golf, a loss be it 1-0 or 17-3 is still only one loss.</p>
<p>Thank goodness we have to play the games…</p>
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<p>Nope, that is not the big story. And there were multiple stories within that momentary story too–the story of the friendship between the two coaches and the way they handled the question during and after; the story of the way that pitcher pitched and the way he overcame his reputation in the postseason, the story about the finely-tuned debate about what the heck it really was… That is the thing about baseball–it is a “game of stories”. There are stories in every game, and always likely and unlikely heroes. It is part of what makes it so great–in spite of the modern-day issues with some players.</p>
<p>“ the essential beauty of the game endures. It is the best combination of athleticism and intellectualism we ever have known. Baseball gives us more to chew on before, during, and after each game than basketball, football, and hockey put together. Dull? As Red Smith famously observed, ‘Baseball is dull only to those with dull minds’ (Ryan, Boston Globe).”</p>
<p>3-1. Yes. One more to go.</p>
<p>Congratulations to the real Cards fans out there–I enjoyed being a short-term fan and what a nice throwback to see someone like David Eckstein win MVP. And, nice thing about these late-ending postseasons—Only 3 months til spring training and the beginning of the college baseball season!</p>
<p>yeah, it is end of Oct and baseball is over</p>
<p>I am glad for all the jobs etc created, but blech for the tv stuff</p>
<p>Birdies win! Birdies win! TheMom was quite happy last night.</p>
<p>Patient, I loved the baseball quotes. One of my favorites:</p>
<p>Baseball is an allegorical play about America, a poetic, complex, and subtle play of courage, fear, good luck, mistakes, patience about fate, and sober self-esteem. ~Saul Steinberg</p>
<p>That’s a great one and one I hadn’t heard. I could read a book of baseball quotations–so full of wit and wisdom. You might like this website: <a href=“http://www.quotegarden.com/baseball.html[/url]”>http://www.quotegarden.com/baseball.html</a></p>
<p>Also, I can relate to this one:</p>
<p>A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson</p>
<p>(P.S., as a pitcher’s mom, I love your name!)</p>
<p>This one was at the entry of the Baseball as American exhibition: I think there are only three things that America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music and baseball. They’re the three most beautifully designed things this culture has ever produced.
–Gerald Early, American author</p>