Victory II

I think I love the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies because I love Boston, Massachusetts and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tonight Boston returned my love. They dropped their magic number to 1 won the American League East!. If it was the old Red Sox or the Phillies you’d say, “Hey, they only need to win one out of the last two games? Yeah, they’ll find a way to f**k that up.” But this is the new Red Sox. They buggered up the first game against the Twins. But tonight, they were born again hard. Dice-K has screwed up his last umpteen games. Tonight he pitches eight innings with only two runs on six hits and eight strikeouts. That’s my boy. Hopefully the Japanese are pleased with that performance. More in line with his Pacific days than anything he’s shown so far in the good ol’ USA.

MVP!!! MVP!!! MVP!!! JIMMEH! HE DE MAN!

Sorry, a momentary lapse of reason due to the dulcet tones of Philly fans on the telly.

And a word on those rotten goddamned towels. I’d give green money if football players never, ever wore baseball caps in any scene associated with the gridiron. Why would baseball people want to wave those goddamned Pittsburgh football towels? Idiots.

Here’s how it looks at 10:08 PM on a beautiful September Friday night.

I’ve been superstitious. I refused to write about the Phillies game while it was ongoing. Even in the top of the 9th, only three outs to go and up by six runs to none. It ain’t safe to say nothing. It’s never safe. Not with Philadelphia. Hasn’t been safe in seventeen years. One World Championship! One measley championship and 10,000 losses? Never safe. But hey, at least for the next hour, We’re Number One! And maybe for at least the next twenty-four hours. And maybe for the month of October.A man can dream, can’t he?

And maybe he don’t have to. Witness the standings as of 10:50 PM!

Now we await the ending of the Orioles/Yankees game. I spent a lot of time cheering on the O’s this year. I’ll spend even more time cheering them on next year if they can pull this one out.Oh! El Bencho struck out looking. Too much eye makeup? Would you still wear that at night?Hey! It’s alright! The O’s pulled it off! WOW! I owe the beer lady (remind me to post the pic) a whole shitload of tips in return for a whole shitload of Coors Light.

God bless Baltimore! God bless Boston! God bless south Florida acting the spoiler against the right team. And pray loudly and lustily that the standings don’t radically alter. My opinion of D.C. is slightly improving with time and exposure. Don’t f**k it up with a spoiler role in the stretch run.