Category Archives: The Baseball Gods
Despair
Last night was a rough night for baseball. I saw emptiness in the eyes of the Red Sox. And I cursed myself for so lustily cheering the Indians as they steamrolled the Yankees. Any team that beats the Yankees is … Continue reading
Titanic
This is real Baseball Armageddon. The Cleveland Indians vs. the Boston Red Sox. This ain’t no namby-pamby, emotionally charged, historical showdown of two stratospherically hyped and miserably mismatched Yankees and Red Sox teams. This is real baseball. Hitting against hitting. … Continue reading
@#$*!
Today is a day of commemoration. A damned dismal and disappointing day. God failed to repeat his unleashing of the Fourth Plague on the Yankees and let them survive to play another day. RIP: the Phillies Season April 2, 2007 … Continue reading
Defeat 2!
Because de agony of de feet don’t rate an elegant Roman numeral. No worries kids. I have seen an October where a team came back from a 19-8 loss to win two away and two at home – four straight … Continue reading
Defeat!
I’m not taking the blame for this one. I’ll take the hit for Red Sox losses when I’m present because the coincidence rate is entirely too high to think anything other than some cosmic confluence of bad luck is at … Continue reading