The Baseball Wing

Ok, so, I’m ready to go to bed; but I cannot - the outcome of the game beckons. So, I’m trying to watch one of my least favorite episodes of The West Wing and not watch the game. I want to know what happens, but I watching with terror in my heart is impossible. Some part of me believes if I watch I might jinx the game, as if I’m that important in the scheme of how a baseball game two states away plays out. I can’t stand this episode so I’m watching with the sound off. I wonder if I’ll feel anything special if Boston should happen to win this game. As I sit here excitement and anxiety bubbles over the possibility that the jinx could be broken, and that city up north that I love so much could once again know the joy of being baseball champions with the added benefit of knowing they won’t have to listen to the ?yeah, but you didn’t have to play the Yankees’ chorus. I just don’t know if I’m going to feel anything special. I just realized that the two places (Boston and Chicago) I’ll move back to the snow and cold without much argument both, as of this moment anyway, have fall traditions that are less than stellar in my time. Oh, well, I’m going to try to watch the game.

Update on 10.28.2004 00:40 by kmsqrd

Congratulations
Boston Red Sox!
This team is stupid good, and a great team.

Update on 10.28.2004 01:00 by kmsqrd

While you know they had it made up ahead of time, but the Nike ‘time laps’ Boston commercial is priceless. They just played it on Fox, and it starts back in 1918 and you see the fans in the seats change, they grow up, switch seats, cheer and groan all with a rolling year calendar below. As the calendar rolls to 2004, you see elderly gentlemen and someone’s grandson celebrating the win. It was a cool commercial.

Comments

[marvo]

After I saw that Nike commercial I started balling my eyes out. I'm such a wuss.

[JM]

heck, I was all teary and emotional by the 7th inning.

[kmsqrd]

I managed not to cry, though it was touch and go at the Nike commercial.