7 more for a team
15 October 2007Our second son Ethan was born last week, I’ve put pics here. Noah is the tall, left-hand starter with overpowering stuff… Ethan is the switch-hitting catcher… Next up? The speedy center-fielder. Needless to say, I’ve had other things on my mind besides the ‘07 playoffs… but I do have some thoughts:
- Most people I’ve chatted with about the two LCS’ seem to say “who cares” about the NLCS… that’s an attitude I just don’t understand. If anything, the NLCS is by far the more intriguing of the two. Sure, the Indians are a good story and a fun team, but the Red Sox? Yuck. In their attempt to compete with the Yankees, they’ve become the Yankees… and I just don’t care. Manny — boring. Big Papi — tired. Both the Rockies and the Diamondbacks are young, exciting, and thrilled to be playing in October. And for all those who call the National League “quadruple-A”, I wouldn’t put money on any team over the Rockies right now… would you? Colorado over Boston in five, over Cleveland in six.
- Just like any real baseball fan, I couldn’t be happier to watch the Yankees get bounced in the Division Series again. The Boss apparently was the only person in America who didn’t see this coming. Who cares how many wins Wang had… he’s a .500 pitcher on just about any other team.
- Tim McCarver is bad… but TBS is worse. As Torrealba smacked a 3-run home run off Livan Hernandez last night, there was no mention of their time spent together on the Giants. I’m sure every Giants fan called it… Livan looked tired, and Torrealba knew what was coming.
- Tony Gwynn has… let himself go?
- I will never, ever watch Frank TV.
I’ll hopefully have time to get some more thoughts on the ALCS up tonight during the game.
on October 15th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
congratulations!