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AndrewG 08:07 am UTC 09/30/11 |
| In reply to: | Baseball Fans (from Jim) - Jacqueline 06:40 am UTC 09/30/11 |
| Great to see Jim getting so excited over his hobbies. Baseball has never been very big in the UK and I never really have had an interest, but if I compare it to my interest in World Cup football (soccer ;-) ) I can appreciate how excited he gets. I hope he is enjoying what appears to me to be his now retirement, which honestly is fine with me. I wish him all the best. > Jim sent out this amazing email after the baseball games a > couple of nights ago. I asked it I could share the mail > with the sports fans here and he was good with it. Please > don't complain it's not music - it's an insight into how > much Jim loves baseball and I'm hoping you'll enjoy it as > that!! Love, JD > > ---------------------- > WOW! I just finished breathlessly watching the "most > exciting and historic night of baseball in HISTORY"! (ESPN > Quote) THIS HAD TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED!!! And with > DirectTV, I saw it all on a huge 8 screens LARGER HI DEF > SCREEN that blew my mind! > > Start with the fact that the Yankees had nothing at stake, > but BOSTON, TAMPA BAY, DETROIT, TEXAS, ATLANTA, ST LOUIS > and BALTIMORE WERE RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THIS MOMENTOUS > FEVERISH EXCITEMENT! Never in history could anyone foresee > a final day, after 162 games, and SO MANY TEAMS FATES > BEING DECIDED NOT ONLY TONIGHT, The Last Day of the > Season, BUT ALSO IN THE LAST OR EXTRA INNINGS!!!!! > > A) TAMPA HAD TO BEAT NY TO WIN WILD CARD! BOSTON HAD TO > BEAT LOWLY BALTMORE TO WIN WILD CARD! ATLANTA HAD TO BEAT > PHILLY TO WIN WILD CARD IN NL! ST LOUIS HAD TO BEAT > HOUSTON TO WIN WILD CARD! IF TIES OCCURED, AN > UNPRECEDENTED PLAYOFFS BETWEEN THE TWO FINALISTS WOULD > TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY! > > B) SO NY GOT OFF TO A 7 RUN LEAD, LED BY TEXEIRA'S GRAND > SLAM OFF THE GREAT DAVID PRICE! TAMPA SEEMED DOOMED. NY > took all their regulars out in the sixth so it was TAMPA > vs. the TRIPLE A YANKEES! 7-0 in the ninth. Last time > Yanks lost a game after being 7-0 in the ninth was 1951!! > But sure enough, TAMPA STAMPEDED BACK, fuelled by > Longoria's three run homer, freakish unexpected "hits" and > it was soon 7-6! THEN-- LONGORIA COMES BACK with ANOTHER > HOMER & IT WAS OVER @ 8-7 TAMPA!!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYY! (I was > rooting desperately to see the RED SOX fall after a 9 game > collapse, the biggest in baseball history!) > > C) Because Boston-Baltimore had a two hour rain delay, > there were freakishly wonderful moments! AS TEXEIRA HIT > HIS GRAND SLAM, @ that Precise instant, Pedroia was > hitting a home run for Boston! > Astonishing to witness! And Boston stayed ahead into the > ninth inning! Keep in mind that SAWKS WERE 72-0 when > leading after 8 innings! BUT MIRACLES OCCUR!! AS BALTIMORE > SCRATCHED & RIPPED THEIR WAY BACK TO A TIE, 3-3!! > THEN--Robert Andino, amazingly, a lower tier player > against the gr8 PAPELBON, with a man on second, slashed a > fly ball to left wher CARL CRAWFORD, their wunderkind free > agent 187 MILLION SIGNEE, & WHO'S HAD A DREADFUL YEAR, > lunges for the ball--AND HE JUST MISSES TRAPPING IT!! The > runner scores from 2nd and the CROWDS EVERYWHERE GO > APESHIT!!!! > THE LOWLY ORIOLES WIN 4-3! ALMOST EXACTLY THREE MINUTES > LATER, in EXTRA INNINGS (12th), the RAYS HAVE LONGORIA > BASH HIS SECOND HOMER AND IN THREE MINUTES, TAMPA WAS IN, > BOSTON WAS OUT AND PONDERING AN ETERNAL FENWAY WASTELAND, > AND HAD ACHIEVED THE BIGGEST COLLAPSE IN BASEBALL > HISTORY! > > D) > YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > E) Meanwhile the Yanks wouldnt know who they played until > the DETROIT/CLEVELAND Game and the TEXAS/L.A. games ended! > (They would play the team with the worse record, which was > UNDECIDED with TEXAS & DETROIT, ALL AFTER 160+ GAMES! > Well, TEXAS BEAT L.A. and DETROIT BEAT CLEVELAND, which, > based on a one game more victory total, meant YANKS PLAY > TIGERS!!!!! ALSO > YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!! Imma scared of Texas! Imma > terrified of Verlander of Detroit, but fuck it!!!!!!! > > F) As all this was going on, Atlanta managed to make the > second biggest collapse ever, going from 8.5 AHEAD SEPT.1 > to losing in EXTRA INNINGS TO PHILLY GIVING ST LOUIS THE > WILD CARD NL! > St Louis was beating Houston! > > G) ALL THIS ON THE LAST INNINGS OF THE LAST GAME OF THE > YEAR!!!!!!!! > > H) ENOUGH TO GIVE BUD SELIG THE UBER NUCLEAR WET DREAM OF > ALL TIME!!!!!!!!! > > I) PROOF THAT THERE IS A GOD WITHIN THE MOST GLORIOUS GAME > EVER CREATED!!!!!!! (Like with every pitch, every play, > every WHOLE SEASON, its a GLORIOUS GAME OF TENSION & > RELEASE!!!!!! LIKE GR8 POETRY & DRAMA & LIFE!!! But > wait--life?????? NO, ITS SO MUCH FUCKIN BETTER THAN > THAT!!!!!!!!!! > WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Steinonysian Steinhenge | |
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