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Vin 04:47 am UTC 10/01/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Baseball Fans (from Jim) - AndrewG 08:07 am UTC 09/30/11 |
| Ummm. Boston Vin says "Ouch." A little tough to accept my musical hero reveling in my misery Wednesday night as the Sox blew it (a blowing it which they thoroughly deserved, sure enough). I only watched the Boston / Baltimore game and kept tabs on the Yankees / Rays, so I can't speak to the others, but - Jim is right: the way Boston lost and the Rays beat the Yanks, the synchronicity and improbability of it all happening the way that it did, seemed well beyond the random chaos that mortal men manufacture. It truly FELT like the work of some Divine Playwright just fucking with our heads, just a major Act III script-flipping. You want proof there's a God, or Gods? I can't offer you that but, Wednesday night, it felt like something close. Perhaps this will inspire Jim to finish "Paradise Lost (in the Final at Bat) ? > 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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