Okay, maybe earning the wild card berth is about as satisfying as playing Crazy Eights, but my cliche-o-meter just spat out "A win is a Win." It doesn't help that the Yanks lost to a team from a city whose biggest nightlife mecca is a former cigar-rolling district, but at least the weather is warm and the surf pre-oiled.
From a selfish standpoint, I like it when the Yanks stumble along and give El Duque and the rest of the hacks here fits, because the writing on the blog gets much funnier.
So kwitcherbellyachin. The Yankees get to travel to the Land of Sky Blue Waters and defend the crown. While it could get frosty in the open air, at least they are contending. Things could be worse. How'd you like to watch Ichiro get 200 hits every year, then have only the Seahawks to watch on October 1?
An earnest defense of the Bombers from today's Bardball:
To Those Who Think The Yankees Are Overpaid
by Stephen Jones
Counting: 15 out of 16 years past
to Yankee playoff possibility:
Pirates? Padres? The Indians, e.g.?
(the list of small- & medium-market
teams is as long as owners’ ledgers)
a dis-service to their fans:
So don’t argue:
That your team owners may be committed
to money to profit not to bases counted
or games won: to profit sharing:
& so much for quality & parity
Some teams are designed to contend
others merely to make money
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2 comments:
The problem with baseball today: Syndicates that own teams.
The billionaires are running for office instead of owning ballclubs.
Jock sniffers, public grafters and tin-pot dictators who have or can squeeze out the money for the private fantasy of being a big leaguer.
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