To reflect on the end of this year’s baseball is to find that all, somehow, is well.
They went 100 miles, 200 miles, 300 miles, and the train kept-a-rollin’.
We could be heroes, just for staving off total humiliation another day.
Q: How many White Sox batters does it take to get a runner on second?
A: Four. One to hit a double and three to leave him there.
Twelve runners left stranded. An opposing ace on the ropes in the first inning. A chance to strike a deathblow before the Rays even get to bat.
The result? You [...]
The thing is, we all kind of knew what would happen. We knew what would happen in the fifth inning of a Javier Vazquez start, and we knew the Good Guys’ only runs would come from the bomb squad, and we knew the Rays would be aggressive, and we knew. . . well, we just [...]
I meant to post this earlier, but we’ve been having some server issues today due to, among other things, high traffic (!). But our good friend Jessica at Her Rays graciously lent me the floor today to explain ourselves on behalf of the Second City. Enjoy it, and raise a glass for our old friend.
Of [...]
Still talking to myself, and nobody’s home.
What we talk about when we talk about Non-Sox playoff series:
Cubs/Dodgers: If the Sox win (more on that tomorrow), may the Cubs win as well; if not, well, it will at least be kind of fun to watch Carlos Zambrano murder one (or many!) of his teammates on national television. Whatever. Prediction: Cubs in 4 OR Dodgers [...]
Looking ahead to the first round of the 2007 playoffs.
