Congrats Gary and the Steamrollers - Ouch to Clydegirl and the Cardinals
The Nation is a little sensitive to hearing the S-word; I like the headline on the MLB site: 0-2 Been There, Won That. Keep the faith Sweetcaroline, da fat lady isn't on stage yet.
As all of us know ANYTHING can happen in baseball and it isn't over until BILL gives the command to the fat lady...exit stage right...
but seriously, I thought the Cards would win this series with the match-ups. Now, I also thought we have a decent chance in the others....we shall see....
We had a lot of people over last might, family and friends, for a BBQ. A very good friend of our family was back in town after 15 years for the week-end...like a brother to me....our house was excited with the game.
Sorry for the pain BIG BIRD...I have felt it many times...
but we keep coming back...great fun when we win!
Since my DODGERS are in I won't root so hard for the ANGELS....
I saw my first Angel games when they were the Los Angeles Angels in 1963 or '64...when I was 9 or 10 years old....back when they played in Dodger Stadium. I remember seeing Dean Chance pitch and that he was really something then.
I saw my first Dodger games the same years. Ron Fairly wore the same number, 6, that I did in Little League. Saw Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax pitch.
Maybe it was because the Dodgers were competitive then, winning the World Series over the Yankees and Twins and losing to the Orioles between '63-'66. Maybe it was because I was a kid and had a really cool pocket radio with an earphone and could listen to the World Series games...back when they were all day games....or maybe because my 5th grade teacher was a Dodger fan and she let us watch the game on TV in school....how cool was that?! I bet with those rabbit ears the reception was awesome...wink....
Always an Angel fan but could never pull for them over my Dodgers...nope...
It would be like taking the hottest girl in school (DODGERS) to the Senior Prom....or your junior sister (ANGELS)....she may be hot...but she's still your sister
It has been a fun week-end here for me. You just never know...the Cardianls and Red Sox were each just one out away from wins...with no one on base...frustrating game sometimes isn't it....
OT: ? lol...
One good thing to come out of the Red Sox early demise... My snacking will be back under control...
In April I'd have my usual 3 cups of 'bare' popcorn 3-4 times a week and strict limit of 2 beers a week. Today, at game time (noon), after breakfast and before lunch, I plopped myself down on the couch with a bag of 'baked' chips, and a big glass of diet soda... It felt so comfortable... scary comfortable... I'll be watching all of the games over the next couple of weeks... but my snacking will be in check !
Last edited by Sweetcaroline; 10-11-2009 at 10:40 PM.
I'm super bummed the Twins got bumped - I like their team. Thought it would happen, but disappointed none the less.
On the other hand, the ex is a big Sox fan, so I still had something to smile about. We're still good friends, so you better believe there was some SERIOUS chirping going on! (Because isn't one the best part of sports fan-dom harassing your friends about their teams?)
it stinks that someone has to lose... 
I hear her singing . . .
We're still good friends, so you better believe there was some SERIOUS chirping going on! (Because isn't one the best part of sports fan-dom harassing your friends about their teams?)
