Thursday, October 30, 2008
Congratulations to the Phillies & fans. Tampa Bay was a fun to watch this year, but the Phils looked bigger & badder & they were, though not by much. The city of Tampa Bay didn't earn their team; playoff games not sold out, thousands of shameless Floridian Red Sox fans in the seats.
Wednesday night's finish of a suspended game was just right for people who find baseball too slow & the games too long. Playoff & series games feel longer even when they aren't. Last night's 3 1/2 innings took 90 minutes from pregame to players celebrating in a pile on the pitching mound. There was a home run & a runner thrown out at home. It was nice & tidy & passed quickly, & the 11 o'clock news covered therioting partying on Broad Street.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday night's finish of a suspended game was just right for people who find baseball too slow & the games too long. Playoff & series games feel longer even when they aren't. Last night's 3 1/2 innings took 90 minutes from pregame to players celebrating in a pile on the pitching mound. There was a home run & a runner thrown out at home. It was nice & tidy & passed quickly, & the 11 o'clock news covered the
