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Go Cards!
Baseball has everything.
It's got precise placement. It's got discrete states.
Minute movements make all the difference. The pieces have infinite possible paths.
It's got foregone conclusions. It's got decisive victories.
Anything can happen, even at the last moment. A good game isn't decided until it's over.
It's got dominant players. It's got people you can write off.
Pujols got one RBI in the series. Molina hit two homers.
It's a game with perfect information. It's a game of numbers.
There are lots of surprises. The most likely outcome doesn't always happen.
In an era when football, basketball, and hockey are all dominated by a particular ethnic group and about two body types, baseball's got a lot of physical diversity. Small and quick shortstops, big bulky first basemen, and everything in between. Carribeanos, Central Americans, Venezuelans and Columbians, black guys, white guys, and a growing number of Asians well represent the legacy of Number 42. After a hundred and fifty years, nobody's found the one ultimate pitching style.
21 years ago I was a six-year-old very interested in baseball birds. The Blue Jays faced the Royals in the ALCS while the Cardinals faced off against the Dodgers. I rooted for the winged teams and decided if they both made the World Series I wouldn't care who won. As fate would have it, the Royals won and went on to defeat the Cards in seven games, but I became a St. Louis fan for life. Could be worse, I could be hoping for the Rockies to win it all...
It's got precise placement. It's got discrete states.
Minute movements make all the difference. The pieces have infinite possible paths.
It's got foregone conclusions. It's got decisive victories.
Anything can happen, even at the last moment. A good game isn't decided until it's over.
It's got dominant players. It's got people you can write off.
Pujols got one RBI in the series. Molina hit two homers.
It's a game with perfect information. It's a game of numbers.
There are lots of surprises. The most likely outcome doesn't always happen.
In an era when football, basketball, and hockey are all dominated by a particular ethnic group and about two body types, baseball's got a lot of physical diversity. Small and quick shortstops, big bulky first basemen, and everything in between. Carribeanos, Central Americans, Venezuelans and Columbians, black guys, white guys, and a growing number of Asians well represent the legacy of Number 42. After a hundred and fifty years, nobody's found the one ultimate pitching style.
21 years ago I was a six-year-old very interested in baseball birds. The Blue Jays faced the Royals in the ALCS while the Cardinals faced off against the Dodgers. I rooted for the winged teams and decided if they both made the World Series I wouldn't care who won. As fate would have it, the Royals won and went on to defeat the Cards in seven games, but I became a St. Louis fan for life. Could be worse, I could be hoping for the Rockies to win it all...
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Glad to know that I have one friend out there watching these games and enjoying them. I used to have lots of sports fans, but now I have very few.