I have not watched baseball for more than one inning at a
time for more years than I can remember. The games in the past just put me to
sleep. That is until this series they did. Years ago it seemed that half of the
time spent at home plate the batters were constantly adjusting their crotch. They
don’t do that now; instead they step out of the box and readjust their batting
gloves, this seems to me a more wholesome preoccupation. Now if they could just
stop spitting all the time the game would improve even more.
This World Series is to me the most exciting ever. The
San Francisco Giants really seem to live up to their name. Bumgarner, Lincecum,
Pence, Petit, Posey and most of all Sandoval are giants of their profession,
great players. And then along comes the Kansas City Royals, a team that played
as bad as the Chicago Cubs for years, until this year. Tonight the Davids of
the series play the final game against the Goliaths. David will be trying to
hit against Goliath in the form of Madison Bumgarner. David has not been
successful on that score for two games this series. However, Goliath pitched
nine innings just days ago and my hope is Goliath will be tired tonight and not
have his usual, un-hittable stuff. I hope KC didn’t use up all their hits last
night. I want to see what I hope will be the most exciting finale of World Series
history. I want David to smash Goliath, or at least squeak out a victory in the
bottom of the ninth. I haven’t wanted a team to win this much since the Saint
Louis Cardinals won the series back in 1964. In 1964 the underdog Cardinals
faced the dreaded New York Yankee batting lineup featuring Mickey Mantle and
Roger Maris and the Yankee’s goliath pitcher Whitey Ford.
Go Royals!
