The Impossible Happens
Posted in Uncategorized on October 7th 2002 by Randy ReichardtOK, so sue me for being a baseball fan. Yes, sports. Anyway, what’s cool about the MLB playoffs for me is this: of the eight teams that began the series, the four which I hoped would win their series did. I follow these rules when baseball season hits the playoffs. If any of my three favorite teams are in, I cheer for them first: Minnesota, Toronto or Montreal. After that, I cheer for the Red Sox if they make it. Barring that from happening, I cheer for any team other than Atlanta, or the Yankees (I hate the Braves, I’m tired of the Yankees winning all the time).
The next rule is: cheer for the team(s) which have not won the World Series for the longest time. So, approaching the four playoffs I hoped for: Minnesota to beat Oakland, Anaheim to beat New York Yankees, San Francisco to beat Atlanta, and St Louis to beat Arizona. And I’ll be damned if it didn’t happen.
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