You know I bleed blue, but the Dodgers starting staff is hopeless right now, barring some sort of collective resurgence. I don't trust Buehler or Flaherty to give up < 5 runs. Yamamoto might have a good night. And then: bullpen game! We watched the Fernandomania 30f30 episode from a while back tonight to get in the mood, and while good and exciting and culminating in Fernando beating the Yankees in the '81 Series, alas it reminded me of how the Dodgers pretty horribly eminent-domained and tore down Chicano neighborhoods in LA to build their stadium, and included some pretty shocking racist jokes from the time, including from Johnny Carson...
As a Minnesota Twins fan, I'm afraid the Yankees are a nemesis. Although born in NYC, I lived in LA for almost two decades, so it'll have to be Dodgers (though I mislike big-market teams in general). At the end, I was sorta hoping for a Subway series, that would have been interesting. What I really wanted was two wildcard teams in the Series. Royals or Guardians vs Mets or Padres. *That* would have been a cool Series. Dodgers vs Yankees is just too ordinary to be interesting. Grass is green, sky is blue, big-market teams win again. Meh.
I remember exhibiting the same sort of superstitious behavior, back in the day. Wishing an exciting and, ultimately, rewarding Series for you and the Pip.
I'm kind of like that to myself since I'm the only one that watches baseball... yeah, I know superstitions are nothing and all... but it can just feel like even the best of us can get caught up in it. As for the game itself, well, while they beat my Mets, I'm anti-Yankees all the way, so go Dodgers! (But just this time.)
You know I bleed blue, but the Dodgers starting staff is hopeless right now, barring some sort of collective resurgence. I don't trust Buehler or Flaherty to give up < 5 runs. Yamamoto might have a good night. And then: bullpen game! We watched the Fernandomania 30f30 episode from a while back tonight to get in the mood, and while good and exciting and culminating in Fernando beating the Yankees in the '81 Series, alas it reminded me of how the Dodgers pretty horribly eminent-domained and tore down Chicano neighborhoods in LA to build their stadium, and included some pretty shocking racist jokes from the time, including from Johnny Carson...
Might have gotten good Flaherty tonight. Velo's up.
Superstition around sports, any sport, is ridiculous. Around dice, that’s absolutely different…
(I’m a role player. I know luck doesn’t exist. But I do have my favorite pair of dice…)
As a Minnesota Twins fan, I'm afraid the Yankees are a nemesis. Although born in NYC, I lived in LA for almost two decades, so it'll have to be Dodgers (though I mislike big-market teams in general). At the end, I was sorta hoping for a Subway series, that would have been interesting. What I really wanted was two wildcard teams in the Series. Royals or Guardians vs Mets or Padres. *That* would have been a cool Series. Dodgers vs Yankees is just too ordinary to be interesting. Grass is green, sky is blue, big-market teams win again. Meh.
Loved the txt conversation!
I remember exhibiting the same sort of superstitious behavior, back in the day. Wishing an exciting and, ultimately, rewarding Series for you and the Pip.
I'm kind of like that to myself since I'm the only one that watches baseball... yeah, I know superstitions are nothing and all... but it can just feel like even the best of us can get caught up in it. As for the game itself, well, while they beat my Mets, I'm anti-Yankees all the way, so go Dodgers! (But just this time.)