The opening day of the baseball playoffs was great, as Truth, Goodness, Sweetness, and Light triumphed decisively over Greed, Sloth, Indolence, Hollywood and New York: The Twins shutout the Evil Empire, and Hollywood’s twin demons were soundly defeated by the generally hapless Red Sox and America’s Team, the Cardinals.
I don’t know that the Twins can win two more, as they lack depth in the pitching department, but the Yankees are weaker than they’ve been in years so there’s hope. The Dodgers are actually a very deserving team from the standpoint of management and staff, but their fans are so obnoxious they have to lose. The Cards will dispatch them easily and the world will be a better place.
The ironically named Angels are more of a challenge, as their evil genius manager Mike Sciosia is generally a step ahead of the opposition. He used his throw-away starter for game 1, quite sensible given that the cursed ones had Mr. Schilling on the mound and he wasn’t to be denied. It’s a five game series and he’s got some tricks up his sleeve.
Most of the matchups at this point pit teams who wear red against teams who wear blue; red teams and blue teams. It would be funny if all the red teams won, including the Astros but not including Anaheim. Funny and weird.
That’s some real baseball insight, isn’t it?
