I'm not really a baseball fan, I only play one during the playoffs when the Sox are playing. Courtesy of my friend Adrian, as die-hard a fan as one can imagine of the Sox, I know the entire starting roster now and actually understand a squeeze and "small ball".
Governor Schwarzenegger's (Conan) quote is perfect for this World Series. When asked what were the best things in life, he responded:
"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the woman!"
paraphrasing a Mongol general from 10 or 11 centuries previous.
I don't understand these old-time fans who see the Sox as "underdogs" and believe that they had to have more adversity before winning the Series. Their adversity was going down 3-1 to the Indians and having to win 3 straight to come back and even make the Series.
So I say, revel in the victory. It's better to crush your enemies than give them a chance to come back.
After all, if the Yankees and Indians had thought like that the Sox wouldn't have two World Series titles this century!
Posted by artandscience at October 28, 2007 10:08 PM