The World Series

I have yet to watch a moment of the World Series, and I'm not entirely sure why.

Part of it is that I haven't been home at the start of any of the games, and I've gone to sleep early all three nights, so the most I would have seen is some middle innings.

Part of it is, especially as a Mets fan, I don't really have a rooting interest.

And even without a rooting interest, that usually leads me to root for underdogs-- the Phillies won last year's world series, and the Yankees can never be the underdog.  There is no underdog.

Part of it is that postseason stats don't count in fantasy baseball.

Part of it is that I have not yet converted my wife into a baseball fan, although her baseball game tolerance has somewhat increased.

Part of it is that we're not at the elimination games yet, and those are always the most interesting.

Maybe I'll watch tonight.  Maybe.

Comments

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To each his own. Watching baseball has, for me, never been about the teams that are playing (although I do have my favorites), but about the love of the game itself. If you think about it, baseball is the perfect game. It is unlike almost any other team sporting game there is (with the exception of singles tennis -- which isn't a team sport except when its played in doubles -- which I also like).

1. Its duration doesn't rest on the determination of a clock. There are nine innings and 27 out for each team. However long it takes to finish is however long it takes. No artificial timer involved.

2. Although it seems to be slow and boring in parts, if you really pay attention, there's always some drama going on.

3. You can turn away and become involved in some other activity and not miss a thing when you return to watching because some strategies take time to develop. There's space to breath between the action, in other words. You don't have to be watching constantly.