I realize this is a bit late and the predictions may seem stilted. But trust me, this entire conversation took place before first pitch on Tuesday. I've the email records to prove it. Without futher ado...
ALDS:
-Yankees over Tigers in 3. RJ dislocates back, breaks hip, career ends.
-A's over Twins in 4.
ALCS:
-Yankees over A's in 7. In a freak deja vu moment, Giambi singles off of Zito in the 7th, Terrance Long pinch hits for Bobby Abreu, who suddenly developed Sammy-Sosa-Dinosaur Syndrome. Long slaps a double to right, Giambi rounds third and beats the Scutaro flip at home for the go head and game winning run.
NLDS:
-Dodgers over Mets in 5. No Pedro no win.
-Cards over Pads in 4, again.
NLCS:
-Dodgers over Cards in 6. Game 6 LA walkoff with back to back to back to back to back HRs off of Isi to win. Nomar tears groin during celebration.
World Series:
Dodgers in 6. Derek Lowe wins all three series clinching games, again. A boy named Theo commits suicide.
This is what I hope will happen. Except for that last line. I guess I'd only put money on the Yankees to win. Of course certain holy vows I have pledged won't allow that. But here are some other bets that I'd like to see made:
1. An over/under on the run-scored difference between the Yankees/Tigers series, I'm going to say 30 (42-12). Seriously two 17-3ish blowouts and an 8-6 close one. Those young dé-toi kids are almost as prolific of K-machines as A-Rod.
Speaking of which, my friend PJ hyperbolizes (only kind of) that A-Rod's going to make the last out in game 7 with the bases loaded, losing to the Mets. Of course no hatred for Mr. Purple Lips lingers after an entire summer of NY-Post shaming and non-clutchness. PJ, a Royals fan, just loves baseball for the game itself.
2. This did, however, spawn an interesting question. How will A-Rod create the last out: k, -k (so), or GIDP? I'm thinking 25/25/50 respectively.
*edit: In Thursday's 4-3 loss, somebody's line went 0-4, 3 k's. Guess who?
3. Grady Little pulls well, a Grady Little in an important game...the dude's like a white Art Shell.
*edit: that is verbatim from an email sent Oct 3, 2006 3:48 PM. A Penny for your thoughts?
4. "Yankee's farm system" said overunder 5x/game by Joe Buck. An oxymoron and an even bigger lie.
5. Ny-Post headline: "Pedro tosses RJ to the ground in subway brawl."
Friday, October 06, 2006
Useless Analogies
Talking about fantasy sports is like showing off your vacation photos. No one really cares what you have to say and in the end we just wanted to know that you had a good time. A lot of people play fantasy, and even more have to hear about someone talking about it. Do the listeners really want to hear it? Not at all.
I was discussing with someone if there was a better analogy than that. He immediately came up with "it's like adding links to the side of your blog." We never click the links on someone else's site but are nonetheless compelled to list them on our own. To a greater extent, these posts are the same, blindly submitted with the hope that from them someone will draw substance. The visitor count may increase, but is anyone really reading?
I began to wonder, what other things do we invest time into, only to see very little, if any return at all? These internet based distractions like instant messaging, blogging, facebooking, etc come to mind. But extended to bricks and mortars, what about hitting the driving range, gardening, even going out drinking. Yes the former increases a your sense of social nexus, and the latter improves some physical sense of the world. Beyond that, we're doing "stuff" to occupy our time, to think we that we are bettering ourselves as human beings. Okay, drinking doesnt better ourselves, but how does staying in, reading an autobiography of an ex-prez, better ourselves? All things balanced, your witty barroom banter with some bubbily coed might be more fruitful than chapters upon chapters of a boy named Ronald wooing a girl named Nancy. Plus it might be more fun.
But surely we aren't simple hedonists devolving into piles of nonsensical pleasure. Maybe I'm asking the wrong question here. Terms like "good" and "better" describing our actions are about as meaningful as "crisp" and "flavor halflifes" describing beer. So beyond that 9to5er what do we do that is really substantive? And substantive as in not bettering ourselves but bettering others. Coaching, teaching, volunteering, working with kids, reading to the elderly, giving time to something besides reading, vacationing, golfing, workshopping, me my and myselfing.
Maybe our invested time shouldn't only return the few anecdotes we drop off at our next social gathering either.
I was discussing with someone if there was a better analogy than that. He immediately came up with "it's like adding links to the side of your blog." We never click the links on someone else's site but are nonetheless compelled to list them on our own. To a greater extent, these posts are the same, blindly submitted with the hope that from them someone will draw substance. The visitor count may increase, but is anyone really reading?
I began to wonder, what other things do we invest time into, only to see very little, if any return at all? These internet based distractions like instant messaging, blogging, facebooking, etc come to mind. But extended to bricks and mortars, what about hitting the driving range, gardening, even going out drinking. Yes the former increases a your sense of social nexus, and the latter improves some physical sense of the world. Beyond that, we're doing "stuff" to occupy our time, to think we that we are bettering ourselves as human beings. Okay, drinking doesnt better ourselves, but how does staying in, reading an autobiography of an ex-prez, better ourselves? All things balanced, your witty barroom banter with some bubbily coed might be more fruitful than chapters upon chapters of a boy named Ronald wooing a girl named Nancy. Plus it might be more fun.
But surely we aren't simple hedonists devolving into piles of nonsensical pleasure. Maybe I'm asking the wrong question here. Terms like "good" and "better" describing our actions are about as meaningful as "crisp" and "flavor halflifes" describing beer. So beyond that 9to5er what do we do that is really substantive? And substantive as in not bettering ourselves but bettering others. Coaching, teaching, volunteering, working with kids, reading to the elderly, giving time to something besides reading, vacationing, golfing, workshopping, me my and myselfing.
Maybe our invested time shouldn't only return the few anecdotes we drop off at our next social gathering either.
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