Down and Out

[eggwards]

Well, that's it. The World Series, the baseball season, and the Astros season are all finished in one last out. It becomes really sad to be swept in this way, close games, yes, but so many frustrations where there were opportunities missed, runners left stranded, and pitches lobbed into the stratosphere that were simply heartbreaking. Last night's game, the 14 inning, five-plus hour nightmare was much harder to take than tonight, where defeat just seemed more inevitable.

You would hope that the Astro's first time to the Fall classic in franchise history would have gone better than this. Still, you must congratulate the Chicago White Sox for really barreling through all of their playoff opponents and showing what it takes to be a champion.

I have to wonder if the Astros will get back to the World Series anytime soon, as the veterans, like Biggio, Bagwell and Clemens are aging rapidly and are closer to retirement than title games. Still, it was exciting seeing this, and I'm glad we got here, but my heart is broken.

Because Hans didn't want to sit around watching the game tonight, he suggested we use the free passes he had to see the sneak preview of The Legend of Zorro. Here's a mini review. It's hammy. It uses every action cliche you can think of. It lasts way too long. The villains talk too much-because no one cares, and lastly, everyone's upstaged by the kid and horse.

We left the movie and the game was still in a scoreless tie, but it wasn't long before the White Sox got the one hit they would need to win.

It's done. the story is that the White Sox join the Red Sox in ridding themselves of long droughts while Houston gets labeled as "just happy to be there". Well, we had our hopes and dreams too. Now we'll put them away for yet another season.

Perhaps that National League Championship T-shirt will be on clearance now.

Comments

Could be worse

[albadger.livejournal.com]

On the morning of October 17, 1989, the San Francisco Giants were getting ready for game 3 of the World Series, having lost games 1 and 2 in Oakland. One of our local DJ's quipped, "the only way the Giants won't be losing a baseball game tonight is if there's an earthquake."

And there was. So, yeah, it's a bitch for your team to get swept in the series, but it's even more a bitch to get swept in the series after having to postpone the 3rd and 4th games because your city has been devastated.

*hugs*

[invisiblebear.livejournal.com]

"When you're down and out/Pick up your head and shout/I'M DOWN AND OUT!!!!!!!!"---JoAnne Worley

I'm sorry. Maybe baseball's resigned to be won by all those teams with scandals (White Sox), jinxes (Red Sox), and reprobates (Yankees).

[darke.livejournal.com]

sorry for the unrelated note :p You're just a hard guy to find on IMs :p

I'm sitting in my diner (with wi-fi access) writing for a few hours. Look me up on IMs if you get a chance.