I did not think this would come fast enough. Only a few hours before the opening pitch in the 2011 MLB season, and just like my many fellow fans, I'm alive to witness it. I pulled out my old Sox hat, and realized how lucky we all are to have survived the baseball apocalypse in early November, 2010.
There were many things that led to the horror we all experienced back then. Some experts thought it started when Bobby Thompson hit his historic, and yet tragic, homer. Others say it's when Brooklyn lost the Dodgers. We all missed many of the signs leading up the the events that forever changed MLB. The fall of the Oakland A's empire of the 70's, and of the 80's Baltimore Orioles. The creation of a false God known as "The Big Red Machine." We had the drug abuse in the 70's and 80's, and the steroid eras of the 90's and 2000's. Maybe the biggest sign we missed was that the Sox won it all. Yes, both of them.
With death comes new life, and with it the rebirth of the MLB. In this post- apocalyptic time, we do not have to worry about things like the "Curse of the Bambino" or that of a young boy. It seems that baseball will be restored to the glory days where our division favorites reside in New York, Boston, Minnesota, Oakland, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and for the new fan, Colorado.
So let's all celebrate the beginning of a new season, and for at least the next few days every fan can dream that this is the season his/her team will win it all. To all my friends from the City by the Bay still wearing those Halloween colors, your 15 minutes of fame are over, and with the end of the baseball Mayan Calender your great victory is now in the past.
Cubbie fans, there was no "Curse of the Billy Goat" or that of Bartman. You just were never good enough to win it all.
"Wise Guy"
I don't know, as much as you pick on the Giants specifically, I think you're hiding a secret love for the new World Champs.
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Love it!!!! So true...I'm sick and tired of these "bandwagon" Giants fans, they only came out to support the team because of the World Series, that's it. I look at it this way, it wasn't that they won because they peaked at the right time, they won because Philly and Texas slumped at the WRONG time, and lets not forget that they play in the weakest division in baseball! I'm sick and tired of "fear the beard", pitchers with "pony tails" and "jacked up teeth" smoking pot, Mistress's that testify that a certain Giants player had small testicles and had a huge dome!!! Have some pride in the way you look, THIS IS BASEBALL!! YOU'RE GETTING PAID TO PLAY A GAME!!!! The two classiest teams, the Yankees and the Red Sox...You may hate them but they've won more World Series Championships than anyone...And Giants fan, please remember, the Marlins still have twice as many World Series Trophies as you!
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