3 Strikes

8.3.2013

There's a difference - a big difference - between things that are bullshit and things that are just wrong.  Most of the content on the intertubes is bullshit.  This we know.  Then ya got the things that are wrong.  I just came across one:

From npr.org:

Frank McCourt is a curse word in Dodgers Stadium. He is the team's former owner, pretty much universally despised for putting profits over play. It got so bad, Major League Baseball forced him to sell the team a year ago. He kept the parking lots.
The new owners — a group that includes Lakers icon Magic Johnson — shelled out hundreds of millions of dollars to bring the team, and the fans, back. (Baseball fan Gus) Castanis was there through it all.
"So I figure this must be payback," he says. "Penance."
And maybe that's where the magic is coming from here in the Magic Castle. Down by two runs, 2-4 at the bottom of the ninth, the fans still have hope.
"It's exciting no matter what because you feel like you have a chance," Castanis says.
Which is why he stands when Andre Ethier takes the plate, down two, facing two outs. Ethier hits a two-run homer, tying the game at 4.


Soooo ... a lousy owner for a couple of years is all it takes for a historic season turnaround?  For a never-say-die attitude?  For unparalleled success?  um ...

Again from the article:

"There's always a chance," Castanis says. "And I don't know, maybe there's something about, how many people are left here? Twenty thousand people? All believing we have a chance that maybe makes Andre Ethier think that he's got a shot of hitting out to left field. That was exciting."

Ah.  20,000 people believing the Dodgers have a chance is what it takes.  I get it.

Wrong.  Dead wrong.  Wishful thinking.  If "believing" is all it takes, the Cubs would be back-to-back-to-back, etc., etc. World Champs.  Lots more than yr average 20,000 fans + area fans + bandwagon jumpers + Vegas and shit.  Lots more.

The Dodgers have what are called "professional baseball players."

Tonight - Kozy Kar.
Throwing 'em back 70's-style!!


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