Let's talk some baseball

The Dodgers are in the World Series for the second year in a row.....after not being there for 28 years.
That's the good news.

There's a very high probability that they will lose their second world series in a row since they are down 2-0 to a very good Boston Red Sox team that won 108 games during the regular season.

If they go to the World Series next year and lose again and then go to the World Series the year after and lose again......I WILL STILL BE PLEASED.......let me explain why.

Every spring 30 major league teams get together and start a very long season that ends in the fall.
EVERY TEAM HAS ONE GOAL
             
                                         To get to the World Series

just like every football team has one goal....
TO GET TO THE SUPER BOWL

Realistically 15 of the 30 teams know they don't have a prayer but baseball is a funny game and just when you think something can't happen.....IT HAPPENS...ie....The miracle Mets in 69, the 88 Dodgers and the Giants recently winning 3 in six years.

WINNING THE WORLD SERIES IS THE BONUS TO THE ORIGINAL GOAL
THE CHERRY ON TOP
THE BIG ENCHILADA
THE ULTIMATE WAVE

of course the team that loses the World Series in the 7th game has a different perspective than the other 29 teams.....they REALLY want to win but their MAIN goal is to GET back to the event.

IT'S VERY HARD TO BE ONE OF THE TWO LAST TEAMS PLAYING IN LATE OCTOBER.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE DODGERS ARE IN THE WORLD SERIES FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

My beautiful granddaughter Isla was born in March of 2017

She has never known the Dodgers NOT to be in the World Series.

Just like Cody Bellinger as a major league player.  Two years and two World Series experiences.

 Obviously  EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR TEAM TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES

I know this sounds silly but I just want my teams to play in the final games or game of the year.

I want the Rams to play in the Super Bowl
I want The Trojans to play in the National Championship Game
I want the Dodgers to play in the World Series

WINNING ANY OF THOSE EVENTS
IS
A
BONUS

By the way.........It's a capitalistic cultural problem.   Finishing second in America at anything is regarded as a failed experience.

Thank God the Olympics give out three medals and Bronze medal winners are proud of their accomplishment for the rest of their lives....AS THEY SHOULD BE.

GETTING TO THE OLYMPICS IS A HUGE DEAL......winning a gold medal is a
BONUS

Now you might be saying that I've adopted this perspective because I know the Dodgers cannot win this current match-up against the Red Sox.

Please believe me when I tell you that I've always had this perspective.....and a psychologist can probably explain how that perspective has kept me from achieving my ultimate goals.

{AS AN ARTIST.....ULTIMATE GOALS are supercalifragilisticexpialidocious......but that's another tale for another time}

Please note....I'm not saying the Dodgers are going to lose this World Series because they are down two games.  I'm just saying all the negative talk by sportswriters and fans IF they lose is just a bunch of people not looking at the entire process in a correct way....and the poor Dodger players and front office people will have to hear a bunch of stupid questions next spring about how the team feels after losing two in a row.

Having said that....I do have a couple of questions for Dave Roberts regarding a few of his decisions....but he sounds like a politician when answering certain questions...."I felt good about that certain match up at the precise moment."

Hard to argue with hunches.

When a hunch works out.....you are genius
When a hunch doesn't work out.....you are an idiot.

God.....I LOVE
BASEBALL.

I especially love baseball in late October when the Dodgers are playing.

In summation.....

The event is so much more important than the result.
unless of course
you
win

As a small footnote...I've had numerous calls from political canvassers during the World Series and I simply say....."you should be watching the World Series, it will take your mind off the bs."
and
then
I
remember
that most people don't even know there is a World Series.

7 billion people on the planet and maybe 700 million are interested in the World Series.

That's 10 percent of the population....AND I might be extremely generous with my estimation.

So if the Dodgers lose the 2018 World Series.....practically speaking it's safe to say....

MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET WILL HAVE NO IDEA WHO FINISHED SECOND AND WHO FINISHED FIRST.

Last thought about Baseball......I wonder how many ballplayers are in that caravan headed toward the United States from Central America?

There could be a 10 year old future Hall of Fame shortstop sleeping under a lean-to in Mexico dreaming about playing baseball in America.

I hope the Dodgers scout him and sign him and he leads them to a World Series in 2034

GO DODGERS