tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post115298363051020515..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Ichiro-sensei Explains the Middle Eastambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1153028215182896572006-07-15T23:36:00.000-06:002006-07-15T23:36:00.000-06:00The Angels were the family team. Everyone else I ...The Angels were the family team. Everyone else I knew where I grew up who gave a damn about baseball was a Dodgers fan. Either I've mellowed or the change in their fortunes has made me far less inclined to invective while watching or hearing about them.<BR/><BR/>Roy Rogers.lonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329414340481290010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1153008067174272652006-07-15T18:01:00.000-06:002006-07-15T18:01:00.000-06:00...to end the Yankees run, for good and all as it ...<I>...to end the Yankees run, for good and all as it turned out, by winning their first championship.</I><BR/><BR/>Reminds me of what a dumb kid I was. Back in 1953 my family relocated to the Boston area. Naturally all the kids were Red Sox fans, except for me, I was a Yankees fan. So, they asked why, and I said because the Yankees were winners. Boy, did I have some learning to do.<BR/><BR/>Then there were the arguments as to which of Gene Autry or Roy Rogers was the greatest, but that is for another time.chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1152994189384124352006-07-15T14:09:00.000-06:002006-07-15T14:09:00.000-06:00Maybe it's just that in 2001 Seattle went 109-53 a...Maybe it's just that in 2001 Seattle went 109-53 and then lost to "America's Team" (in the post-9/11 togetherness moment) in the American League Championship Series in worse fashion than they had the year before. It was left to the Arizona Diamondbacks, against the previously invincible Mariano Rivera in the 9th inning of game 7, to end the Yankees run, for good and all as it turned out, by winning their first championship. A year later, as Mariner fortunes declined, my Anaheim-Disney Angels won their first championship by rallying (And a monkey shall lead them!) one last time. A year later the Florida Marlins won their second championship in their tenth year in existence. Then, well then, the Boston Red Sox came back from 3-1 down to the Yankees in the ALCS and won their first World Series since 1918 and a year later the Chicago White Sox won their first World Series since 1917.<BR/><BR/>Up is down, black is white... It coulda, shoulda started with the Mariners. <BR/><BR/>Love Ichiro. Wish he played for us.lonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329414340481290010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1152986868796199692006-07-15T12:07:00.000-06:002006-07-15T12:07:00.000-06:00I'm not sure it counts as hijacking the thread whe...I'm not sure it counts as hijacking the thread when I'm taking Ichi-sensei and mis-attributing him to be making comments on the Middle East when he was actually <I>talking</I> about bas'boru.Charlie Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506407851173416noreply@blogger.com