Life is already fast paced, isn't it ?
That is why I crave the krinkle of the sports section, the feel in my hands, folded , rolled, bent and yet always there and reliable, like a good chair to observe the baseball world.
There are times, I am happy to look at my tablet/ipad, but I always rely on the net , passwords, and being able to avoid the tedious process to get to what I really want to see. Have the Dodgers clinched, will the Pirates have a chance. Who is matched up today for Oakland, what pitcher is throwing against what pitcher.
To me, I can do all that on one page, and I carry that image around all day, and can relive that experience on the way home.
It is a comfort, in September, when it counts the most, less than a dozen games, then down to 10, who's out and who's home and cooled. How often are the O's playing their regulars, are the Nats pitching Strasbourg more than 5 innings, what kids are playing, how's that new Boston Cuban OF doing, Rusney something. Boy is Jeter gone cold.
I get more from reading boxscores that Steven Hawking gets from a slide rule, or at least, I get more out of reading them.
Days were when I kept the Saturday scores and last 2 pages because they showed the top 50 hitters, and pitchers, innings, won-loss, era leaders, they do not need to, as there is somewhere out there on the net you can filter, and look at.
I wish for simpler days, but I won't get them, but they were far easier to fathom.
By the way, regarding the home squad, since Joey Bats explained after the O's clinched and he did not care about the division, they have not won a game.
And are falling again.
My next entry will be after the season is over, let the playoffs begin.
