What’s the best storyline about the upcoming Major League Baseball playoffs?
How about the fact that there are not any New York teams involved for the first time in more than a decade …
As much as the TV networks jam New York down our collective throats, it’s nice to see the playoffs commence with some truly compelling possibilities for smaller market teams.
What about:
Tampa Bay being in for the first time ever
Milwaukee being back for the first time since winning the World Series in 1982
The chance of Minnesota getting back in if it survives in the AL Central
Then the bigger markets:
The Chicago Cubs trying to win a World Series for the first time in 100 years
The Los Angeles Dodgers trying to win their second playoff GAME since a World Series title 20 years ago
Philadelphia looking for its first championship in 28 years
The Anaheim Angels shooting to win it all for the second time in six years
The Boston Red Sox attempting to make it three titles in five years
The happiest guy of all in the playoffs may be Manager Joe Torre of the Dodgers.
He’s taken so much criticism for the Yankees seemingly losing in the first-round each year lately. (Without him, the Yankees won’t face such a fate while looking from the outside in from the beginning.)
That coincides with the best news of all: No New York teams!
How about the fact that there are not any New York teams involved for the first time in more than a decade …
As much as the TV networks jam New York down our collective throats, it’s nice to see the playoffs commence with some truly compelling possibilities for smaller market teams.
What about:
Tampa Bay being in for the first time ever
Milwaukee being back for the first time since winning the World Series in 1982
The chance of Minnesota getting back in if it survives in the AL Central
Then the bigger markets:
The Chicago Cubs trying to win a World Series for the first time in 100 years
The Los Angeles Dodgers trying to win their second playoff GAME since a World Series title 20 years ago
Philadelphia looking for its first championship in 28 years
The Anaheim Angels shooting to win it all for the second time in six years
The Boston Red Sox attempting to make it three titles in five years
The happiest guy of all in the playoffs may be Manager Joe Torre of the Dodgers.
He’s taken so much criticism for the Yankees seemingly losing in the first-round each year lately. (Without him, the Yankees won’t face such a fate while looking from the outside in from the beginning.)
That coincides with the best news of all: No New York teams!
2 comments:
Guess we won't be hearing Frank Sinatra's recording of "New York, New York" this fall.:::)))
It is so good to see a baseball playoff without a team with the name New York in front of it. We have to watch these teams so much on the major networks during the regular season it will be nice not to have to watch them now. New blood in the playoffs is a good thing for the fans and the sport.
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