#145 - baseball playoffs!

it's october, you know what that means. october = fall = baseball, cold weather, football, halloween and almost thanksgiving! what an awesome time! so that brings me to the baseball playoffs, which have been going on but i didn't really pay attention because who cares about the games leading up to the pennant races right? now it's dodgers vs phillies in the national league and red sox vs rays in the american league. while i've always been an atlanta braves fan, i do follow a few other teams including two of these four. mostly because the braves have not been performing up to par lately. i wrote a blog about a year ago on baseball and here i am again.

basically, i want to see a phillies vs red sox world series. while i did enjoy the red sox's thrashing of the rockies last year, it didn't make for a very exciting series. i like when it goes to game 7 and it's been awhile. either way, i'd have one guy on each team to cheer for and wouldn't really know which way to go. so if i'm just a casual fan, not a rabid/avid one then wanting a good, competitive long series is best. on the phillies i've got shane victorino, who is a great guy from maui and i've seen his mom at the costco there. he's nice, down to earth and funny as well. on the other side - jacoby ellsbury of the red sox went to oregon state and of course i got to work with him a little. he is pretty shy but has a great work ethic and steals bases like crazy.

so i've got two good guys to root for and hopefully it will work out for me. i was watching the phillies game and they were down 2-0, victorino was up, he hit and the throw from ss rafael furcal (see that's what he gets for leaving the braves!) was errant. so shane took 2nd and the rest is history i guess. the next batter hit a homerun to tie. then there was another homerun shortly after to seal the deal, 3-2. tomorrow all teams play so i'll definitely be rooting for the boys.