For its 1-2-3 strikes you’re out, at the old ball game!
Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! Reggie Jackson once said, “I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don’t care.”
That may be so. Thing is, we ain’t in China. We’re right here in the good ole USA. Cool rockin’ daddies in the USA. Apple Pie, hot dogs and baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. And us cool rockin’ daddies care.
We care that the Florida Marlins went down gently into that good night against the New York Metropolitans. Went down gently into that good night against the New York Metropolitans in the heat of a three way pennant race. In the heat of the night. We care that the Florida Marlins managed a meager two hits. Most of all, we care the Florida struck out a staggering eleven times.
Why do we care? We care because it raised Florida’s strikeout total to 1,003 for the season. 1,003 Ks. Already. Think about that. More than 1,000 strikeouts in 116 games. Yowza! You know what that is sports fans? That’s a record. That equals the fewest games to reach 1,000 strikeouts for any team in major league history. That equals the 2001 Brewers. That equals the team that holds the single-season record for strikeouts (1,399). That’s why we care.
Public Acknowledgements: Bruce Springsteen, Field of Dreams and Dylan Thomas
Peace out homies. Six Two and even!
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