When I went to the US in 1999 I was stuck in a house where the TV was on all the time and being a sports fan I watched more than a few hours of baseball. I loved America and the only way I could convince myself that I could be content on a sporting level to leave England's green and pleasant land with its Premiership, Football League, FA Cup and Cricket would be that I could follow the baseball season from April to October. After all, MLS is not really at a standard worthy of comparing with the English game and I've never understood why 'butch' men need pads and infinate commercial breaks to play what is in essence a game of rugby league where forward passing is allowed. Being vertically challenged myself , though I see the excitement in basketball I could never reach a level of interest.
Tonight I have had freeview on NASN on my satellite network and I have watched the Colorado Rockies win their 13th game in the last 14 to qaulify for a one off game at Coors Field with San Jose Pardre's for the right to play in the post season for only the second or third time in their history. Now in any sport a run like that is fantastic. When you consider the number of games in the regular baseball season and how frequent they are then that makes this an extra special achivement. I've not really nailed my colours to the mast of a particular baseball team but I do have some favourites. Truely as a neutral I find this sport really engaging and the stats appeal to my geekyness the same verve that allows me to lose myself in the cricket stats and football tables for a couple of hours with no effort at all. Good luck and well done to the Colorado Rockies.
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Just a correction. It's the San Diego Padres, not San Jose. Great blog.
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