Ok, I saw this on Monday, and it killed me to have to wait all week to put it up. The play capped off a comeback from a 9-1 deficit, which only adds to the fact that this is coolest thing I've ever seen on a baseball diamond - yes, it even beats The Catch. Sorry Willie.
Reminds me of a time when I randomly came to a Miami game. By the time I got to the ballpark, the team was down 10-1. Game over, right? But I stayed, and by the bottom of the 9th, it was 12-2. And then, the most amazing come back ever occurred right there. 11 runs in the bottom of the ninth for Miami to win. Can that actually happen? Apparently.
Though college baseball is relegated to the very back burners of sports talk, some of my fondest memories of Miami University are of pastoral afternoons at the diamond. A college is actually ideally suited for baseball, where the leisurely action of the game is uninhibited by gaudy scoreboard graphics or the heightened intensity of large crowds. One can learn to understand the unique baseball phrase, "I'm going to take in a game."
Plus, you can sneak in rum and Cokes.
Which reminds me of something else I wanted to gripe about: If baseball parks would lower the price for a beer to like $4.50 (which is certainly not cheap for a Bud Light), I would consider actually buying it. Its current price of, what? Like $7.00 a brew (at least) means that to get any kind of buzz over the course of three hours, I'm going to have to spend like $28. Screw that, I just won't drink. Now, if it cost me $18.00 to get buzzed, I would probably take advantage of that. In fact, I might actually spend the $30 to get plastered (as opposed to just tipsy). Plus, people would probably go to more ballgames if drinking were affordable.
Chances of ballparks actually lowering prices? Nein.
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Ok, did anything else happen in sports this week? Oh, yes! The hockey playoffs.
Quoth the Onion: NHL Playoffs Remind Area Man That NFL Draft Is Soon.
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So did anything else happen? Basketball playoffs - please. Call me in a month... when they'll still be going on.
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I guess I should say a word or two about the draft, even though I rarely put any stock into it (mostly because the Bengals picks have a tendency to get injured or otherwise foul up before they ever get on the field). I'm extremely pleased with Cincinnati's choice of a tight end in the first round. Preliminary reports seem to say that Jermaine Greshem is a good pick with lots of potential at the key position.
I don't understand why the Bengals took so long to realize the value of having a passing game underneath. That's why Peyton and Big Ben have so much success. They are confident that if they get to a Third-and-Five or better, they have reliable options to pick those few yards - or to at least get close enough for a viable fourth down attempt.
But here's the thing. Now Carson has no excuses. Since '05, he's been able to blame injuries or lack of weapons. He has neither now, so if no. 9 can't hack it this year... yeesh. It's back to the drawing board for the Orange and Black.
Allright, let's call it a day on this. Politics Sunday should be a big deal this week, with the South Park controversy a central issue. Lots to talk about.
Tah!
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