Which World Series matchup do you want?
For me, it’s easy: Phillies vs. Red Sox. (The way the Phillies hit yesterday, I need to write this blog while I still can!)
I’m a Pennsylvania native and spent many hours with my mom watching the Phillies on TV, or listening to them on the radio as we drank mint tea (Yes, I was kind of a dork). There were some highlights during the Mike Schmidt/Steve Carlton years, for sure. There were a lot of down years, too. Anyone else remember Roger Freed? Steve Jeltz? Denny Doyle?
I’ve lived in Maine since 1995, after a six-year working “vacation” in Florida, where I covered the Marlins’ first-ever home opener. So I’ve taken on the Red Sox as my second-favorite team. My older daughter loves Manny Ramirez. I kind of like him, too.
It’s funny, because with football I’ve switched allegiances as I’ve moved: Eagles, Dolphins (I was a season ticketholder), Patriots. But with baseball, I’ll never completely changed (though I often wish I could). I’d love to see the Phillies and Red Sox go at it in Fenway and the underrated Citizens Bank Ballpark.
What is your dream matchup in the World Series?
Do you really want to see the Sox and Yankees collide again in the ALCS?
Are you sure? Really sure?
RED SOX AND ANY OTHER TEAM THAT GET THERE! LIKE "THE ROCK" SAYS: "JUST BRING IT"!
OH! BY THE WAY! GEORGE S., YOU SHOULD FIRE YOURSELF, NOT JOE TORRE! IT IS THE PLAYERS AND TEAMS, NOT "MONEY" THAT WIN BALLGAMES! IT IS THE TEAM THAT GETS MORE RUNS THAN THE OTHER TEAM THAT WINS GAMES, SERIES AND CHAMPIONSHIPS. NOT $$$ SIGNS! MANTLE, BERRA, SKOWRON, MARIS, WHITEY FORD, BOBBY RICHARDSON, ELLIE HOWARD, ENOS SLAUGHTER, CASEY STENGEL, THE YANKEES OF A SHORT TIME AGO, TO NAME JUST A FEW; DID NOT EVEN THINK OF ASKING FOR MUCHO BUCKS OR THAT THEY WOULD GO ON STRIKE; THEY PLAYED BALL BECAUSE THEY LOVED THE GAME! COME BACK TO REALITY GEORGE! GET WITH IT! THE PROGRAM, THAT IS!
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Dave L.October 8, 2007 02:16 PM
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