Every Week during baseball season you tune in Espn and hear the announcers melodious voice "And this Sunday night from BEE-yooo-teee-fulll Fenway Park (Drumroll Please) Its the Yankees at the Red Sox." Like I would have never guessed right? What they should say is "Ladies and Gentlemen, let's see if they can buy another pennant...yes its the boys from the Bronx coming up to Beantown for some of the same old thing." These are the last teams I want to see...(in fact if I watch more than 2 innings of televised baseball I consider that labor). The Sox and Yanks are the last 2 teams I want to watch. And the beauty of this whole deal is that we have eliminated two of the most obnoxious fan bases in the world.
Now the TV boys on Madison Avenue hate this, but I think it's pretty cool. We get to see two teams that actually built themselves through drafted homegrown talent.
The Rangers are sort of interesting. They tried to go the Yankee route and went bankrupt doing it. Then they rebuilt through the draft.
They also have one of the most interesting stories in the last decade. Josh Hamilton. You would have movies about this guy if he played in the big Apple. He was hopelessly addicted to drugs. He had all the things that plague a drug addict...weight loss, loss of family and friends as well as a promising career. His talent level is amazing because after dropping out of the game he has made an exceptional comeback. He posted MVP numbers this year. So check out the series this year and get hip...and take that California trip.
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