Well, the end of October has come, and with it, the World Series. This year's edition of the Fall Classic is set to start on Wednesday, October 28, which will be the latest date a World Series has ever started (you can thank your loyal friend and MLB commish Bud Selig for that). Anyway this series really has the potential to be great. Not great as in "oh, this should go six games" great, but clash of the titans, you're-going-to-remember-where you-were-when-Game-Seven-went-down kind of great. It's featuring a re-vamped New York Yankees team that won 103 games during the regular season, and the defending World Champion Philadelphia Phillies, who are hell-bent on repeating as World Champions. This series will be featuring a cavalcade of stars from both teams, from Ryan Howard to Alex Rodriguez and from Derek Jeter to Chase Utley. The two starting pitchers for Game 1 on Wednesday, CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee, used to be teammates on the Cleveland Indians. With those storylines, how can you not be excited to watch the World Series this year?
Many casual fans of baseball will likely give you the same cookie-cutter, tepid response as to why they will not watch the World Series. "It's the same teams in it every year," or "my team is not in it, so why should I watch," or my favorite: "I'm sick of baseball, the season is too long." The people who say these things will usually watch a regular-season NFL game over watching the World Series. I am sorry, but if you are watching Sunday Night Football over Game 4 of the World Series, it is your loss.
Even though the ratings for the World Series have been poor over the last several years, that should be no reason for you to not give this year's World Series a chance. This year's Fall Classic could have the makings for an epic showdown for all of the reasons above, despite the fact that the Yankees are in it once again. Besides, baseball is due for an exciting World Series again. We have not seen a seven-game series since 2002 and we have not seen a six-game series since 2003. We could finally have another true classic this year.
Call me old fashioned if you want, but once Wednesday rolls around, I'm going to be in front of my TV watching the 105th edition of the Fall Classic. Feel free to join me, if you wish.
Many casual fans of baseball will likely give you the same cookie-cutter, tepid response as to why they will not watch the World Series. "It's the same teams in it every year," or "my team is not in it, so why should I watch," or my favorite: "I'm sick of baseball, the season is too long." The people who say these things will usually watch a regular-season NFL game over watching the World Series. I am sorry, but if you are watching Sunday Night Football over Game 4 of the World Series, it is your loss.
Even though the ratings for the World Series have been poor over the last several years, that should be no reason for you to not give this year's World Series a chance. This year's Fall Classic could have the makings for an epic showdown for all of the reasons above, despite the fact that the Yankees are in it once again. Besides, baseball is due for an exciting World Series again. We have not seen a seven-game series since 2002 and we have not seen a six-game series since 2003. We could finally have another true classic this year.
Call me old fashioned if you want, but once Wednesday rolls around, I'm going to be in front of my TV watching the 105th edition of the Fall Classic. Feel free to join me, if you wish.
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