November Reign

A sample of my thought process during a typical World Series AB: Derek Jeter strides to the plate looking all cocky and smug: (thinking, let's get an out here)Cut back the CF camera: (thinking, Oh yeah, I'm rooting for the Yankees. How about a base hit here?)Jeter lofts a routine fly ball to left field: (thinking, That's right Jeter! You think you're better than me?)Ben Francisco catches the ball: (thinking, Crap, some guy on the Phillies caught the ball. I hate the Phillies)This happened for pretty much every AB that I watched and I couldn't break out of it. Then I'd usually think about how weird it is that baseball players wear leather belts with buckles or wonder if Pedro Martinez re-styles his hair after putting his hat on. Rough, rough World Series. I do enjoy Yankees fans chanting the names of their players - seems like more fans should do the same. Although here in the US, we seem to be limited to a particular cadence, while in Europe they have ...