Quick! Before it gets all winter soggy on the West Coast (as
soggy as it ever gets in the sun-drenched state), let me close the book on
baseball for 2012.
I am a fair weather fan, but MY TEAM WON the World Series!
The GIANTS won and it was so much fun to watch their journey, which started in
April. Yeah, no, I didn’t watch any games way back in April or even in May,
June or July because (see above) I’m a fair weather fan. What does that mean
exactly?
That means about mid-August, when I’d log onto my computer in
the morning with my wake-me-up, one and only cup of coffee, I might swing by the
sports page on MSN and see 1) where the Giants were in the standings and
2) where the Dodgers were in the standings. All Giants fans hate the Dodgers and,
even if we’re not doing well, there is some comfort in having the Dodgers not
do well, too. You don’t need to be a fair weather fan to know this. I’m sure
states that have more than one national team have a similar situation with
rival teams.
Anyway, it was back in August when I started to get familiar
with the stand-out players: Posey,
Sandoval, Cain. I became interested in their personal information as well as
their baseball prowess. Sandoval has a weight problem so I was hooked on him
immediately. Posey was a star from the 2010 Series that they won, but he had
hurt himself severely in 2011 and was fighting his way back courageously in the
current season.
