Fraters Libertas

Larry King-like Random Musings On The World Series

- Is St. Louis really that pathetic or are the Red Sox on one of those rolls where everything just goes your way?

- Gotta love that National League game don't ya? Nothing like watching a clueless pitcher make a base runner blunder that would get a Little Leaguer chewed out. Yeah, but the DH takes a lot out of the game, right?

- I listened to the first few innings on ESPN Radio while out for a walk. Joe Morgan was talking about how he was surprised that the Cards didn't try to lay down a bunt against Schilling when they faced him at Fenway. What is this BS about "not playing that kind of game" anyway? You're playing for a world championship boys. You do whatever it takes (within the rules of course) to win. In the NHL playoffs, if you find out that one of the star players on the other team is nursing an injury you don't back off, you go after him. Specifically, you go after his injury. It's about making him "uncomfortable" as Morgan put it and it's part of the game. At least it should be.

- I know we're in the midst of a war and all, but can we dispense with the singing of "God Bless America" during the seventh inning stretch? I mean c'mon, if we go back to "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" does it really mean that the terrorists have won?

- Memo to Red Sox Fans: I know you haven't had much experience in this, but please, when you finally break The Curse this year, can you act like you've been there before? Get drunk, make a fool of yourself, and puke in an alley or two. But try to refrain from the rioting, arson, and wanton destruction that most of us expect to rack Beantown in the aftermath of a Red Sox victory. It would go a long way to bringing some much needed class to your act.