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September 25, 2005
There's Life in the Old Boys Yet
Two local teams, two weeks of fretting, two good feelings on this Sunday afternoon. Let's start with the boys of summer.
I really hope the Indians and White Sox both make the playoffs. Because if the Sox have to pop the Yankees this weekend (And they will. Don't worry), it would be tragic to be just a warmup for another nail-biting, amphetamine-popping, Shaughnessy-pantswetting ALCS. If this team is going to actually defend its title, it's on now. When even Edgar Renteria (in case you're wondering, I'm holding ticket #43449 in the "Throw Edgar Renteria Off A Bridge" raffle, my dad holds tickets #12-104) gets critical hits, then clearly this team realizes that it's now or never.
Now for the boys of Autumn. The Steelers have had the Pats' number (at least in months that end in R), but the Olde Towne Twenty-Two buckled down and answered all the worrying that has gone on in this apartment since last week in Carolina.
Someone close to me, who will remain nameless, isn't sold on the Patriots as a great team because they don't win in blowouts. I explained to her, "Sooz, (oops, I think I blew her cover) they aren't built to blow teams out. What they do is leave every single opponent wondering if they had only done this differently or that differently, they could have won. Like everyone leaves Foxwoods convinced they could have scored big if they hadn't kept getting 15s, or if there was one more cherry on the slot machine."
I think the Rodney Harrison injury is brutal -- we'll know more over the next few weeks, if Belichick doesn't have some magic rejuvenation machine -- but they stepped up today. They made adjustments for the second half -- like they always do -- and Brady was MONEY when the game was on the line. Note to Cowher and any other future victims: leaving New England 1:21 on the clock is like admitting to the seventh-grade bully that you like unicorns. They're just going to use it to kick your ass again and again and again.
I think I like sports again.
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The Patriots are a fun team to watch. When the Steelers scored with 1:21 to go, my feeling was 'OK, plenty of time to get into FG range'. Brady is at his best in the clutch.
Renteria, Renteria .. if only you played baseball like we heard you could. You now have 7 games to make it up to us. DO IT!!
Posted by: Vin | September 26, 2005 10:01 AM
Randle El, Randle El, if only you could have fallen with the ball instead of trying to relive those college-quarterback-pitch days...
Posted by: Andy | September 26, 2005 03:01 PM
There are two types of team who "don't blow opponents out"
-Those like the Patriots, who play solid, and even if it doesn't look like it, have the game in control most of the time.
-Those like the 01-02 Bears, who won several close games thanks to "opportunistic" plays.
Posted by: MDC | September 27, 2005 03:06 PM
