It's 2:40 in the afternoon, it feels like 7 in the morning and the job says I have a lot of work to do tonight.
These are the days I wish I drank coffee. Or anything caffeinated.
I watched all of Game 3 last night. As a Dodger fan and a night owl with a reputation, it was my duty. But I'd do it all over again because it was phenomenal. Last year's postseason seemed gut-wrenching and also left a bit of a nasty taste in my mouth. This year's postseason is still gut-wrenching, but I'm enjoying it more.
Last night's 18-inning game (I saw all but the first inning) was storybook baseball at its best. Perhaps it wasn't the greatest-played game, but it featured all the elements you need: home runs; game-winning home runs; players thrown out at the plate; TOOTBLANs, an exquisite pitching performance by a youngster who was taken out one inning too soon; bizarre, tumbling plays; Little League squibs; an ex-Dodger throwing 100 pitches in relief for the Red Sox because he's apparently become a cyborg since he left L.A.; Mary Hart imitating a vulture imitating Craig Kimbrel; and, of course, Max Muncy -- a guy no one knew before 2018 -- hitting a game-winning home run at 3:30 in the morning. It had it all. Perhaps the most entertaining game I've taken in since Game 6 of the 1986 NLCS, which I guess the longest game in postseason history should be.
I try to record all the Dodgers' postseason games. I don't know how people record games these days, I admit I still want to stick a tape in a VCR, but I'm now at the DVR stage (at least until I get rid of my cable after this World Series). That means recording your shows in blocks. The guide comically assigns 3-hour blocks for baseball games, apparently not aware that a baseball game hasn't finished in under three hours since 1998. It allows you to add up to two hours onto the end of the three hours, which, of course, I always do.
But last night, not even five hours was enough. Somewhere around five hours, I waved goodbye to the game ever making print in our newspaper (fortunately I wasn't working) and realized I'd have to start recording the half-hour blocks listed on the guide after the baseball game programming. So amid all the excitement, I tried to remember to record a "Two And A Half Men" repeat and then a series of Paid Programming blocks. I missed parts of the game because of this, including Muncy's almost-home run in the 15th. But I did get Muncy's actual home run 7 hours, 20 minutes after the DVR first started recording.
Shortly after the game ended, I heard the thump of the newspaper being delivered to my porch. "Hmm," I thought. "How spooky would it be if the game result was in there?"
I went to bed at 4:30 in the morning. Even for a night owl, that's stretching it a bit.
I'm tired today. So let's get to the latest edition of the 10th Anniversary Giveaway. Because I'm tired and because it's the weekend, I'm providing a two-day window for the next pick.
To get everyone up to speed, Julie Owens selected the Ernie Banks SP with the 17th pick, Nick Vossbrink selected the 1976 Topps Mike Schmidt with the 18th pick, and Al Kawamoto snagged the Russell Martin relic with the 19th pick.
That means Michael Ott gets to select next.
Here are the available choices:
Michael, you've got until 6 p.m. Monday (EST) to make your selection.
Once Michael selects, here are the next folks in line:
21. carlsonjok
22. JimfromDownington
23. EP
24. Henry Blanchette
OK, that's it for awhile.
I'd like to say I'm going to sleep, but instead I'm going to work. So, let's keep Game 4 to a tidy nine innings tonight, please and thank you.
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