October 06, 2005

Playoffs, Day 2

The Braves, unsurprisingly, got crushed at home in Game 1 by Houston, in front of numerous empty seats- showing once again that the Braves at once have baseball's least loyal and least hygienic fans. The entire game had a banner behind home plate that read "8 teams, one winner" (referring to the number of teams in the playoffs), though at first I thought it was a reference to the Braves between 1991 and 1998.

The Angels fought back to tie the Yankees, while Boston fell into a 2-0 hole against Chicago, putting my White-Sox-WILL-lose-in-the-first-round prediction in serious jeopardy (though I also said more than once that they'd lose 100 games, so what do I know?) Though don't forget- the Sox fought back from 2-0 ALDS deficits in both '99 and '03, and we all know what happened in the second round last year. Even though they remain in their Grace Period, don't count the Bosox out quite yet.

And also, since Fox decided to debut most of their new shows in September this year, there hasn't been any particular forever-repeating promo so far, so we've been robbed of an '05 version of "His Father Is The District Attorney!"/"You're Risking a Patient's Life!" Ron Silver, however, is returning soon to "The West Wing." And only one game has been on Fox so far, so a catchphrase may yet emerge.

And also- hockey is back! Read this man, for all the NHL info you'll need.

Posted by Stephen Silver at October 6, 2005 08:19 AM
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The empire will strike back!
and thank goodness blogger you have come to the admittal phrase of "What do I know?" about making predictions...I tip my hat to you:)

Posted by: A at October 6, 2005 09:43 AM
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