"The magic disappeared this October for the Red Sox. But what a year it had been -- starting with the 2004 ALCS and World Series sweep, continuing through the Rolling Rally, and stretching across a full year of touring the World Series trophy around Red Sox Nation. For Red Sox fans, it was fun while it lasted." - Looking Ahead to Round 2 (a beautiful piece of sports journalism)
But it was god awful beautiful to see Roger Clemens dominate the powerful Atlanta Braves lineup for three innings in a win. The online interactive TV at MLB.com is one of the coolest examples of interactive TV on the Internet. As an international fan (outside of the key baseball markets like the US, Canada, and Japan) for a very small fee you can watch all the games live on the Internet or just pick them up in archive, fast forwarding through the boring bits or just playing in the background. Now I have baseball in the house whenever I want it, on my terms, but with all the drama and heartache. The baseball playoffs - what fun.
And what a fantastic story that one fan caught two of the key homerun balls in the Astros-Braves 18-inning thriller. Finally how cool was it to see Clemens grab Chris Burke and pull him into the cameras as they swarmed him, looking for a word from the rocket, who I will always think of with great respect. Make no mistake he is one of the greatest pitchers of all time and his talent for the magical is legendary to fans of America's game.
So three you have it. I'm with the Astros. For now. Can you smell the grass, hear the crack of the bat, the smell of hotdogs and popcorn and the taste of the beer on licking lips. Baseball fever is back and I'm savoring it online. It's the next best thing to being there.
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