Two thoughts on the first day of the MLB play-offs:
1. I am officially 12-years-old. (Most of my friends and associates know that, but it continues to amaze me.) Today I have critical client work to do involving huge amounts of money (for them, not me). I have several medical issues I need to attend to ASAP. I’m late getting my invoices out and I’m in cash-flow hell. But all I can think about is the Red Sox-Yankee game tonight. (8 PM, EST. on NBC)
This is the juvenile state of mind that led me to risk my job in 1978, when I walked out of a critical, high-level capital fundraising meeting at Georgetown, with all the brass present, saying, “I’m sorry, but the Red Sox and Yankees are playing a game in Fenway Park in an hour to decide the American League East, and I have to see it. Let me know what you all decide.” (That was the Bucky %$#@ Dent Game.) My wife-to-be Grace was at the meeting and was the only one smiling; everyone else looked like the audience in “The Producers” after “Springtime for Hitler.”
Rest and recreation is essential for human beings. Take some time to watch the game. Your responsibilities will still be there when you’re done.
Oh, WATCHING the game was never in doubt. Letting thinking and worrying about the game run my day is the problem. OH! The Red Sox had to announce the play-off roster at 10:30! I better check…
Glad you kept your job almost 50 years ago – wow … that was so gutsy! I’m also glad that you still have this passionate joy in your life.
As for Peyton, his playful personality will help him with the high stakes anxiety. Looked him up – he looks older than 23.
“I am officially 12-years-old.“
I Never Had Any Friends Later On Like The Ones I Had When I Was Twelve. Jesus, Does Anyone?“ A grown-up Gordie Lachance (Richard Dreyfuss in Stand by Me)
“Cam Schlitter, who has had a Sandy Koufax-like season“
Schlitter’s not alone; to wit:
Milwaukee Brewer Jacob “Le Miz” Miziorowski’s 1.80 ERA, 252 Ks, and .157 BAA leads MLB in all three (3) categories.
The only other pitchers to have done that since 1950: Sandy Koufax (1965), J.R. Richard (1979), and Mike Scott in 1986.
His 1115 pitches 100 mph or greater positively obliterated Jordan Hicks’ 2018 record of 673.
Bring on the Playoffs!
PWS