Thank you, Doc!

Maybe it’s me but there’s nothing like a great baseball game.  What a great opening night of playoff baseball!  We had two close games and one magical game.  I don’t think it’s been said yet on this blog but I’m a HUGE baseball fan.  It’s by far my favorite sport to follow.  Even when my favorite team (Red Sox) isn’t in it, I’ll still watch the games and enjoy some good baseball.  I was lucky enough to listen (thanks XM radio) and watch (TBS – good job, love the strike zone tablet) all three games and I have to say I was thoroughly entertained all day and night.  Though all three games were great, I think you know which one I need to focus on.

Roy Halladay, one of the greatest pitchers to ever grace the game threw the second ever no-hitter of the postseason yesterday.  Let’s put that into perspective a little.  The baseball postseason has been around for 105 years (10 - postseason games started in 1903, before that they were considered exhibition games, and in 1904 and 1994 there was no postseason).   This is only the second time EVER that a no-hitter was thrown.  Amazing!  The last one happened in 1956 by Don Larsen (who threw a perfect game).  If you’ve ever seen footage of that, it’s in black and white and batters didn’t even wear helmets back then.  Roy came one walk short of a perfect game and though I’m not a Phillies fan, I can say that I was whole heartedly rooting for them last night.  I was just as excited for him as if it were my team.

I believe that is why there’s nothing like a great baseball game.  Who can sit there and honestly say they have been engulfed into a sports game and totally invested in the outcome even when their team is not playing?  I don’t believe you can.  Some may say the super bowl but honestly, my team has not been in the super bowl in over 15 years and I’ve watched it every year.  While I’m into the game, I can’t tell you one time where I’ve been invested in the outcome like I was in yesterdays opening round divisional playoff game.  It’s the historic, magic feeling that something great is about to happen.  The history of baseball is so rich, that watching something like what happened yesterday unfold in front of you is something not to be missed.

Maybe it’s me, but baseball gets a bad rap for the pace of the game and all the troubles it has went through the last few years.  Games like yesterday though, show you, why baseball is so special.  Thank you Roy Halladay and thank you baseball for providing me with a memory that I will never forget.  Baseball is so exciting because HISTORY can be made every time a game is being played.  Watch it, Love it, and EMBRACE it.