Now the real game begins
Nov. 6th, 2009 09:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiOkay, the World Series was fun and all -- it's hard not to enjoy watching the Phillies lose. I don't think anyone expected Joe Girardi to walk out being perceived as the smarter manager, but that shift play will be legen -- wait for it -- dary as boneheaded postseason moves go (and Manuel's got some serious questions to answer regarding how he handled his pitchers). And seeing Jimmy Rollins with his .208 postseason batting average whining is like getting a surprise bonus feature on a DVD box set.
But now the real season begins: The Hot Stove League. Fifteen days of internal negotiation, and then the free agents are set loose to run amok and give hope to fans of every team from the Mets to the Royals for 2010 (excluding the Nationals, Pirates, and Orioles, of course). It'll start slowly, with the occasional "hmm, I wonder if my team will sign Jon Garland?" It'll escalate into excitement over the possibility of landing Matt Holiday or John Lackey. It'll be followed by rationalizations ("Maybe Gary Sheffield will work out as our DH"). By the time March rolls in, fans of every club (other than the three mentioned earlier) will have a hundred reasons why their team can win it all. And they'll all be right, until opening day.
But now the real season begins: The Hot Stove League. Fifteen days of internal negotiation, and then the free agents are set loose to run amok and give hope to fans of every team from the Mets to the Royals for 2010 (excluding the Nationals, Pirates, and Orioles, of course). It'll start slowly, with the occasional "hmm, I wonder if my team will sign Jon Garland?" It'll escalate into excitement over the possibility of landing Matt Holiday or John Lackey. It'll be followed by rationalizations ("Maybe Gary Sheffield will work out as our DH"). By the time March rolls in, fans of every club (other than the three mentioned earlier) will have a hundred reasons why their team can win it all. And they'll all be right, until opening day.