Thursday, October 03, 2013
The Home Stretch-Major League Baseball 2013
It wasn’t that long
ago that the boys of summer were kicking around the dirt in the Spring,
somewhere in the south. Then began the gruelling, grinding, often painful quest
to become the best team in baseball-the winners of the World Series.
Many of those
decisions have already been made, and, within a day or two, the final
post-season participants will be dressing for games in October. The great game
of baseball traditionally holds its final games in the Hallowe’en month. Even
one of the stars of the past, who had an exceptional day in Yankee Stadium, was
dubbed “Mr. October”. He hit three home runs in one game to earn the honour,
and never let us forget it!
Max Scherzer should
be a name to remember this October. He pitches for the Detroit
The Yankees were
moving towards a shot at the finals when they ran into a stubborn Blue Jay team
a week and a half ago. The Toronto Bronx Bombers, spoiling their dreams. It is a time of the
year when those who cannot make the playoffs need to show off their younger players
who have toiled in the minors all season. If the rookies are hot, the
contenders suffer.
Yankee fans were
hoping that they would make the playoffs so that their closer, Mariano Rivera
would have a final chance to show his stuff. He will retire at the end of this
season, and he is a shoe-in for the Hall of Fame in five years. He has recorded
more saves that any other pitcher, ever, establishing a record that will last
for years. He is most gracious, and has contributed much to his native country,
Panama
It is coming down to
the wire for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati
The Red Sox, the
Tigers and the Oakland Atlanta Braves
and the Los Angeles
They will be some
exciting ninth inning heroics somewhere in the next month. “Play Ball!”
James Hurst
Sportslices.blogspot.com
# posted by James Hurst @ 7:09 PM 
