Unfortunately, I had little opportunity to watch or listen to the various series at this point. I don’t know I was even bothering with these half-assed recaps.
10-5-24 Saturday
The Tigers were crushed by Indians right off the bat. Zach Wheeler pitched a great game for the Phillies against the Mets. Unfortunately, the Philly bullpen didn’t do as well and cost them the win. The Royals gave the Yankees a good fight, but came up short. The Padres and Dodgers had a great battle, but the Dodgers had too much firepower. Shohei Ohtani had a tying three-run homer in the game.
10-6-24 Sunday
Padres blasted the Dodgers though the fans got involved in that one. The Mets and the Phillies went back-and-forth in an epic struggle. The Phillies finally outlasted the Mets, but probably more out of fear of their own fans’ wraith than their own determination.
10-7-24 Monday
The Royals punched back against the evil empire and took today’s game in the Bronx. In Cleveland, Tarik Skubal took it to the Indians and the Tiger offense took it from there for the win.
10-8-24 Tuesday
The Mets creamed the Phillies. It was bad enough that I didn’t even bother listening. I did listen to the Padres and Dodgers. After a first inning solo homer by Mookie Betts for the Dodgers, the Padres came back with a six-run inning, which included a two-run homer by Fernando Tatis Jr. The Dodgers weren’t done. Teoscar Hernandez jacked a grand slam to make it 6-5 Padres. (That guy did win the Home Derby this year.) The bullpens locked it down, but the Padres prevailed.
10-9-24 Wednesday
Tigers win 3-0 over Cleveland . . . without me. The game was set to be on ESPN Radio, but my local affiliate wasn’t carrying it at the start time. I tuned in later to get a scoring update and found the game on in the seventh. I only got to hear the end of the game. Well, at least the Tigers won.
And then, I kind of lost interest in the rest of the series. I wasn’t able to hear the games, but given the results, that may have been okay. The Tigers and the Padres went up and had a chance to close it out, but Cleveland and the Dodgers beat them and advanced. The Mets and the Yankees advanced. My Phillies World Series pick was done (along with all of my rooting interests in the playoffs). So we have New York versus Los Angles (and Cleveland).
LCS
The Mets were looking like the Team of Destiny with their clutch wins. Then they ran into the Dodgers, who clubbed them to death in Game 1, 9-0. And blah, blah, blah. The Yankees beat Cleveland and the Dodgers beat the Mets. Okay Media people, it’s Christmas! You got your dream matchup. I hope you’re happy. All we need now is Taylor Swift showing up a game. Oh crap, that happened. So, it’s officially a fix.
Is what it’s like to be a casual fan? I’m finally experiencing this. What does a casual fan do? He doesn’t watch. He doesn’t listen. He doesn’t care. He just follows along with the final results to be aware of them. What a hollow empty feeling.
All I had to enjoy was the pleasure of hearing about Cleveland getting their hopes and dreams crushed for yet another year. They were losers when they were the Indians, but now they have no pride, no dignity, and are still losers. Your very name has been stripped away from you. Your only highlight was Yankees announcer, John Sterling, coming out of retirement and continuing to call your team, “The Indians.” Snotty, little Media pricks, the literal only ones who approve of the name change, laughingly dismissed him for it. How pathetic it must be to be a Cleveland baseball fan.
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