Lamest World Series Ever That I Almost Forgot to Blog About It

Know what really stinks? Baseball games postponed because of Mother Nature deciding that the rain cannot wait. Know what stinks even more? Rain outs during the World Series. Want to know the worst possible scenario? A rain out in the middle of a possible deciding game of the victor in the World Series and then starting the game over again in exactly the same spot it ended in.


All the sad wet Phillies fans. Photo from flickr.com

But that doesn't happen, not even in the worst movie plots! Who would ever agree to something that anti climatic?

Bud Selig, that's who. In a bigger blunder than putting Jessica Simpson in yet another straight to DVD movie (cough Major Movie Star cough), Bud Selig decided to put the Phillies and Rays in an underwhelming Game 5 situation and start Game 5 right where it left off, in the middle of the 6th with a tie score.

And don't think that the Phillies and the Rays didn't have a problem with this move. The Phillies sat down with the Rays and said "Hey brah we don't want to kick your tail in an hour long game, wanna start this thing over?" And the Rays responded with, "Sure dudes that would be chill, whatever."

Ok maybe that's not how the situation played out but each team essentially said that starting the game more than half way through was a total buzzkill and they would rather start it over completely.

So let's break this situation. Starting a game half way through is underwhelming and doesn't give fans enough time to get into the swing of things. Both teams agree to start it over. If the game starts over you make more money in the stadium from food, souvenirs etc etc, more money to be made for FOX for advertisements etc etc, so every things cool, right?

If only it were that easy. Bud Selig decided that obviously the teams didn't know what they really wanted and decided to start the game at the middle of the 6th. So they played for about an hour and a half, Phillies pulled ahead and won it 4-3. Yippie. This is a team that has only won TWO WORLD SERIES EVER and you couldn't even give them a decent full game, Selig? What's wrong with you? Did you want the lamest World Series ever?


Finally victorious! Photo from flickr.com

I won't lie, I didn't even see how it ended. I got home late from a meeting and the game was over. Done. Kaput in less than two hours. On the one hand, starting the game in the middle meant less time spent with McCarver and Buck, but it also meant the least dramatic World Series win ever.

And if I were the players union, I would sit Selig down and propose a policy for dealing with this situation in the future. If I played over 165 games to win those coveted rings, I want to win it in 9 complete consecutive innings. What happened was disgraceful and the MLB has to have a better plan for dealing with it in the future.


Anarchy after the win! Scary. Photo from flckr.com


Changing gears momentarily to politics (and Jenna the Intern didn't even have to tell me to relate it to politics!) please tell me you heard this line about McCain comparing Obama's flip flop opinion on if he was a Rays or Phillies fan to his flip flop attitude in Washington. Yes because baseball allegiances are a larger metaphor for your persona character. And for the record, if I were McCain or Obama I wouldn't say a darn word about who I favored, both the Phillies and Rays are ironically enough located in swing states. So I would say I was a Blue Jays fan, no one messes with Canada.

So how did you feel about the World Series? Do you agree with Selig? How do you think things should have played out? Leave a comment and let me know!