Word from the Chronicle is that ESPN and MLB are attempting to switch the season opening game between the Giants and Dodgers from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
They would play one game here, then finish the series in LA and then swap a later game from SF to LA.
The reasoning is that the Giants hanging their world series banner at home on national TV makes better television than just a random Giants-Dodgers game in LA (which we will now call "Northern Orange County" for fun).
So it's a Friday afternoon now, but I want you to close your eyes and picture yourself on Monday morning next week. It's December. It's raining. It's cold. The Warriors suck. The Niners suck. The Raiders suck less than usual but still won't make the playoffs. Cal basketball is rebuilding. Obama is lowering taxes for billionaires. And you're tired.
But now picture this.
It's March 31st.
You turn on the TV.
The Giants are raising a championship banner over AT&T park.
43,000 fans are waving orange rally rags.
Timmy strikes out Furcal on a changeup in the dirt.
Timmy strikes out Kemp looking on a curveball.
Timmy strikes out Ethier on a high fastball.
BEAT LA! BEAT LA! resounds across the park like rolling thunder.
Total bliss.
You're fucking insane if you're watching that game on TV.
ReplyDeleteOr broke....one of those.
ReplyDeleteOr you have that phobia of large crowds, whatever it's called. Or a fear of garlic fries.
But yes, point taken.