Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 16, 2003
Marlins Win?

Looking at Google News right now, I see the following headlines concerning the NLCS:


Cubs aren't pinning blame for loss on fan
Cubs Lose, Curse Wins
Cubdom left numb in end

(Cubdom looks a little too much like condom, which changes the whole meaning of the story!) Didn't the Marlins win? Aren't the Marlins the Cinderella story? Why is the big story of the day Cubs lose, not Marlins win? So here, read a celebratory article by Dan Le Batard of the Miami Herald:

That silence you still hear today? It is the sound of baseball's mouth hanging open.

The Marlins pelted the hexed, haunted Cubs, 9-6, to become the most improbable team in the World Series since the 1969 New York Mets nicknamed after a miracle. And the Marlins might be the most hated underdog in the history of sports, seeing as how nobody outside of South Florida wanted to see the Marlins advance. Nobody.

And that sound you hear is all of South Florida laughing.

While dancing.

And shouting itself hoarse.

''We're the darlings of the baseball world right now,'' Marlins Manager Jack McKeon said.


And they should be the darlings. How can you not love Josh Beckett, the young fireballer? How can you not love Pudge Rodriguez, whose combination of arm and bat are unmatched? And how can you not love the rookie, Miguel Cabrera, who plays with reckless abandon and is having the time of his life?

This was an evenly matched series, which went to the Marlins because of a managerial blunder by Dusty Baker in game six. To the Marlin's credit, they took the opening and never looked back. I can't wait to see what they do against the AL Champ.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:03 AM | League Championship Series | TrackBack (0)