FLUSHING, NY – “Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day.” More on those Rodgers and Hammerstein words in a minute, but they sure are polarizing in terms of perspective. Indeed, yours giddily is today’s emergency starter as Buddy Diaz – a diehard Yankees fan, took a “sick day” on this Indian Native American summer Halloween day. Curious. Anywho, here are today’s talking points: Bills vs Lions Super Bowl, Mets MLB’s #2, Tankees Gag
Bills vs Lions Super Bowl
Why in the world would I start off with a football talking point the morning after the World Series ended? No, Aaron Boone isn’t writing this, but the answer is as [seemingly] simple as he is. What? Too soon? Anyway, the reason is: It’s football season. See, we look ahead here (when it’s convenient) and ahead of us is the NFL’s important period. This is a time that few New York Football Giants or New York Jets fans recall. It’s when teams start angling for a postseason birth. Once again, this notion of “playoffs” is beyond the understanding of Big Blue and Gang Green fans, as both teams suck. Again. BUT… there is hope for New Yorkers, as those boys from Buffalo looked to have plugged some leaks and are starting to gel. That’s right, your Buffalo Bills, New York, are in the Super bowl hunt. Count yours truly in on the bandwagon. You can also throw my duffel bag on the Detroit Lions bandwagon. In fact, if your team is out of it, I say all of us back these teams from blue-collar, working class America. Let’s get both of these teams another shot at winning their first Super Bowl, and let’s see them battle for it. That would be almost as good as our next talking point…
[CUE Curly McLain singing the Aaron Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein tune, “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning“ in the stage production of Oklahoma]
Mets MLB’s #2
Gosh by golly, this day is beautiful. Just gorgeous. And I’m not talking about the added bonus summer sunshine! It could be a a pouring, wet, 33 degrees Fahrenheit out there and it’d still be oh-so-wonderful for fans of the New York Mets. We fanatics for the Orange and Blue find our team as the 2nd best in all of baseball. Don’t question it Stanks fans, the Amazins beat the World Champs TWICE as many times as your Tanks did. AND the Metsies swept your gargantuan gaggers in the regular season.
Which leads us to…
Tankees Gag
Wow. A 5-0 lead with Gerrit “Pouty Body Language” Cole blowing through the Dodgers lineup as though they were a Little League team. You know what, though? There are baseball gods, people. For that is when divine intervention had me reluctantly tune in – via cell phone – while editing this week’s The Rugby Odds. And it was #OMG all over again. The Yankees slipped into their Halloween costumes early, masquerading as Little Leaguers. Judge and Volpe errors. Cole The Collapser fails to cover first and points at Rizzo, as though to blame. Freddy Freeman – as scary as Freddy Krueger in the batter’s box – fights one off, while down in the count (literally and figuratively) to bag two, 2-out runs. The rest is kind of a blur of giddy denial and hope. Stanton being Stanton when it counted most, going off quietly into the night – while lightly jogging, of course. But don’t worry, Bombers fans, he’ll be back next year.
One last thing for the record: I despise the Dodgers, so you can imagine my distaste for the Bronx Bumblers.
Feel free to comment civilly below, have a great Halloween and come back tomorrow for Action Jackson Sternberg, who better not repeat any of what’s above!
