On The TunneySide of Sports November 5, 2018 #717 Up next… World Series 2018
After further review… Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox on their recent success as Major League Baseball’s world champions! Their five games to one win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the finals was impressive. In fact, their season with 108 regular season victories and their defeat of the New York Yankees, who had a 100-season win, and their defeat of the Houston Astros with 104 wins certainly must qualify them as one of the best in Red Sox baseball lore.
While it was difficult for the Dodgers to lose in their home park (Dodger Stadium, aka Chavez Ravine), the “Blue” will certainly give a standing ovation to the Sox. The news media reported that the victory celebration at Dodger Stadium lasted two hours with World Champ hats, World Champ Tee-shirts and googles, provided by the MLB, adorned by every Sox player. Why the googles? Well, with the rampant squirting of champagne and beer all over players, coaches and T*E*A*M personnel, the googles provided eye protection. It was an on-field mess.
Speaking of a mess – the spittle by players and coaches from both teams during that series was ugly. It seemed every time the Fox TV cameras focused on a player or coach in the dugout, you could expect an expectoration (is that a redundancy?). Many players and coaches plant smokeless tobacco (called chaw or dip) in their mouth-cheek during games. Others use gum (some with bubble-gum) as a method to calm nerves or maybe just an old baseball habit.
Regarding the use of smokeless tobacco, may I remind young and old ball players that the late Joe Garagiola, former All-Star MLB catcher and the late Hall of Fame Umpire Doug Harvey both suffered throat cancer later in life. And both travelled the country speaking about its dangers.
Others chew and spit Sunflower seeds continuously. You probably have not seen a baseball dugout following a game, but I have. UGH! You wouldn’t want you or your children to see that mess, let alone walk through it. Football sidelines following a game are similar, but not quite as filthy, with basketball sidelines cleaner due to their close fan proximity.
On the bright side of this World Series was the attitude and behavior of the players toward each other. I watched players and managers behavior very closely and did not see any trash-talking or taunting of opponents. A trait to be admired – and hopefully emulated in other sports teams.
Will you log-in on your impressions of the 2018 World Series?
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