[AGL] Could be the final out

[Wayne Johnson]

I think there is something oddly beautiful about "collective" responses, 
especially in sports.  Must be something very deeply imbedded in our genetic 
makeup.  Of course, there is also the "dark" side => Mob Brutality.

But in sports, these moments are special...there is "drama", there is the 
opportunity to watch incredibly gifted people at the top of their game.  Yes 
someone wins and someone loses but in a way...a way that most coaches 
deplore...everyone "wins" by "being there."

Rev. Chauncey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Igor Loving" <lovingigor at hotmail.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:05 AM
Subject: [AGL] Could be the final out


> Then there was the ninth inning at Minute Maid Park.
>
> I wandered into the Hole in the Wal a watering hole on Gaudalupe
> Street here in Austinl. the Astros and St. Louis playoff game was on
> all the tee vees.
>
> There are sometimes when baseball has real drama. Here were the Astros
> the only professional baseball team I have ever watched in person more
> than 20 times over their 45 years. They started as the Colt 45's as
> you mayl recall and they played their games in the
> eigth wonder of the world starting in 1968 when they became the
> Houston Astros. My historic dates may be a little off. One thing is
> certian they have never played in a World Series.
>
> Anyhow the Astros were down 2-1 going into the seventh and 'bingo" they
> get a homerun with two men on base and go up 4-2. I was amazed at the
> rush I got. I actually shouted as did the rest of the watchers,
> "Yeah!, Awright!" and I sat down to watch the eight and ninth innings.
>
> The "Stros" got the Cardinals out in the eighth with their best closer
> (There was an inkling of shakeyness visible so we all prayed) and now
> here we were in the ninth with 2 outs.
>
> "We can do it", it was as if everyone became the pitcher and you could
> feel the tension around you.
>
> No one talked, no one breathed.
>
> One out away, from the first World Series ever for the Astros. The 
> Cardinal
> short stop gets a hit with a full count. The next guy walks. Oh dear!,
> We have seen this before. The next guy to bat is the MVP of the
> league. There are two strikes now...one strike away from the World
> Series for the Astros: and wouldn't ya know it, he hits a homer....
>
> "Astros loose, Astros loose."
>
> Damn. Every emotion you can have, and in only thirty minutes of watching
> some meaningless game. Or is it really all that meaningless?
> --
>
>
>
>
>
> Charlie Loving
>
>
>