World Series Game 1 Notes and baseball musings, WA soccer

Well to my college pals in NE, good for you. At least I don't have to hear any more of that hogwash about how tortured Boston sports fans are.

I give St. Louis credit for coming back like they did. I didn't know if they would. And if Woody Williams didn't pitch like such a stiff, it might turn out differently. But Bill Mueller should be batting second. He'll always put the ball in play and move Damon around the bases when he has the chance. One note on my prediction of St. Louis winning. I forgot. How any team with Roger Cedeno can have the best record in baseball is an act of God. The 25 man rosters are interesting. St. Louis has 1 more pitcher on their roster than Boston and the longer that series goes, the more important that could become.

As for the Met manager search, there's one guy I want and I don't know if Omar Minaya will interview him... our former second baseman Wally Backman. Now I know this guy has no major league expereince but think about it. He's been managing in the minors for 5 years. He preaches a fast aggressive style of play. With Reyes Matsui and Wright leading off our order, they're perfect for that style. And Wally's teammates loved him. He was always a great clubhouse guy. So the players of today can probably relate to a guy with his enthusiasm and scrappiness. He's 1 of 3 finalists for the Arizona job. It would be good to see him get it. Wille Randolph would be fine too. As long as it's not Jim Riggleman. Just the name rings last place!

Good news. Wheaton Academy beats Kaneland 1-0 and we're in the Sweet Sixteen. And it's the lovely Spartans of St. Francis and we're playing them Tuesday in the Somonauk sectional. Somonauk is a good hour and 20 minutes west of Wheaton. It's getting into rural Illinois, like DeKalb and NIU. Doesn't it seem weird that both these teams have to travel 1:20 west to play this game. Win this and it's into the state tournament where we'll probably play ultra-tough Sycamore. We'll see how it all shakes up.

I took Hogan for a walk through Wheaton College today. It's real easy to attract attention when you have a cute blonde with 4 legs and a flopping tongue by your side. He saw a really big blonde dog and boy did he want a piece. I wonder what feelings are really behind the growl.

Gotta get up at 6 am to go to the airport. On a Sunday! Just not right. just not right. just not right. Well the fried chicken will make it better... Later everybody.