That’s right! I got tickets to Game 1 Saturday afternoon! I’m pretty jazzed. I didn’t have to go downtown and stand in line for eight hours, nor pay scalpers’ rates. I managed to get them all by myself, online. Took three and a half hours, but… woo-hoo! I’m going to the Series!
I went to game 4 of the 1993 series in Philadelphia–the heartbreaker that Mitch Williams blew 15-14. It was cool though because I was 12 at the time and my mom asked me if I wanted to go when I got home from school. My friend’s dad had gotten tickets at the last minute. It was quite an experience.
Oh, and the week before I had gotten tickets at the last minute to see the Phillies and the Braves in the NLCS (I forget which game but the Phils lost and Fred McGriff hit a monster home run).
Oh, sorry, Strainger, forgot you liked the Braves. (Shouldn’t that have been “Oooooh NOOOO! Oooooh NOOOO!”? ;)) May I offer my deepest condolences in this time of pain. (Hey - my hometown team didn’t even make it to the LCS…)
Mmm. Baseball… Then going to the Winston Cup race Sunday! It’s gonna be a GOOD weekend!
Actually, I’m quite pleased to see the Diamondbacks going to the World Series. They are my home team, after all. Hell, I’ve been with them since the early days.
The great thing about the NL Championship series was that I couldn’t be disappointed. I had my hometown team playing against the team I grew up with.
Oh, the depression is coming soon. I’m the only one I know from Arizona that still lives here. I grew up with the attitude that with the exception of Wildcats basketball (they have some nantional championships) we always choke at the critical moment and somehow it will be my fault. I’ll watch the games but I’ll be dreading it.
Congrats you “long-suffering” Snakes fans. Enjoy and savor the experience. Just make sure you beat those damn Yankees, says a still-bitter Indians’ fan.
PatrickM, I, too, am an Indians fan. I know the pain that is Wahoo-mania. How sad is it that both Mauvaise and I saw our favorite teams knocked out in the first round - I was counting on getting together for an Oakland/Cleveland ALCS!
But, that’s over now, my adopted home town is in it, and I am SO there. Mr. jadailey wants me to sell my tickets (I guess scalpers are getting upwards of $1000 each, even for crappy seats), but that’s just not going to happen. I’m going to the game!
I think Schilling will be pitching. That’ll be good!
Padeye - it’s your fault we always lose? Dammit, son - don’t you ruin this for us!