Spurminator
10-24-2005, 05:49 PM
I'm still slapping myself.
Maybe it's a loser attitude, but I'm enjoying the hell out of this and it has nothing to do with winning and losing. It's a strange feeling... I've never really had that attitude toward the Spurs, but with the Astros it's almost as though the victory has already been won and a World Series Championship would just be icing. I guess it has to do with my differing attitudes towards baseball and basketball.
The World Series is still the best Championship of any of the major sports, in my opinion. I suppose most would favor the Super Bowl, and with good reason, but the World Series just seems so much more historically significant to me. Particularly when you're throwing out numbers like "First World Series Title Since 1917."
Even if the Astros lose (though I'd at least like them to win a couple of games to avoid a sweep) this will go down as one of my happiest sports experiences. After this, expectations will be higher, and only with an Astros World Series victory will I achieve these levels of joy as a fan. So I'm going to take this in completely and enjoy it, win or lose.
Maybe it's a loser attitude, but I'm enjoying the hell out of this and it has nothing to do with winning and losing. It's a strange feeling... I've never really had that attitude toward the Spurs, but with the Astros it's almost as though the victory has already been won and a World Series Championship would just be icing. I guess it has to do with my differing attitudes towards baseball and basketball.
The World Series is still the best Championship of any of the major sports, in my opinion. I suppose most would favor the Super Bowl, and with good reason, but the World Series just seems so much more historically significant to me. Particularly when you're throwing out numbers like "First World Series Title Since 1917."
Even if the Astros lose (though I'd at least like them to win a couple of games to avoid a sweep) this will go down as one of my happiest sports experiences. After this, expectations will be higher, and only with an Astros World Series victory will I achieve these levels of joy as a fan. So I'm going to take this in completely and enjoy it, win or lose.