I miss Mike and the Mad Dog. Mike would have given us the MFY fan point of view that we love to hate, but Dog would keep him from droning on and on, and he wouldn't be able to cut off Dog's anti-MFY responses.
One added frustration of this September is that the Red Sox had the September collapse that I have been waiting for the MFYs to endure with increasing impatience every year since Torre took over in the mid 90's. Year after year, the Red Sox would stay close enough to challenge the MFYs for the division while looking in the rear view mirror to protect the wild card. And year after year, Mike would pontificate about the Red Sox chances to hold on while smugly assuming the MFYs into the playoffs. Just once, I hoped the MFYs would have a September collapse that would knock them out of the playoffs, in large part so Mike would be forced to eat crow, with Dog doing the serving.
When '11 started, I thought this could be the role reversal year with the Red Sox cruising to the AL East title, and MFYs fighting to hold off TB and the other contender of the year for the wild card. By mid-summer, it looked like it might play out that way. Even in late August, I thought the MFY collapse I've been waiting for was far more likely than a Red Sox collapse. The baseball gods decreed otherwise. Maybe they're holding off the role reversal year until Mike and the Dog reunite so the MFY collapse can be fully chronicled and enjoyed. Anyway, something to brood about as we wait for Yankee Elimination Day.
One added frustration of this September is that the Red Sox had the September collapse that I have been waiting for the MFYs to endure with increasing impatience every year since Torre took over in the mid 90's. Year after year, the Red Sox would stay close enough to challenge the MFYs for the division while looking in the rear view mirror to protect the wild card. And year after year, Mike would pontificate about the Red Sox chances to hold on while smugly assuming the MFYs into the playoffs. Just once, I hoped the MFYs would have a September collapse that would knock them out of the playoffs, in large part so Mike would be forced to eat crow, with Dog doing the serving.
When '11 started, I thought this could be the role reversal year with the Red Sox cruising to the AL East title, and MFYs fighting to hold off TB and the other contender of the year for the wild card. By mid-summer, it looked like it might play out that way. Even in late August, I thought the MFY collapse I've been waiting for was far more likely than a Red Sox collapse. The baseball gods decreed otherwise. Maybe they're holding off the role reversal year until Mike and the Dog reunite so the MFY collapse can be fully chronicled and enjoyed. Anyway, something to brood about as we wait for Yankee Elimination Day.