The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Written by Christopher Corazon, Friday October 15 2010
October is possibly the best month for sports in the year. Sure, April has the end of March Madness, but October has Midnight Madness. April has the NFL Draft, but October has the regular season in full swing. April has the start of the baseball season, but October features the climax of the season.
October also has college football. Last night, Kansas State beat Kansas 59-7. It raises the question, in how many games will the Kansas basketball team hold their opponents to fewer than 59 points.
The NBA season is close to starting. In Cleveland, they are getting ready for life without LeBron James. However, someone forgot to tell the person who put James on the cover of the 2011 calendar. In Washington, DC, the Wizards are preparing for a season with John Wall, last year's number 1 pick. Gilbert Arenas still manages to create headlines. He faked an injury for one preseason game, then was injured in the following game. ESPN radio called it a visit from the karma police.
This weekend in the NFL includes Minnesota hosting Dallas. It's a rematch of two playoff teams from last year, but both teams are 1-3 this season. The game has been nicknamed the "Panic Bowl".
Meanwhile, in MLB the league championship series are ready to begin. In the ALCS, C.C. Sabathia of the Yankees will face C.J. Wilson of the Tigers in a match between pitchers that prefer initials to full names. In the NLCS, Tim Lincecum of the Giants will pitch against the Phillies and Roy Halladay. FOX is advertising this as the most anticipated playoff match in history.
Really? Just off the top of my head I'm reminded of Roger Clemens facing Pedro Martinez. Not only did it feature two former Cy Young winners, as will the Lincecum and Halladay matchup, but it also included Clemens coming back with the Yankees to Boston while Martinez was at the top of his game. To the delight of Boston fans, Clemens was knocked out and the fans chanted "Where is Roger?" with other fans replying in unison "In the shower."
Finally, while talking about history, today is the 22nd anniversary of Kirk Gibson's famous home run for the Dodgers off of Dennis Eckersley in the World Series in 1988. Jack Buck had a famous call to go with it: "I don't believe what I just saw". After the game, Eckersley was asked what kind of pitch it was. He replied "It was my walk-off. I throw it, and then I walk off the field." It may be the start of the term "walk-off homerun."
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