Switching back and forth last night watching the Indians and Rays’ baseball playoff game along with the NFL’s Monday Night football made me think of George Carllin and his explanation of the differences between the two sports:
As the owner of a bar, how about I offer up an alcohol-related drink comparison of the two? Baseball is like a Sloe Gin Fizz whereas football is like a shot of Patron. If forced to decide between the two, I would have to stick with the Sloe Gin.
But there is an argument to be made as to which sport is better. Check out this discussion of why football is better (click here.) And here is an article on why baseball is better (click here.)
Music-wise, baseball used to feature mostly organ-based stuff playing the likes of Take Me Out to the Ball Game. However, now at ball parks, there is a DJ pumping up the crowd with hip hop and rock tunes. As for any football game you attend, you may want to take along some earplugs because you are gonna get blasted with a lot of rap and heavy metal tunes. Again, I land on the baseball side of that equation.
Some music here with a baseball-related tune titled 715. “Sometimes that’s the way it works!”
As for playoff predictions, I think back to a conversation I had with my friend Pat Woodburn a couple months ago when the Orioles were jockeying for a playoff spot. Pat noted that Cleveland was a team to watch because they had some good young players. Turns out he was right on. Let’s see how far they can go. Brewers/Guardians would make for a nice World Series.
Little bar room baseball trivia for you to win a drink on – name the six MLB teams that have never won a World Series. If you google it, here is the “official” answer to that query.
So how did I come up with six teams never to have won a World Series? Answer – the Cleveland Indians have won two World Series, one in 1920 and one in 1948 (click here.) However, the Cleveland Guardians have not won any!