Sigh. I guess I gotta be the one again. Maybe no one is interested in a Sunday thread anymore? It's become a bit of a buoy for me these days, bobbing calmly away, indicating something -- in this case, the end, or beginning of another week.
I had a stark reminder last night of how 2020 is a Twilight Zone kind of year. As if I needed another...!
Baseball is a passion of mine, having played on a championship team as a youth. One of the few things my dad and I did together was go to baseball games.
And then, the team left town. Twice, in fact. The old Washington Senators left to become first the Minnesota Twins, and then the Texas Rangers. And for decades, we were left with no home team. The Baltimore Orioles attempted to fill that role, and for some it worked, but I never took them on as "my" team.
Then, miracle of miracles, the Montreal Expos became the Washington Nationals, and I had a team again. Fourteen years after they came to town, they won the World Series. The last time Washington had a baseball champion was in 1924!
So, last night I was reminded of how whacky this year has become. I've gotten used to seeing people wearing masks, and the "social distancing" signs everywhere, but baseball this year just strikes me as being one long exhibition season. Last night I was treated to a "twi-night double-header" (to make up for a rained-out earlier game). And each game was only seven innings instead of nine, and the teams switched sides for the second, with the home team becoming the visitors and vice-versa. Designated hitters (in the National League), empty stands with cardboard cutouts, "crowd noise" piped through the PA system. OMG! And the quality of play? Uh...
But I'll watch again today (I can't go to the games, sadly). A lot of the players are names I've never heard of before, but I love baseball. So, I'll watch. It's Sunday, and there's not much else to do.