I Just Can't Watch
I've got this thing. I'm not proud of it, but I can't really get rid of it. Some might call it an abnormality. Some might call it idiotic. Personally, I call it caring too much.
You see, I can't watch the World Series.
I watch when the Yankees are batting, but I can't watch when the opposing team is batting. I just can't force myself to watch them take their raps. Why? I get too nervous. I want the Pinstripes to win so badly that I get too nervous to watch.
I figure that the Yankees can score runs while they're batting. The only good things that can happen while the other team is batting strikeouts, good defensive plays or something of that nature. The bad thing is that the other team can score runs, and that's what I don't want to see.
I mean, seriously, how many strikeouts are there in a game? Ten? Seven? Five? Depends on who's pitching, right? Howmany great defensive plays are there? Two? Three? Four? So, if you take the largest numbers and add them together, you get about 14. So, I would want to be watching 14 times during the Yankees defensive times on the field. Sorry, but that's not enough.
When the Yanks won the Series in 1996, I turned it off in Game 6. When they won in 1998, I watched because I knew they'd win. 1999, too. In 2000, I turned the channel when they were in the field. Same for 2001 and 2003.
Now, I watch the other channels and my hands shake. My son keeps asking me to change the channel back, but I just can't do it.
"Who's ahead?" my wife asks.
"I don't know because I'm not watching it right now."
She just rolls here eyes and walks off in disgust. "You're very odd," she mumbles.
Yea, I know.
You see, I can't watch the World Series.
I watch when the Yankees are batting, but I can't watch when the opposing team is batting. I just can't force myself to watch them take their raps. Why? I get too nervous. I want the Pinstripes to win so badly that I get too nervous to watch.
I figure that the Yankees can score runs while they're batting. The only good things that can happen while the other team is batting strikeouts, good defensive plays or something of that nature. The bad thing is that the other team can score runs, and that's what I don't want to see.
I mean, seriously, how many strikeouts are there in a game? Ten? Seven? Five? Depends on who's pitching, right? Howmany great defensive plays are there? Two? Three? Four? So, if you take the largest numbers and add them together, you get about 14. So, I would want to be watching 14 times during the Yankees defensive times on the field. Sorry, but that's not enough.
When the Yanks won the Series in 1996, I turned it off in Game 6. When they won in 1998, I watched because I knew they'd win. 1999, too. In 2000, I turned the channel when they were in the field. Same for 2001 and 2003.
Now, I watch the other channels and my hands shake. My son keeps asking me to change the channel back, but I just can't do it.
"Who's ahead?" my wife asks.
"I don't know because I'm not watching it right now."
She just rolls here eyes and walks off in disgust. "You're very odd," she mumbles.
Yea, I know.
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