The baseball season for most people in D.C. is now over. The Nationals had been looking like they might make up for the horrid start to the season by barely making it in to the MLB postseason. But those hopes are now dead. The lost one too many games and now get to sit and watch others play. Or sulk; either one works.
One team that I'm willing to bet no one, and I mean even their biggest fans, never saw coming. Even thought it came like a freight train. The Pittsburgh Pirates have made it in the postseason. You are reading that right. How, I haven't the faintest idea. A good team, manager, and coaching staff might have helped get them there. Even so, who predicted this one? Other teams to qualify: Boston Red Sox (Not that much of a surprise), Tampa Bay Rays, St. Louis Cardinals (not a surprise at all. What is surprising is that the Pirates are showing them up in some games), Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, and the L.A. Dodgers.
The NHL has begun again (pause to celebrate). The lull of summer baseball that goes on forever ends into a frozen battle field of hockey teams. Baseball may still be happening but for some fans, like me, is taking a backseat to hockey (not to mention that my favorite team didn't make it to the postseason). The Capitals started the season off by facing the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Chicago Blackhawks, in Chicago. Really? We couldn't start with an easier team? I would have been nice to ease into thinks, new players and all. But no. We started with Chicago, then home for the Calgary Flames, and back out to Dallas to play the Stars. Why does Dallas have a hockey team, it's kind of weird. They don't play again till tomorrow night. So you have time to wash your favorite jersey, hop on one foot, find a rabbits foot, rub some lucky puck, or whatever it is you do because they're playing the Carolina Hurricanes. Whoop.
In random sports news, the Oracle Team USA won the American Cup back in September. Beating the predicted winner, New Zealand.
Oh, golf is still happening.
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