Told’ja this series would be great. That was the Houston Astros last night giving MLB at least one more chunk of change on national TV. One hopes it’ll be two, as a potential Game Seven looms as well.
This was a great weekend for watching sports, from a thrilling Thursday night NFL game (they always are) to the Top 10 Big 10 battle in Michigan to Notre Dame to a slew of close pro games Sunday.
And yeah, there was the World Series too.
All the more reason to keep on living.
World Series: two-sevenths in the books and a tie thus far.
School year: one quarter completed.
Me versus students? Nah, we’re playing together against the demons of algebra.
It was the World Series nobody wanted.
And the first game was over in about 10 minutes.
But I still have hope.
It’s “twin day” at school today.
I couldn’t find anyone who wanted to dress like me so I took matters into my own hands.
It’s finally here.
That little purple button on your phone.
Math and Musings has come to Apple podcasts.
There’s only one thing better than two teams you don’t really care about play an absolutely great game to watch.
Seeing the team you hate get rocked in another one of those “great” games.
Thanks, NLCS. Thanks, Astros.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
It was just another Sunday for the Football Team.
Not sure who was reading Dickens at halftime.
Not a good idea.
You knew it was going to be epic.
The Dodgers-Giants rivalry is like the new Yankees-Red Sox.
Actually Yankees-Red Sox is like the old Dodgers-Giants, so um, yeah, we’re back a century or so.
I’m pretty sure Tom Brady was playing back then too.
With the end of Ted Lasso‘s season last Friday (a stellar end to a stellar season, by the way), I thought I was done with “TV” for a while. But between two of my favorite filmmakers–Ken Burns and Walt Disney–I’ve been entertained every night since.
First, there is Ken Burns’s new saga (calling it a “documentary” just doesn’t do it justice) on the life and times of Muhammad Ali. It’s worth eight hours of your time. Yes, there’s the usual “PBS” topics of racism and bigotry, but let’s face it, that’s part of the Muhammad Ali story. There’s enough actual boxing to keep sports fans (and Republicans) entertained. The story is raw and real and sometimes hurts. Like boxing.
Also available on “TV” these days (a week or so after it was on actual TV) is another 90 minutes worthy of your time. It’s called The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Happiest Place on Earth. (Yeah, it’s been 50 years.) Walt had been gone for five years by the time his literal and philosophical heirs finished plans on the “Florida project” (a.k.a Project X and a number of other names before WDW was revealed) and the show describes the founding with Ken Burns-like respect. Enough music and cartoons to keep kids entertained and enough history to keep old folks (that’s me) happy, this one is not to be missed.
God bless TV.
My employer really does call it Indigenous People’s Day.
Eh. Works for me.
See ya Tuesday.