The World Series commences tonight, pitting the Houston Astros against the Chicago White Sox of Chicago.
Whenever Championships of this caliber come out, you always get silly amounts of coverage as to who will win, why you should watch despite the Yankees and Red Sox being absent in the Series, and other heartwarming but fairly irrelevant side stories.
I don't feel compelled to offer more on why you need to watch the Series tonight (precisely because it's two fairly talented teams who AREN'T the Yankees and Red Sox), who will win (White Sox in 5), or any pointless anecdotes from my childhood about these teams (I don't care for the White Sox, I don't like Roger Clemens).
I don't need to tell you that if you live in Houston, the mayor issued a sock-less weekend in honor of the World Series. Or that two senators, neither from Houston nor Chicago, propsed a resolution this week with the goal of exonerating Shoeless Joe Jackson from his part in throwing a World Series.
Or that Houston is the fattest and dirtiest city. Or that Chicago's 1933 World's Fair featured a midget village.
I write merely because there's a baseball game on TV tonight. And you should watch, because it's baseball, and baseball is good.
PS - Just for old times sake, let's revisit this gem in commemoration of the Yankees being eliminated from playoff contention a very long time ago.
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