Swine Flu Baseball Season

Kathleen Iverson Posted: Oct. 23, 2009

While I’m trying to keep my mind off the fact that I might have H1N1, I’m wondering why I didn’t shoo the flu earlier this fall. I’m delirious. More NyQuil anyone? Mom, is that you?

I know what you’re thinking. I might catch something just reading this from closer than 10 feet away. Don’t worry. I’m sure your computer has enough viruses to infect your entire office. I’m the last person you need to worry about getting cough of the pork from.

The Flu vaccination topic is as exciting as sports these days. It’s in all over the news and I can’t help but wonder if Swine Flu is a little like shark attacks. They’ve always been there, but as soon as national news reports it, it’s like the first time anyone’s ever heard about it. And then, forget about it, Armageddon has set in. Anyone remember Bird Flu circa 2003? Oh wait, you don’t because nothing happened. I’m just sayin’.

In more important news, how about the Yankees v. Angels huh? I do love a great underdog story. I’m pulling for the Angels. It’s not that I have a great dislike for the Yanks (on the contrary: Fleet Week + Yankees = Awesomeness), but they’re always a contender. I do like a triumphant sports story now and again.

Talk about triumphant…how about Dodger pitcher, Vicente Padilla’s brush with death and the Sandinistas? A Nicaraguan who should have become a boy soldier was L.A.’s hope for an NLCS win. This column was written before the end of the game, so I don’t know if the team is still in it, but regardless, his story, minus his questionable conduct marks, is what the game is all about.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4581562

Ok, now a little somthin’ for the ladies on the baseball front. Take yourself back to 1999 and Kevin Costner as 40-year-old Billy Chapel of the Detroit Tigers, with 19 major league seasons and more than 4,000 pitches on his pitching arm, going to complete a perfect game in front of more than 56,000 fans at Yankee Stadium on the last day of the season. A moment of silence for when he writes, “Tell them I’m through for Love of the Game” on a baseball and then goes after the girl. Now that’s good screenwriting.

Anyone catch that Chapel was victorious over the Yankees? Maybe that’s an omen. How come today’s pitchers don’t all look like Kevin Costner? Travesty…

So guys, get your peanuts, beer and Cracker Jack. Savor the next few weeks. Fewer timelines in sports have as much magic tied to them as the World Series. Ladies. Run, do not walk to the nearest Blockbuster to rent all of your favorite sports/love story films. Kickback and let Jerry McGuire and Tin Cup roll. Your husband can get his own remote. You’ve got some sports research to get to.

Roll out the barrel readers and allow the Sports Bubbler to thank you for your click throughs.

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Swine Flu Baseball Season