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Whew. The NLCS starts tomorrow, not today like I thought. Thank god, because I still have not recovered from Sunday's game, and I am Officially Freaking Out about the NLCS. It's probably good that my work schedule will only allow me to see one or two of the games, because I might spontaneously combust otherwise.

My original point being, maybe the extra day will help me distance myself a bit from Sunday. Man, you know, I was okay during and after Game Five of last year's ALCS (which, by the way, was actually shorter than Sunday's game. Only by a minute, but still. Yeesh). I think the difference was that last year I was on the phone with manderspander, and she was freaking out more than enough for the both of us, so I was able to relax and listen to her. Sunday, I was on my own. Sure, my mom was there for the last eighty-four innings or so, but of course she wasn't as invested and strung out as I was. Also, I had only coffee in my system, as I had forgotten how to be hungry, so I bet that didn't help.

So now I'm left with the tension of that game still in my system. Even though we won, even though I screamed and bounced and hugged someone just like the players pouring out onto the field, the catharsis wasn't enough and I can't seem to settle. And I think it's just going to get worse as the NLCS progresses.

So, basically, if I disappear, don't worry, it's just because I snapped and lost my everloving mind, not that I'm not already crazy, all sports fans are, because what sane human being would put herself through this voluntarily? Two years in a row, even? Shit, my tension level is already where it was halfway through last year's ALCS, and the NLCS hasn't even started. Baseball is going to kill me.

That might help to explain why I enjoyed a couple recent Dugout strips lately. Usually I don't find them as hilarious as everyone else seems to, but these two are great both because of the humor and because, if you didn't know anything about the nature of baseball, you'd assume they were planned in advance.

In which the Farns elaborately mocks Roger Clemens for sucking it up in Game Two.

In which Clemens is happy to return the favor in re: Game Four.

HAHAHAHA oh Farns. Come back to Detroit where you belong now, okay? There's venison and beer wrapped up in the fridge for when you get in.

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[wends.livejournal.com]

There are some other great ones. This one is currently my favorite: http://www.progressiveboink.com/dugout/archive/dugout10-08-05.htm

This one is good too:
http://www.progressiveboink.com/dugout/archive/dugout9-24-05.htm

[caruso.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHA oh Farns. Come back to Detroit where you belong now, okay? There's venison and beer wrapped up in the fridge for when you get in.

*raises hand*