The Blue Jays and not watching baseball

 COCO IS IN a very good mood this morning because the Lions beat Tampa Bay last night. We watched and as usual she was cantankerous most of the game - she's into it. She thinks she's a Lion.

During commercials I flipped over to the baseball game, which for some reason was on a regular non-cable channel. All baseball games are on cable, one of many reasons I don't watch MLB. But there it was and lo and behold, the Toronto Blue Jays were playing the Seattle Mariners for the right to go to the World Series.

 I have not watched an entire baseball game on TV since 1993. That's not an exaggeration. In 1992 and 1993, the Blue Jays were World Series champs and I lived and died with them. Yes, I remember Mike Timlin getting Otis Nixon out on a bunt attempt to end the 92 Series. Yes, I was hiding behind the couch and peaking over the top to watch Joe Carter end it in 93.

In 1994, my real baseball love, the Montreal Expos, were the best team in baseball. But the season ended early because of a strike or lockout or some ridiculous reason involving greedy owners and millionaire players.

I lost interest. I never got it back.

It's too bad because there are great storylines in baseball, even though the owners are billionaires, the players are millionaires and you have to sell your car to attend a game. The Dodgers apparently bought themselves a World Series last year but I didn't watch and didn't care.

But what do I do now? The Jays are a great story - last place last year, comebacks all season, scrappy players and career minor-leaguers now playing big roles. The hero last night, George Springer, can barely walk because of a knee injury, but it didn't keep him from smacking a late-game home run to cap another rally.

And it's always nice to see and hear the Skydome, or whatever corporate name it now has, rocking and rolling.

So. Will Coco and I watch the World Series? Maybe some of it. The first game is Friday night, and it might be cool to settle in after work and see if the Jays can work more magic.

Wait. I have a gig Friday night.

Maybe the next game.