Lady Luck may be a cruel mistress, but you must take advantage of the opportunities whenever she looks favorably upon you.
I feel bad for the city of Toronto, and the country of Canada. Canadian sports are still paying penance for the Toronto Raptor’s 2019 NBA championship. How fortunate was it that Kevin Durant’s achilles tendon gave out during the NBA Finals? No hate, though. The Raptors took advantage when Lady Luck intervened on their behalf.
Sadly the Toronto Blue Jays did not do so during last evening’s World Series Game 7. How can your closer serve up an absolute meatball with two outs remaining, leading to a home-run to tie the game? The Blue Jays then had a chance to win it all at the bottom of the inning, but the lead runner on third base did the worst base running in the history of the game! Why on earth would you slide - slowing you down - when it’s a force out? Had the runner ran straight through, the Blue Jays would be World Champions today.
Soon as I saw the blunders in real time, I knew the Los Angeles Dodgers will end up winning the game. Lady Luck doesn’t stick around after you forsake her entreaties. I was, of course, correct.
Congratulations to the Dodgers on consecutive championships, a rare sight in baseball on this side of the millennium. The marquee team from LA is proof positive that you absolutely can win (multiple) gold by simply outspending everybody else on talent. Fans of other teams should look themselves in the mirror and ask why your own team isn’t competitively spending to the same level. Don’t hate the player, hate yourself.
We go up.