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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts) Wed Oct 16, 2013, 03:50 PM Oct 2013

Baseball teams get to celebrate when they win the division....

....even when they haven't yet won the World Series.

Yes, I know we still have to be vigilant. Yes, I know we may have to repeat all this shit again in January. Yes, I know we are dealing with Tea Party Republicans in heavily gerrymandered districts who by that virtue are as difficult to defeat as cockroaches. Yes, I know, the two week shutdown was hell for anyone working in the federal government and we lost a lot of money because of the idiocy.

But today, we won.

We can celebrate. Today.

Enjoy the champagne bath. Today.

And tomorrow, we get back to work.

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Baseball teams get to celebrate when they win the division.... (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2013 OP

So the House voted? AlinPA Oct 2013 #1

We've got a two run lead in the ninth with our best closer pitching. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2013 #2

That's one of the things I hate about baseball. PeteSelman Oct 2013 #3

I don't know. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2013 #5

The series isn't over yet. WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #4

Yeah, but fucking Lackey!! Capt. Obvious Oct 2013 #6

LOL WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #7

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)

1. So the House voted?

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 03:50 PM

Oct 2013

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)

2. We've got a two run lead in the ninth with our best closer pitching.

Reply to AlinPA (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 03:51 PM

Oct 2013

That's pretty much where we are at right now.

PeteSelman

(1,508 posts)

3. That's one of the things I hate about baseball.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 03:53 PM

Oct 2013

It's idiotic. That's the only sport where you get the champagne shower for accomplishing nothing meaningful.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)

5. I don't know.

Reply to PeteSelman (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 03:56 PM

Oct 2013

I'm a Baltimore Orioles fan.

And last year, after having endured 14 straight losing seasons, it was damn sweet watching the team celebrate after beating the Rangers in the Wild Card Playoff game. Even though they went on to lose to the Yankees in the ALDS.

Plus, baseball has far and away the best on field celebrations. There's no running out the clock like in other sports. You have to get that final out, and once you do, it's pandemonium.