Why you never stop watching...

...I fell asleep during the Yankees-Twins game Friday night and when I woke up, it was the 9th inning and the Twins were up 3-1. For a brief second, I contemplated that quite probably the Yanks would be traveling to Minnesota with a series tied 1-1. But as the saying goes, it ain't over till it's over. And I know it happens to all teams in all sports, but I've found it to be especially true with the Yankees. There was one year, sometime back in the late 90s or early 00s, that I would go to bed, frustrated and angry, with the Yankees down, and wake to find that they had ended up winning. Not surprisingly, the Yankees tied it up Friday in the bottom of the 9th. Surprisingly, it was A-Rod who did it. Looks like somebody has found his October swing. And then Mark Texeira, a new Yankee this year and possibly my new favorite, won it in the 11th with a walk-off homerun. You just never know. In a game, in a series - it's never over till it's over. Right now, both the Cardinals and the Red Sox are down in their series 2-0. Both are on the brink. The Red Sox know better than anyone that you can be on the brink of elimination every single game until not only are you not, but you come out on top, victorious. And there are never any foregone conclusions. The Red Sox sent out their 1-2 aces, Jon Lester and Josh Beckett, who were supposed to pretty much ensure two wins and both games resulted in losses. I wasn't sure A.J. Burnett could deliver for the Yankees on Friday and he kinda didn't, but they still won. In football, they talk about "any given Sunday." Any team can win on any given Sunday. You just don't know. So you can shut off your tv in frustration or feeling like you've gotten the game in your pocket, or leave the ballpark cuz there's no way you're team can come back and win it or no way they can give it up and lose it, and then wake up in the morning and find out you were completely wrong. That's why it's always exciting, and that's why, you never, ever stop watching...