It is not rounders

In the UK people dismiss the US pastime of baseball as just being rounders, a game played by young girls. This is a gross defamation, for facing a ball thrown at over 90mph is not the same as dealing with a softball delivered underarm. I have been watching quite a lot of baseball, particularly in the last few weeks as the post season has got underway. The passion, the excitement, and the strategy become increasingly apparent. The LA Dodgers lost in five games to the Phillies. They are the last of the sixteen teams in the league at the start of the World Series to take the title; it took them 77 years. The American League Championship series is still underway at the time of writing. On Thursday 3-1 down in the best of seven series, the Boston Red Sox were losing 7-0 with two men out in the seventh inning. They won 8-7, in an amazing rally. I missed this game. Last night they tied the series, forcing a winner takes all game against the Tampa Bay Rays.