Love is Blind

I don't care what all you naysayers think.

THE DODGERS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR.

Yeah, I might be talking out of my ass right now, and yeah, there's a BIG part of me that thinks what I just wrote is bullshit but damn it, I've invested so much of my year loving this team, and there's no way I'm going to let a 2 game lead get me down.

In July I had butterflies whenever Casey Blake or Juan Pierre walked to the plate. I wore my team colors with pride and found any reason to wear my LA baseball hat. I remember jumping up and down when Andre Ethier hit back to back walk off hits against the mighty Phillies back in May. I remember sitting in Dodger Stadium a few months back, looking around, getting chills thinking, wow, this could really happen in the Fall.

The Colorado Rockies are the hottest team in baseball, working their way to the top of the NL West when at one point they were at the bottom. And the Los Angeles Dodgers, who were the hottest team in baseball, have gotten worse since the All-Star Break and are now fighting to keep their 2 game lead in the division. The Rockies have all the numbers in their favor. The statistics are there.

But when you're at a point where it's plain to see the stats aren't in your favor, it's when you turn away from numbers and just rely on blind faith.