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Today was one of those days I knew I was going to enjoy at the outset. I just didn't know how much. Earlier this week I decided to purchase two tickets to a baseball game (sorry to those of you who aren't fans of our National Pasttime). It was for the American League Championship Series, Game 5 played between the Anaheim Angels (my 2nd favorite team) and the Minnesota Twins. It's a best of 7 series and the Angels were up 3-1 with the series winner moving on to the World Series. The Angels have been around since 1961 and have NEVER won a league championship and never played in the World Series.
The game was going quite well through the first six innings. The Angels fell behind ealy, but had taken a 3-2 lead. I could just feel that a victory was in hand when suddenly two baserunning blunders by the Angels gave new hope to the Twins who loaded the bases in the seventh. The Angel pitcher then walked a batter and the game was tied. A wild pitch allowed the go ahead run and it appeared the Angels were going to self-destruct. The Twins added another run before the Angels got out of the inning and were trailing 5-3.
Enter THE MONKEY. For those of you who live on another planet, or at least across the ocean, the Rally Monkey is this very bizarre phenomenon that began last year and has now become quite legendary. It bagan as a video clip of a monkey clapping his hands and doing backflips played on the big screen at the stadium and was meant to inspire the fans to cheer. It has evolved into fans waving stuffed monkeys over their heads and kids dressed up in monkey costumes dancing in the isles while the fans quite literally GO APE! And it inspires the team to victory.
And it did no less today. With over 44.000 screaming fans going ape over the monkey, the Angels scored 10 runs in the bottom of the 7th and ended up winning the game 13-5 and the right to advance to the World Series for the first time in the team's history.
I've been to some good baseball games. I've been to some wild and wacky games. But in the nearly forty years that I have attended baseball games, I have never been to one hwere the fans were this excited and there was this much electricity in the air (though maybe the fact the stadium is named Edison International Field has something to do with the electricity). It had to be the most exciting thing I have ever experienced.
I was so inspired that I thought up and worked out the plot for a new story on my way home. Nothing to do with baseball, though. Unless you count the fact that the Angels were once owned by Gene Autry and the fact that my new story will be a western. I don't know how quickly I can write it, but I'm hoping that it'll be ready for timmy to post by next weekend.
Think good thoughts,
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being from Michigan, I know that that was the most runs scored in an inning since the 1968 Detriot Tigers. Looked like you picked a great game, good for you!!!
I look forward to your story.
Glad you had a good day, you deserve many of them.
Kevin
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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They said the inning tied a post-season record set by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1929 and the Detroit Tigers in 1968.
BTW - if anyone is curious about the Rally Monkey go to http://www.rallymonkey.com The site has a Flash intro featuring the monkey, a tale about how the phenomenon began, and even "Rally Monkey Etiquette."
Think good thoughts,
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GO ANGELS....been a fan since i was a wee lad and i might add....ITS ABOUT TIME.....WOOHOOO
and E keep haveing those good days.
peace
tim...of USA
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You deserve them, e. By the way, my Giants can clinsh tonight. Keeping my fingers (and toes and everthing else) crossed that they beat SL.
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Charlie, could it be that we will have to root against each other for the next couple of weeks?
Think good thoughts,
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GO ANGELS! GO ANGELS! GO ANGELS! GO ANGELS!
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I will just root for a seven game series!!!
Good luck,
Kevin
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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And e, I hope we can still be friends, even after the Giants kick a**.
Hugs, Charlie
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but I hope it doesn't cause any earthquakes.
Of course we can still be friends, but I think you mean after the Giants get their a** kicked. 
Think good thoughts,
{{hugs}} e
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How about the loser has to send the winner a picture of himself wearing something from the winning team (shirt, cap, whatever)? I would love to see you wearing a Giants cap.
Hugs, Charlie
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I hope you look good in red! Maybe we can get timmy to post it for everyone to see.
Word of caution. The last two times I made similar wagers, a Celtics fan ended up in a Lakers t-shirt for a day and my brother had to wear a Lakers jersey to work. He lives in Portland. No one beats LA!
Think good thoughts,
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And the winner too if I must send my picture also, lol.
Hugs, Charlie
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