Sporting Events Prince Should Watch: The World Series

I don’t know if Prince has ever watched a baseball game in his life, but all Americans should have to watch at least one World Series in their lifetime. Baseball is, after all, the national pastime. It’s an excuse to sit down on a warm summer day in front of a big green field and talk to your friends, and occasionally something exciting happens. People who call baseball boring miss the point of it. It’s not supposed to be nonstop excitement. It’s supposed to be relaxing. It’s suppose to stimulate conversation. It’s supposed to, well, pass the time.

The World Series is a little bit different. After 162 games and 6 playoff series, 30 teams have been whittled down to 2. Now they get 7 games to decide who gets to be the World Champion. It’s late October so the games are colder and darker, and there’s more at stake. The teams go all out. Suddenly starting pitchers are coming in out of the bullpen, unknown players emerge as heroes, and stars become super-stars.

But if there was ever a World Series for Prince to watch, this would be it. Why? Because it features the New York Yankees going for their 27th world title. That’s more then a quarter of all World Series ever played. They are the juggernaut. The giant corporation. They are the team everyone hates, except for the millions of people who love them. Either way, the Yankees playing in a World Series is a win-win for everyone. You can either sit there confidently rooting for them, or you can root against them. It’s perfect.

What’s more American than rooting for the Yankees? What’s more American than rooting against the Yankees?

By the time this posts, 3 of the 7 games will already have been played, but it’s not too late for Prince to jump on the bandwagon. Turn your TV to the game today or the terrorists win! You don’t want that on your head, do you, Prince? Besides, you can take the opportunity to ogle two of the game’s most attractive players: Derek Jeter and A-Rod. I mean, come on Prince: a player called "a rod"...how can you pass that up?

[Alan Goy also blogs at Experiment Farm.]