Long Season Down to a Handful of Games

The professional baseball season began back in very early April (following a month or so of spring training and games in Florida and Arizona). Some of the early games were postponed due to snow, in places like Denver and Minnesota and Cleveland. Now, late in the season, at least one of the playoff games was rescheduled because of snow in Denver. Some of the playoff games in New York have been played in temperatures in the upper thirties. Its a long 6 month, one hundred sixty-two game season.
Now the playoffs are over in the National League and the Yankees need to win only one more game for the American League playoffs to come to a close. And then, the World Series starts! Its probably only at this time of year that baseball is still "the national pastime."
I can still remember listening to the World Series games on a transistor radio during study hall back in my high school days. I remember the time the principal of our high school had several television sets set up in the gym so that we could watch the Chicago White Sox (his team) play the Los Angeles Dodgers. Some of my best kidhood memories of baseball involve following the World Series games, usually between the Yankees and a sacrificial team from the National League.
So, bring on the games! Let's "Play Ball!"
I predict the Yankees in six games.