’84 Champion Tigers So Likely Will, While 1924 Champions As The Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Will So Likely, NOT Qualify For The Upcoming 12 Team Baseball “Tournament”

Round #’s, multiples of 5, Mr. Santayana regarding history repeating and 100 as more significant than 40, “bridge jumping”/a reference from the seminal, prescient film, “Network” await you readers from tangential, but informative, few similar, (one stating it was the fictional John “Boy” Walton in Richard Thomas’ last regular “The Waltons” “app” and perhaps the real life, great writer, Earl Hamner Jr. as The Waltons are autobiographical for him) me.

100 years ago, the Twins franchise, then known as the Washington Senators won it all, 7 ing the N.Y. Giants in the World Series, winning (4-3) in #7, with Walter Johnson pitching great and I can still hear my dad lamenting the fact balls hit by player manager, Bucky Harris and then Earl Mc Neely took bad hops, the former hitting a pebble, a fact well etched into his excellent memory, (mine I hate or love to say is ridiculous, great and oh just watch “Kane” and what Mr. Cotten’s character says regard) and going over the great player, Fred Lindstrom’s head in the 8th and then the 12th and final inning.

So 100 and not 40, and who even gave any thought to the Detroit Tigers, who 40 years ago won 35 of their first FORTY games and eventually the ’84 crown, under George Anderson (no “Sparky” for me as I asked the hotel operator for George Anderson that year, which amused the excellent researcher, Bob Yanofsky).

Yet, barring what would be among the most epic of collapses, the collapse will be Minnesota’s and not either of the ’84 ALCS opponents, Detroit (Tigers) or Kansas City (Royals), the latter “flirting” with such, but K.C. , the team that lost 106 last year, won all 3 at Wash, and now as with “Det,” only need 1 of 6 decisions involving them and the Twins to go their way, to qualify for the 12 team tournament, that starts Tuesday, (Hurricane Helene or not).

Excessive gambling, which due to the bombardment of “come bet” ads (James, another example of you being a disgrace, you really need the money to in any way, “justify” doing these come ons), will skyrocket, so perhaps I, who does cite it here, (however, please know, do what I do, which is take significant money out of the equation or better yet do not bet– and certainly if you have not, do NOT start!!) can help even one of you, with this example.

There is a bettor who did what is called “bridge-jumping,” i.e. putting up “mucho dinero to win un poco,” in this case, 50 thousand dollars to win 500, (that is beyond sick and stupid, but again gambling is a disease, sadly a progressive one at that,!!) on the Tigers to miss the ‘offs, (what I call the 12 team tournament.)

Hopefully, and likely he can afford the financial loss, but he or she (women bet also!!) can financially afford the loss, but the person in ? clearly needs help, which I suppose all of us do.

Now this great scene, “Bridge Jumping” a part, from the seminal, prescient film “Network.” Enjoy it!! William Holden tells the story to Peter Finch, who won a posthumous Academy Award for his performance in the Sidney Lumet directed, (screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky) treasure.