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World Series memories

Posted by Carl on October 25, 2006

Even though it’s now been 13 years since it happened, I remember the last Jays World Series win almost as if it were yesterday. My wife and I were down in Niagara Falls for a friend’s wedding. Having missed the 1992 World Series (long story), I was determined not to miss another potential Jays win. God forgive me, we cut out of the reception WAY early and went back to the hotel. When Carter hit it out, I let out a yell, and then Doris screamed - mostly because she was sleeping and didn’t know what the heck had happened.

For my son, Zechariah, the ‘93 World Series was yesterday - more or less. This past winter he dug out my 93 World Series tape and lived the experience for the first time - so he’s a little less than excited about the Phillies organization coming to town. They’re still the enemy; he doesn’t see Tom Gordon, Jamie Moyer or Chase Utley - he sees these guys:


Thankfully, it ended with this:

Or Zak might have boycotted the upcoming Lynx season.

In farm related news, last night in the AFL, Saguaros was on the wrong end of a 12-7 score; Kyle Kendrick pitched a 1/3 of an inning and gave up 3 hits, a walk and a run. The complete run down of the game can be found here.

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