The thing that annoys me the most about sports reporting is the way reporters seem to only look at the most recent game as proof of anything. Whoever won the most recent game is the certain winner of every game from here on out, regardless of other past performances. The minute the Mets won game 1 of the LCS by a score of 2-0, every baseball writer wrote a column descrbing how the series was in the bag for NY. When the Cardinals won the next game to tie the series, it was practically a forgone conclusion that they were going to win, and even moreso when they won game 3 to go up 2-1. When the Mets won game 4 to tie the series, again the wags gave them the series almost reflexively, ignoring the fact that the series was actually tied. I know it’s easy to get caught up in the moment, but you’d think that people who spent their whole lives around baseball would have some sense of perspective.

Overheard on the radio last night from Tim McCarver: “You’ve got to get all three outs to get out of this inning”.

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