Major League 3

Our family is, indeed, diverse. We have diffreing views on many things, but this year it's been baseball. While not all of our teams are going to make the playoffs, three of them are just about locked in, and that has given us endless hours of email and phone calls celebrating our good fortune. It's been the year of the comeback.
Prior to the AllStar Game, my Yanks were 14 games out of first and falling faster than the space shuttle on re-entry. They are about to record the best second-half record in the league and are within two wins of making the playoffs. The fact that Boston still leads the division is only slightly galling.
The Indians were supposed to win last year and failed miserably. This year, they rebounded to win the AL Central, eliciting fans of that movie featuring the Indians to rewatch it many times. My grandson could not be happier that Travis Hafner and his team were doing well. The youngest family member took in a Cleveland game barely a month into his life. Now THAT says something about the Tribe.
Even the Cubs look like they are on the threshold of winning the NL Central, even though it's because the Brewers blew something like 18 games after leading by three or more runs. Even Rick Ankiel could not resurrect this year's version of the Cardinals. Steve Bartman is NOT in line for Cubs playoff tickets, either.
All of this leaves Cincinnati as our only family favorite totally out of it. Griffey got hurt late but still had a good year so all those rookie cards (about 100 or so) secreted away in my basement might have value after all...he will get to 500 home runs next season, and all will be right.
Even my wife Carol who judges athletic events by the concession stand choices said the other day that she would like to take in a game at Wrigley Field! This after visiting Yankee Stadium last summer. And, of course, next summer will be the last in which games are held in the House That Ruth Built so we might have to journey there one more time. (No nachos there, however...a MAJOR disappointment)
Even though it's football season and our beloved Packers are 3-0 for the first time in forever, it's still baseball season in our family. The games and the teams have brought us together this year like never before, and even though many decry the seeming lack of action, it's our game.