Happy Opening Day, baseball fans!
Here’s Aaron Judge hitting the very first home run of the 2023 season!
I’m watching the Rangers and the Phillies right now. At the end of the second inning, the Rangers are down by two runs. I think we can still come back though. It’s never over until the last out!
Good news! We’ve only got 11 more days to go until the start of the MLB regular season! Will this be the year that my Rangers finally get it together and return to the post-season for the first time since 2016? Even if we don’t make the post-season, can we at least have our first winning season in seven years? I hope so! But even if we don’t, I’ll still be cheering for my team and whoever represents the AL in the World Series!
(Unless it’s the Blue Jays.)
Here’s a video I found of every single Rangers homerun in 2022! Watching it and hearing “Gone!” over and over again has got me pumped up for the season!
Opening day is March 30th! The Rangers will be hosting the Phillies.
The Kansas City Chiefs have won the Super Bowl! After trailing for much of the game, they made a comeback in the Fourth Quarter and defeated the Philadelphia Eagles by three points! The final score was 38-35! (My prediction was not too far off.)
Sometimes, the good guys win! Congratulations, Kansas City, and thank you from a weary nation.
In the end, I think it will all come down to who wins the most points.
Chiefs 35
Eagles 31
Tom Brady has retired.
It’s over.
The last time Tom retired, he changed his mind a month and a half later and returned to lead the Buccaneers to the playoffs. On Twitter, there’s already a lot of people making jokes about him changing his mind a second time but I think everyone knows that this Brady retirement is for real. He’s 45 years old now, playing a game that many players are forced to quit when they’re only in their early 30s. This season, there were times when Brady struggled but he still led the Buccaneers to the post season. A struggling Brady was still better than many quarterbacks at their prime.
Tom Brady was the greatest of all time. He’s also someone who played for so long that there’s an entire generation that doesn’t know of a time when Brady wasn’t one of the most dominating quarterbacks in the league. Brady played 23 seasons. People who were born during his first season with the Patriots have graduated from college. Famously, Brady was picked in the 6th round of the 2000 NFL Draft but, in the end, he was the last member of the class standing. Brady dominated like a few others. It was exciting and fun to watch him play, except for one he was playing against your team.
There are, of course, other great quarterbacks in the NFL. Two of them are about to meet in the Super Bowl. But Tom Brady retiring is definitely the end of an era and a reminder that time catches up with all of us eventually. Brady has been hired by Fox Sports to provide commentary during the 2023 season. I could see Tom Brady doing anything he wants during his retirement.
Let’s not get crazy now.
Personally, I think Tom Brady would make a hell of a coach. But, whatever he does from this point forward, he’ll always be remembered as one of the greatest of all time.
by Ron Lewis
This is from 1986.
CONGRATS TO THE ASTROS!
And thank you for winning it in Texas!
The final score for tonight: Astros 3, Phillies 2.
The Astros are just one game away from winning the World Series!
Game 6 will be played on Saturday. If there’s a Game 7, it’ll be played on Sunday. No matter what, the World Series is ending in Texas!
Go Astros!
Yesterday, I was happy for the fans of the Phillies because their excitement reminded me of how excited I was when my team, the Rangers, made it to the World Series. But, as someone who is cheering for the Astros in the World Series, I was not happy that they got blown out in Game 3. They lost 0-7 and, last night, it looked like the Phillies might be unstoppable.
Tonight, though, the Astros proved that this World Series is nowhere close to being over. Even with Jill Biden sitting in the stands and trying to turn the country against them, the Astros shut out the Phillies. The Astros not only won, 5-0, but tonight’s game was also the first combined no-hitter (and the third no-hitter overall) in baseball post-season history. Tonight, the Astros looked as strong as the Phillies looked last night.
You can hear the Philadelphia crowd booing in the video but I don’t care. The Astros made history and this World Series isn’t ending anytime soon. The World Series is now tied 2-2. Game 5 is tomorrow night.
Go Astros!
After being canceled due to yesterday’s weather, Game 3 of the World Series was played in Philadelphia tonight. As I’ve said since the post-season began, I’m a Texan. I wish the Rangers were in the World Series but they’re not. The Astros are the Texas team in the World Series and that’s who I’m cheering for. I wasn’t happy to watch the Astros lose tonight. I especially wasn’t happy to see them lose by 0 runs to 7.
I’m happy for all the Phillies fans, though. Whenever I would start to get upset about the score, the broadcast would show the fans reacting in the stands and they were so happy that I couldn’t help but be happy for them. It reminded me of how excited I was when the Rangers made it to the World Series and how excited I’ll be when they make it their again.
So, congratulations, Phillies! I’m still cheering for the Astros but the Phillies played a good game and they made their fans happy.
Through the Shattered Lens 