Wednesday, November 02, 2016

live blog the ninth inning of hell freeze immanent

you found the game on espn radio
on the internet and here comes the familiar
rain of the crowd, excited and now the rain
begins and i ask i thot they didn't play
in the rain? but no, they will as long as there's no
lightning. the managers at the mound cuz he walked
a cub and pitched another ball. cubs leading
till the bottom of the eighth and now it's just like
the election. don't take the dude out count 2-2
this is your last chance. foul tip.  guy on first
stayin on first, pitcher keeping him there
and another foul tip. cub's still on first
hayward got to win this game
cuz the curse because hell been on fire
too long, we need  snow  burn.
another foul tip throw the man a goddamn strike
what are you afraid of a cub, diving back in
reaching base getting your uniform wet
clay stained and if chicago wins
they gonna burn that city down.

a hit, an out. a cub on first. the managers come out
 commenters talking how the runner may have
been obstructed in his approach no wait  the baseman
may have been obstructed i mean come on what
kind of pussy baseball are we playing here
lookit on the instant replay and goddamn you
just wasted our time manager the ref was right
can we just play ball? pitching change on deck.

the home run that tied the indians wouldn't have been
out of the park anywhere but cleveland and wrigley
and now hayward scampers to third. the temptation
to exist through how many outs.
 just one . foul bunt. 2 down.

let's talk about that pipeline the indians are protesting
yeah they gonna stop it when horns got icicles. meanwhile
three down from the shortstop to first. bottom of the ninth
and look , those indians didn't attend not one of the meetings
held about the pipeline, there's gonna be a pipeline
we can't live without oil , we can't stop with oil
who's gonna build the mount that stands up
the rising seas. have you ever seen a glacier
hit the shoreline after it calves. it's three sliders
to start off here against santana, 2-1 waaay outside
with a fast ball and it's 3-1. 3-2 on santana, strike at 92mph
chapman battles through, last game of the world
series, cubs vs indians, tied in the ninth.
chapman not ready to quit it's 0-2 batter
gotta swing, all sliders that hang in the pocket
foul down the right field line, 2 more sliders out
and it's a full count. some of the crowd will be
jubilant, some will be heartbroken at the end of the game.
light mist still falling fast ball swung and missed.
2 down. i kinda want the indians to win
but the right field fly easy out extends this battle.
cubs blew it in the eigth raje davis hits the tying
home run. the rain is coming down so hard.
the tarp is going down. who the hell has time
to stay up for this. it may be a delay
what the hell, what if the election is the same way?
rain delay theatre. extra innings? just play
another game tomorrow. at the same stadium.
it all depends on the weather.


in the tenth inning cubs score, bases loaded
rain delay, brief but we switched the channel
so come back in with this scenario, great job
of hitting by montero into the left field pocket
bases still loaded now the cubs lead 8-6
only one out. they will wipe up the indians
like a backhoe on the dakota burial grounds.
o-1. indian line up is the 4-5-6 reserved for even
innings. pitching o-2 then the pitcher knocks out this boy
bases still loaded, hayward on third blocked
for that insurance run. time called. need a commercial.
the rain has subsided. less than 20 minutes and we missed
three base hits. this is why baseball is intriguing
the open ended way the rules let time and circumstance
change things in an instant. tornado sport.
but mostly it's just the normal three up, three down
time to go to the dugout. a fly ball left field takes
us to the bottom of the 10th. three outs away
from cliche. the fifth sign of the apocalypse
and we got a relief pitcher on the mound.
should be easy, 1-2. fast ball. hit this baby. 4-5-6.
2-2 now. swing and miss by napoli. one down.
commentor says it woulda bit a ball.
big first out you can feel the lambs begin
to panic. 97 mph strike 0-1. outside curve 0-2.
new pitcher indians. this will be fast.
like a gatlin gun. break ball misses 1-2.
2-2. the disbelief in the faces of the cub fans.
swing , to short, to first, 2 down. the chicago cubs
one out away from breaking the curse. well, it the
world's gonna end you should kiss me.
ball 2. ball 3 brings out a new ball and talk.
3 fast balls. calm down. nothing fancy.
ball 4. one on base . raje davis at bat.
the tying run. just like the 8th.
line drive base hit, indian on first,
runner scores. stolen base leader of the american league
on base. this is getting innaresting.
you don't get ahit . relief is out , putting
someone else. wouldn't it be cool
if they put the starter back in?no way
they wanna win. not make a movie
new guy's a lefty. strike 1 then the batter
hits a slow chopper
to third. the cubs have won the world series!!!
they are mobbing the field!!!!!!! kissme cuz
it's gonna be cold down here .

2 Comments:

Blogger Hector the Crow said...

love how you weaved those things together - remember back to the future 2? set in 2015 - they made a joke about how marty mcfly is in disbelief, cause the cubs have finally won the world series - a rain delay would be okay, but i hope there's no terrorist attack delay - i had a dream about that, for real - good thing my dreams are usually not prophetic, that i've been able to tell, anyway

8:39 PM  
Blogger hiccup said...

hah aha, thanks crow. wish the terrorists would attack trumps towers. oops that may be treasonable in the regime but meh, i'll take the fall. good to see you around. not even a real baseball fan so a terrorist twist would have been even more entertaining, but only by a fraction. after the election results, i kinda think im ok with surprises, full,sated.

5:55 PM  

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