The Yankees haven't gotten here in five years.
Five years ago, no one had heard of Barack Obama.
Five years ago, iPhones didn't exist (the horror!)
Five years ago, there was nothing wrong with the Sports Maunderer's knee yet.
Five years ago, Friday nights at home did not regularly include an extra Crowde(r)d table.
Five years ago, if someone said Teixiera aloud, I would have said... "I don't speak Spanish".
Five years ago, the Sports Maunderer had, thankfully, never been in Pittsburgh.
Five years ago, the Sports Maunderer had not seen Casablanca. That doesn't have much to do with anything but still.
Five years ago, we were at war in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Wait, what? We still are?!)
Five years ago, the national debt was around 7 trillion dollars. It is now closer to 11 trillion dollars (but hey, whats a few more trillion!)
Five years ago, the Patriots won their most recent Super Bowl.
Five years ago, Michael Vick... well, yeah, Michael Vick.
Five years ago, no one had heard of Tim Tebow (*gaspshockhorrorgruesomedeath*)
Five years ago, Gary Sheffield was on the Yankees.
Five years ago, so was Kevin Bronw.
And Jason Giambi.
And, amazingly enough, Bernie Williams.
Five years ago, it all ended in heartbreak. Hopefully that seems as bizarre and unique and unable to be repeated as everything else on ths list.
On a completely random note, the Phillies' victory this NLDS is the fifth time in the history of the National League that a World Series champ has won a postseason series the following year. Forget repeating--just winning a series the following year. Five times! Off the top of my head I can name five times the Yankees alone repeated as World Champions, and the entire National League has only won a series the year after five times! (For those wondering, it was the Phillies, the Braves of 95-96, the Reds of 75-76, the Giants of 21-22, and the Cubs of 1907-1908.)
Holy schmoli. Wow. WOW.
~The Sports Maunderer~
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Actually, five years ago I had heard of Barack Obama. It was after John Kerry's loss to Bush, and this one guy in my calculus class (in high school...) was saying how he was going to run in the next election.
ReplyDeleteAnd again, this makes me feel bad that I don't give a rip about baseball. It's the one sports language I don't speak.
Curling? Rhythmic gymnastics? Skeleton? --I'm practically fluent.
I thought the "crowdered" comment was funny.
ReplyDeleteYeah but Kerry hadn't lost to Bush yet five years ago. I heard of Barack Obama on election day of 2004, but that was in November.
ReplyDeleteI like how you put the 5yrs in perspective. I usually can't rem stuff like that so I enjoy your pting it out.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting trivia about the NL too, if not entirely surprising. Phillies look to be fairly formidable this yr tho (for a AAAA team), like they might give a run for the $. we'll see. I'm stressing bout the Halos 1st. 1 step at a time.