...although I used to--prior to 2006. (Note: I considered writing this as a reply to Moondoggy's post because it has a similar theme, but, what-the-heck--it's cathartic.) That summer, my family took a two-plus-week trip back East to visit New York and New England. We drove a clockwise route from NYC to upstate NY, thru Vermont and NH to Maine, down to Boston, then back to NYC for the last four days. On the way we got to see/experience three baseball-related sights: Cooperstown, a Fenway Park tour, and we caught just a glimpse of Yankee Stadium.

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A team clinches something; celebrating begins; the goggles go on; beer and champagne flow in the plastic-shrouded clubhouse. So when does said plastic get put up? How long does it take to put it up and to take down?

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The Angels still have a realistic shot to win the ALCS. I take heart in the fact that the Yankees have twice beaten a team that looks very little like the team we've been watching through most of the season--the one that plays excellent defense, that has good pitching, that is poised yet fired up, and that has a clutch, potent offense. I have no doubt that the "other" Angels team will show up in Anaheim starting tomorrow. And when it does, the Angels will win. Actually, I have almost no doubt...

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