Dear Sports Gods,
I did everything right. Everything. After my beloved A’s swept Minnesota, I held off on calling my friend Max and taunting him about it. Before the ALCS, I never once mentioned advancing to the World Series. Like Gene Hackman in “Hoosiers” my response was always that we will not be concerned about the next step until we climb the one in front of us. Heck, instead of poking fun at Yankee fans for losing to Detroit…..I took the approach of putting my arm around them and providing encouragement. I heard the words, “don’t worry Steinbrenner will get you some pitching next year” come out of my mouth. It’s not just that though. I did other stuff to help the A’s pull through in this series. Instead of pretending to read my newspaper and ignoring an old lady on the train, I got up and gave her my seat. Five times I was the last person to exit a crowded elevator. I do not understand why you are doing this to us, but it is just inhumane at this point.