I was listening to the disgusting babble on sports radio yesterday and there was an interesting tone considering the World Series. It was boring. No one was overly excited and the mindset was that the Yankees were going to win. Scott Van Pelt said that it's almost expected that the Yankees win the world series, and it is. They invested almost a half a billion dollars into that lineup last year; when a team makes a commitment like that what other kind of standard are you going to hold them to? There is nothing else like it in the sporting world. The Patriots don't really buy championships, they win them. The Celtics really paid a pretty penny for KG and Ray Allen, but this doesn't even come close to competing with what the Yankees do.
The best part of any championship match is the reaction of the winner. The Yankees looked more relieved than they did happy that they just won the World Series. It's a self induced pressure cooker that looks like anything but fun. This is supposed to be the American pastime, for the Yankees its a curse. The ghosts from seasons past creep up like a cold fog, always holding the franchise to an insurmountable legend. The Yankees take on a mythical like feel when discussed in the daily sports world. They are supposed to win. Tthey have no other choice but to play to a standard higher than everyone else, regardless of whom it is they play or to whom signs the next big contract.
Its the Yankee curse.
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