Life is full of measurements. Golf courses are thousands of yards long, we run marathons of 26.2 miles, our odometers trip after the thousands of miles we drive, and Fenway Park has a wall 37 feet tall called the "Green Monster". Ironically, although most of these are larger units of measure, sometimes it comes down to the smallest units to make a difference.
The World Series began last night in Boston surrounded by the mountain of media hype and coverage. In the bottom of the first, Big Papi connected on another long drive with the sacks jammed. When Carlos Beltran reached over the fence to rob him of yet another grand slam in this post season, the crowd reacted accordingly. If it had been just few inches further, the Red Sox would have enjoyed a greater lead than they had anyway. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, one of their leading hitters had to leave the game because of an injury he suffered when he hit the wall making the catch.
A little shallower and that fly ball would have been caught on the warning track; or just a little farther and it would have had the Fenway faithful erupting. Fortunately for Red Sox fans, those few inches didn't have the negative consequences we have experienced in the past. But just remember, if you give us an inch, we'll take it. Go Sox!
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ReplyDeleteThe "Green Monster" got its revenge, goes to show you that you just don't mess with success!
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