This Team Makes Me Drink

As we've all heard by now- Roy Halladay tragically passed away this week in a plane crash. Hearing that news was absolutely devastating- Halladay was similar to Tony Gwynn in that their considerable greatness on the field was surpassed only by how humble and kind they were off it off it, and as such, (aside from Jake Peavy and Trevor Hoffman) he was one of my favorite pitchers to watch growing up. I first began watching baseball in 2003- and my first memory of Roy Halladay was hearing that he had won something called the "Cy Young Award"- so I was fortunate enough to see the beginning of Halladay's dominant career. Prior to his death, there was some debate on whether or not Halladay was a first ballot Hall of Famer because his career was cut short by a torn rotator cuff- but when you look at the numbers, there really isn't a debate: Roy Halladay was the best pitcher of his 2000's .  Let's say that again: Roy Halladay was the best pitcher of...

Hey y'all- it's been a while since I've posted on here, so I wanted to share with you a brief post about this  SUPER COOL thing I got to do. Grad school life has taken up 99.999999% of my time- but in the .00000001% of corresponding free time I've had, I got a chance to check-off one of my bucket list items: going to the World Series . Admittedly, I was hoping that my first World Series game would be one where the Padres would be playing ( I can dream ), but I'll settle for Dodgers-Astros, especially considering that this series will be considered an all-time classic 20 years from now. I was lucky enough to get a ticket to Game 6 (thanks Mom!!!)- and as I walked into Dodger Stadium, I was honestly rooting the Astros to clinch their first championship. On the other hand, though, I also felt like it was only right for that series to go to a seventh and final game, considering how competitive every game that preceded Game 6 had been. Admittedly, because Ga...