Apparently the Dodgers and Blue Jays went 18 innings last night. I haven't watched a single postseason inning, but I have followed along most games, and I quit this one in the seventh for various reasons not related to the game itself. That's not to say I haven't watched any 18-inning postseason games. I was on a business trip when the Dodgers and Red Sox went to 18 a few years ago,
1996 - The Atlanta Braves continue to pound the ball, as they defeat the Yankees, 12 - 1, in the World Series opener. At age nineteen, Andruw Jones puts himself in the record books as the youngest player to hit a home run in the Series. He hits one homer in the se cone inning off Andy Pettitte and another in the third. John Smoltz picks up the win.
This, citizens, is why you put your kids into youth sports and then spent all those extra hours yelling at other parents' children. This is why you bought all those unnecessary rounds at the tavern and needed to leave your car behind to get home. This is why you blocked out all those Sundays and didn't attend family gatherings because there were games into which you needed to immerse yourselves. All for this, a day with three win-or-go-golfing games in succession.