Before the games last night, the AL Wild Card chase struck me as being very similar to the 1986 Masters.
During that final round when Seve and Kite were on 15, and Seve put the ball in the water and Kite made a routine birdie, Ben Wright announced that "we have a triple tie, a triple tie for the lead".
I love saying that - triple tie. Try it!
Anyway, the standings at that moment were:
Ballesteros -8 15
Nicklaus -8 16
Kite -8 15
Norman -6 14
Watson -6 15
The parellells to this year's WC are clear. Obviously, the Yankees are Seve - the team/player that has a lot of talent, but everyone loves to hate. Norman is the hard-charging Twins, and the Blue Jays seem like Watson - they're in it, but no one gives them a chance.
The only question is whether the Tribe or the A's play the part of Jack. My argument:
- Jack is from Ohio, and the Indians are in Ohio!
- Jack at that time had won 5 Masters; the Tribe has won 5 AL Pennants!
- Kite wears glasses, Macha wears glasses (I think).
There you go! My prediction is that the final standings will mirror the 86 Masters, where Seve 3-putted 17, Kite missed an 8 footer on 18 to tie, and Norman choked away a playoff with a bogey on 18.
Cle 90-72
Oak 89-73
Min 89-73
NYY 87-75
Tor 84-78
Sea 82-80
(See, someone had to play the part of Tommy Nakajima, so I picked Seattle. I guess that's where my analogy falls apart.)
2 comments:
Funny and very close to being right on, but the Indians being Jack is just not true. Pennants and Majors are not the same thing. Pennants and Buick Opens are probably the same thing. WS Rings and Majors are the same. And the A's are closer with 4 WS rings that the Indians 2 WS rings.
Great work big E. Tom kite has to remain one of the most unlikely endorsers of all time, even for golf stuff, even with all the wins, even with the great name. I guess it's like the old clubhouse adage, "That guy has a face that could sell a high angle lob wedge."
Anyway, as the #1 yankee fan in the world I'm proud to align the pinstripes with fiery Spainard. To be honest this reminds me much more of 1983 Bell Atlantic Invitational at Longview with the indians as craig stadler, corpulent posers, the a's as corey pavin, oddly mustachioed also-rans, and the yanks as ray floyd, tanned, confident, and ready for another title.
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