The Sound of 40,000 Disappointments
The NLCS Game 2 bottom of the fifth was riveting. When Oswalt struck out Edmunds, you could hear the sound of 40,000 disappointments! The camera stayed on Oswalt's face then as he trotted off the mound and I could see he was straining against a desire to pump his fist in the air. He tricked Edmunds into thinking he wouldn't throw another fastball.
Once, when my buddy Mike and I were coming back to LA from a no-luck weekend in Las Vegas, we stopped at a casino at the state line. We decided to only stay as long as it took lose $10 each. I won $250 on my first quarter, and while I waited for a payoff, I put the next quarter in a different machine and won $300.
I actually thought that I had somehow become "lucky." As soon as I got my payouts, I walked over to a dollar machine that was giving away a brand-new motorcycle as a jackpot.
I thought, I'm going to win that bike! I spent the rest of my ten dollar bill on that machine, but I took the $550 home.
And just now, as I write this, Albert Pujols hit a first-pitch homerun to lead off the bottom of the 6th to prove that, no, Oswalt does not have a magic fastball.
Once, when my buddy Mike and I were coming back to LA from a no-luck weekend in Las Vegas, we stopped at a casino at the state line. We decided to only stay as long as it took lose $10 each. I won $250 on my first quarter, and while I waited for a payoff, I put the next quarter in a different machine and won $300.
I actually thought that I had somehow become "lucky." As soon as I got my payouts, I walked over to a dollar machine that was giving away a brand-new motorcycle as a jackpot.
I thought, I'm going to win that bike! I spent the rest of my ten dollar bill on that machine, but I took the $550 home.
And just now, as I write this, Albert Pujols hit a first-pitch homerun to lead off the bottom of the 6th to prove that, no, Oswalt does not have a magic fastball.
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