The Eck

It's my last chance to talk about baseball, and since its either that or talking about Finals... I'm going with baseball. I promise there will be no statutory construction.

Last night, the Cardinals became the seventh team in seven years to win the World Series, thereby proving everyone who bitches about baseball's competitive balance is full of crap. This is not only the longest active streak in any sport of consecutive years without a team winning two titles, it would be the longest such streak of any sport. Except baseball itself. Because from 1978-1987, baseball went 10 years with 10 different champs before the Dodgers manged to break the streak (titles in 1981 and 1988). It wouldn't be until 1992-93 until we'd have an actual repeat champ. We're living in baseball's Golden Age of Competitive Balance. No American team sport has ever had more parity than baseball right now.

But that's not wanted to mention. I wanted to congratulate David Eckstein on winning the Series MVP. He's probably my favorite player in any sport who doesn't play for a team I root for. The guy was a walk-on at Florida, is a mere 5'7", and has managed to make himself not only into a professional athlete, but an incredibly successful one. And he has a pretty hot wife.


So well done, David Eckstein. A player so cool he once was named to the Jewish All-American team despite not being Jewish. It's David Eckstein's world, we just get a part.