It has been the 6th inning of game 5 of the World Series for over 36 hours now. I agree with Selig’s call to suspend the game instead of calling it after 4 1/2 innings (when the Phillies were winning — it’s tied now), because after all, how anti-climactic would that have been? However, this bizarre mid-game limbo evokes images of some strange sci-fi baseball saga in which time has stopped and Cole Hamels is on deck forever — that is, if the Phillies don’t pitch hit for their starting pitcher. If the weather keeps up in Philadelphia (which according to the forecast, it probably won’t), this could be the first World Series to coincide with a presidential election.
And lest we forget, the presidential election is already interfering with this Series as Barack Obama’s half hour spot tonight will delay the resuming of game five by yet another half hour.
Between game 3 starting late on Saturday and now this, it’s been a World Series that has been tough to follow, even for the most die-hard of baseball fans.

I tried to turn on the ALCS just now, only to find that TBS is having “technical difficulties” and is instead airing the Steve Harvey Show.
What?!?!
In the meantime, Yahoo! Sports tells me that despite the lack of TV coverage, the game is continuing as scheduled.
Edit: Technical difficulties resolved, I went to a party where I actually watched the game in a crowd for the first time this post-season. I had forgotten how much more fun it is that way.

So, I’m not going to lie… being not as into the post-season for some reason this year, and being tired last night, I actually turned off the game after the Rays went up 7-0 in the 7th, thinking that a Rays-Phillies World Series was inevitable and that I just wanted to sleep.
Whoops.

It turns out that my in depth knowledge of first basemen who played for both the Twins and the Red Sox comes in handy once in awhile. Last night I went to the Pour House where Sheila Longo had won a “VIP Party” when they drew her business card out of a bucket. As luck would have it, the date of her party was also her birthday.
At some point in the middle of the free food for the three VIP parties happening, one of the bartenders announced that there would be a trivia contest consisting of three “Red Sox October baseball” questions. To answer, you had to race to the front and be the first to touch a sign, which I was conveniently already standing near.
A couple of guys in Red Sox hats pushed their way towards the front and I figured that my only chance would be if they asked who the Red Sox lost to in the 1946 World Series or something else older than those of us at the bar. But, as I actually expected, all three of the questions were about either the 2007 or the 2004 playoffs. However, the first question was right in my wheel house.
“Who caught the last out…” and before she even finished the question, I slapped the sign and said, “Doug Mientkiewicz.” Luckily, she finished with “… of the 2004 World Series?” or I was going to look mighty silly.
I knew the other two questions too, but you were only eligible to attempt one answer (to “prevent Red Sox trivia ringers from standing at the front and taking all the prizes” — I guess that was me). “Who won the 2007 World Series MVP?” and “Who won the 2004 ALCS MVP?” were much more familiar to the crowd and actually resulted in fights to get to the sign first. But I had my $10 gift card already… and I gave it to Sheila for her birthday.

Sitting in my living room as the Red Sox score the winning run in the ninth, I announce to my roommate Deb, “Hey, the Sox won.”
Upon clarifying that this means that they move on to the ALCS and no, there is no game tomorrow, she says “Oh, well, I guess that’s good for everyone who’s excited about it.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
(Also, a shout out to Torii Hunter almost being a hero with two RBIs to tie it up. If the Twins can’t be in the playoffs, it’s nice to see ex-Twins do well.)

Well, sort of.
My mother’s youngest sister, also known as my aunt Barb, was interviewed by the local Fox news affiliate for watching the Twins game last night even though she was at the Minnesota Wild game. She’s the brunette in the brown coat and also the final voice saying “Minnesota Twins, what can we say?”