10/28 10:35pm: It’s been a busy month. I’m teaching a whole lot of classes per week and maybe teaching too much, but I’m still at the beginning stages here, so the more real world experience, the better. I have always been the “experiential” type. I actually think that most classroom forms of learning are pretty limiting. Of course the basics are important for a foundation, but at some point you gotta’ get out there and do it! It’s funny how the greatest businessmen, musicians, doctors, lawyers, artists and teachers are usually revered for their greatness because of qualities that had little or nothing to do with their educational process. In fact most of the greatest people I know, were not products of academia. I also know a disproportionate amount of morons who are academics; completely socially inept. I’ve found in my travels that most of the great people I’ve met come, from great parents/families. Wish we had more great parents/families out there than we do.
     This was an amazing Major League Baseball post-season and I savored every moment of it. I am a die-hard NY Mets fan and will always be, but the Red Sox have always been my 2nd favorite team. Growing up in New England you can’t help but be amazed at their past history. In 1986 I was the happiest Met fan in the world, but I could still feel empathy for my friends who were Sox fans. What a nightmare, on their side of the moon!
     It’s all over now however, and in grand fashion. To be the first team to come back from 3 games down and sweep their most bitter rivals was beautiful. Met fans and Sox fans both share a common hatred of Yankee fans. I know Yogis aren’t supposed to hate. Please keep in mind, I’m in process and this piece of “non-attachment” will be the last to go! After the Red Sox created history and shut the Yankees down/up/inside out, I was amazed to hear Yankee fans on WFAN (NY “Sports Talk” heaven!), decreeing that “the curse” wasn’t over until they win a World Series! If the Yankees are Pedro’s Daddy, then they’re an abusive one at that! How ‘bout if Yankee fans just curl up in the fetal position at least until George pulls out the check book to buy Carlos Beltran! Guess what? After he does that, it STILL won’t work, because everything the Yankees represent sucks!
     I’d imagine that The Curse” is over! Not only did they sweep 4 games straight to send the Yankees home whimpering, but they steamrolled over the poor Cardinals 4 games straight! The best hitting line-up in baseball, (the Cardinals), looked like the old Pioneer Valley Over 30 league I used to play in! The Sox won 8 games in a row and had a blast doing it. I actually had two tickets to Game 6 at Fenway, but I was hoping the series would never see Boston again.