In between Bears games, October baseball fills the void. Man, did the Twins get crushed. Swept by the A's. They died more suddenly than Kirby Puckett. They were the hottest team in the world at the season's end. In the playoffs, it was a different story. They fell to pieces, as Velvet Revolver would say. I wasn't exactly rooting for them, I was just surprised to see it. If I were a Sox fan, I would've enjoyed every second. Gold glover Torii Hunter gave away Game 2 by lunging for a ball 5 feet past his reach. And Johan Santana lost at home for the first time in 2 months. I haven't seem a team come apart at the seams like that since Leonardo DiCaprio's squad in "The Basketball Diaries". Speaking of DiCaps (as I like to call him), he has that new Scorcese movie out today. "The Departed" got 4 stars from Richard Roeper in the Suntimes. (He's not Ebert, but it's the closest we have for now.) I'm looking forward to seeing that one. It's got the greatest cast you could imagine: DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg. Although I heard that Damon narrowly beat out Tom Green for the role.
As for baseball, I'm hoping for a Tigers-Dodgers World Series, although it's not looking good for the Dodgers. As long as the Yankees don't win it all, I'll be content.
Go Bears.