OK, fixed! I always hate it when I discover a stupid mistake like that after the post goes up. Thanks for being kind and saying it was just a minor detail; I’m sure any self-respecting Cardinals fan would’ve been thoroughly insulted! And as for Indians fans, they can keep dreaming, right? Maybe now that I’ve said it, they’ll win it this year. Or maybe the Twins. Honestly, I have no idea, and I think the season is way to long to make meaningful predictions at this point.

OOOOH, I’m an idiot! Of course I knew that; just goes to show that is always good to have someone else proofread your stuff! Thanks very much … fixing that faux pas right now!

Last year, it was the Cardinals. Just a minor note in an enjoyable post–I look forward to comparing notes this year.

Good post. In the 1980s the SF Chronicle had a columnist named Joan Ryan who wrote about the same phenomena or dichotomy; spectator sports by gender.

Will Clark was a Giants’ star then, and she wrote of how much she enjoyed watching his fluid swing. She wrote of an aesthetic element to enjoying the game, while men often want abstract and objecive metrics.

What you wrote of team chemistry made me smile. It’s something Gumbo and I have spoken of in the past; he thinks it has little value, while I tell him the TC on the Twins’ caps stands for Team Chemistry or True Champions!