Watching Pedro Martinez pitch against the Yankees in Game 2 of the World Series last night would have been special anyway, but watching it on my parents’ house-sat HDTV made me as happy as a b-boy lacing up tri-stripes to the bongos opening “Apache”. I don’t like the Yankees one sliver, and Pedro is a former Met, so you can guess who I was rooting for. Plus, the golden-armed pitcher once used his swift appendage to drop 72-year-old Don Zimmer to the ground during the 2003 ALCS. See video above.
Baseball is filled with back story, and the context you gradually garner over the slow-paced battles is what makes this game the greatest ever napped through. Quiet but focused Soap Opera Tension.
In HD, the drama is increased exponentially. You can see every muscle twitch. Every tendon pull. Tiny dirt clods kicked into the players’ corneas. Individual pores blocked with viscous blood. Last night there wasn’t any blood, but there were plenty of Pedro. Too bad the Yankees won.
[Thanks for the link, Taylor L.]
