From the age of five to 14, I was obsessed with baseball. I went to a bunch of games and watched them all on TV. Whenever I tried to talk to other kids my age about baseball, I would get the same response. Baseball is boring. The game is like 4 hours long. The guys just stand there. It's soooooo slow. I never understood how anyone could think that until a couple years ago. My interest started fading from baseball, and I got into more fast-paced sports like hockey and especially football. I still watched the baseball playoffs because I will always be a baseball fan at heart, but it was kind of anti-climactic. Game 4 of the World Series between the Dodgers and the Rays was completely different. It re-lit the fire for me and I was jumping around yelling at the players like I was a little kid again. The game was close from the start, but an explosive rally put the Rays ahead. I don't have any deep connections to the teams, but Clayton Kershaw has been my favorite player since I started playing baseball so I wanted to see him get a ring. The Dodgers came up to bat in the 9th, down a run. The situation looked dire, and I was biting my nails like I used to. A pinch hitter with abysmal career statistics and zero postseason experience came up with the game on the line. 2 outs, bottom 9, runners on, down by one. The best of the best. Why wouldn't it be so that the worst player on the Dodgers roster his a WALK-OFF to win the game to earn a commanding series lead. This game was absolutely incredible and will go down in the books as a top 10 world series game in baseball history. I did not think it was possible, but I can strongly state I am once again a baseball fan.
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