World Champions

Once, as I was playing baseball, I threw out the potential winning run at home plate. Then I awoke and discovered I had completely shattered the mirror above my dresser.

That's how much I I love the game. I used to sleep with with a baseball near my pillow. Until that incident, however. It ended there.

It took place, my dream, during the World Series. Wow! Even in my dream, I could smell the newly fresh cut grass. The smell of hot dogs, peanuts and beer. The sound of the crowd, as some cheered, while others bood.

When I think about the dream, the term "World Series' or "World Champions" seems a bit arrogant, doesn't it? There's only one other country that sports a MLB team, and that's Canada. North American Champions? Okay. MLB champs? Yeah. World Camps? Nope.

It's the same with the NFL and professional hockey. Let's get the CFL (Canadian Football League) involved. I'm not sure that any other countries play the American version of football. It's mostly soccer matches elsewhere.

Now that we have soccer teams as well, if a team wins it all, they can legitimacy be called "World Champions". I love our country. I just think that we, as a people, can sometimes be a bit arrogant.

Let's see if Japan would like to integrate their fine league with ours. How about the Dominican Republic? Any country that sports either professional American football, baseball or hockey. Just a thought.

See you tomorrow.