{"id":3259,"date":"2014-10-01T12:26:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T17:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2019-01-11T20:27:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T02:27:55","slug":"im-dreaming-of-a-blue-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/im-dreaming-of-a-blue-october\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m dreaming of a Blue October"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m exhausted. I stayed up far later than I had planned watching the Royals do something they haven’t done since I was 5 years old. I’m not a die-hard baseball fan. I don’t generally watch games on TV, and my\u00c2\u00a0family\u00c2\u00a0usually only makes it to a couple games a year. But I’ve always rooted for the Royals in my own way. By watching the score update on my phone and following along with the season, at least for a little while. But life always gets in the way and I usually lose track.<\/p>\n

So when I found out that we were playing the Wild Card matchup this year, I was pleasantly surprised. I was even more surprised when I realized that I’d actually have the free time to catch the game, rather than having to be out running around doing something fatherhood-adjacent. So I stayed up and watched the game and got excited about a\u00c2\u00a0sport that has done very little to excite me for almost 30 years (barring a very\u00c2\u00a0sweet victory over the Red Sox that I got to witness live while rubbing it in the face of my brother-in-law and a few other games at Kaufmann I’ve caught through the years). And while I probably still won’t be buying season tickets or watching every game on TV, I am still pretty happy to have found joy in a Kansas City team that doesn’t kick a ball around a field or pitch.<\/p>\n

I don’t really have the words (or energy) to write a lot about this. Besides, this fan already said everything<\/a> I could say. I may not have been as dedicated a fan as he during my childhood, but my apathy toward baseball mirrored his own for many years. And while I’ve grown excited a time or two when catching a game at the stadium or just talking about the team with my friends and family that are still baseball fanatics, last night’s game was different.<\/p>\n

So go and read that article. And if you, like me and like him, found a little bit of magic in last night’s game, then I hope you tune in for the next one, too. Because, this year, far more than a White Christmas, I want a Blue October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m exhausted. I stayed up far later than I had planned watching the Royals do something they haven’t done since I was 5 years old. I’m not a die-hard baseball fan. I don’t generally watch games on TV, and my\u00c2\u00a0family\u00c2\u00a0usually only makes it to a couple games a year. 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