Throughout the history of this great land, from its small towns to its big cities, the people have been sustained - through good times and bad, by their national pastime. Through world wars, natural disasters, economic turmoil and personal heartbreak - a couple hours at the ballpark has been a tonic and an elixir for generations - a welcome escape and distraction from the world around. And so it was again this year, when jobs were lost, businesses disappeared and a troubled and desperate people looked for answers and a reason to cheer and believe. And under these gray clouds, he appeared - promising to turn the old-world order upside down and piling victory on top of victory until the momentum seemed unstoppable and change - inevitable. The people were impressed and many inspired as they awaited the changing of the guard and the birth of something new! But alas, David Solomon and the perennial bride's maids of RAMSA would ultimately fail to live up to the dream (and their hype).
After an impressive regular season, in which they led the league in most runs scored and fewest allowed, first place RAMSA would once again leave the playoffs without the big prize. Instead, it was Skidmore/Swanke/Cooper, the darlings of the league, who took their 9-2 record and their devil-may-care attitude into the playoffs and found a little redemption - beating the only two teams who'd blemished their season. The Semi-Final series against defending champs, Gensler, was one for the ages and as for RAMSA, well, let's just say that it seemed like only yesterday that David Solomon had blogged about his team's "convincing 9-2 (regular season) victory over the once-mighty triumvirate that is, SSC... ." But the "diss heard 'round the world" would soon come back to haunt Solomon - like the bare-chested ghost of Patrick Swayze at his pottery wheel.
Just as Taylor Swift knows that revenge is a dish best served cold, SSC laid low until the Finals, clinching the best of three series with two back-breaking one-run victories. And in the deciding game, it was nothing less than a dramatic 7-6 come-from-behind extra-inning win in which Steve Vargas' 2 homeruns and 4 runs batted in, gave the champs their fourth SLAM championship in the past seven years and placed them back atop the NYC architecture softball heap.
Is it too soon to anoint them the "SLAM Team of the Decade"?
Maybe.....................Nah.
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