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Storm warning Subway series could produce excessive hype
Posted: Monday October 18, 1999 08:44 PM
The spectre of a New York subway series looms and the rest of us -- the rest of America -- had better make preparations. Plywood should be nailed over all windows. Sandbags should be placed around all walls. Provisions, food and water should be assembled. This could be the worst sports storm of hype and sentimentality of the entire sports century. New York vs. New York. The television executive in one box seat will tell the magazine publisher in the next box seat that this is bigger than big, better than best, the Mets against the Yankees, a moment ranking somewhere between the invention of the automobile and the walk on the moon. The message will be amplified, sent near and wide, a tidal wave that will spare no one. The voice of Sinatra will sing that infernal song. Gray-haired men -- plus historian Doris Kearns Goodwin -- will invoke memories of those magic days when the Dodgers of Brooklyn came over the bridge to meet the Bombers of the Bronx. Derek Jeter and Rey Ordonez will be cast as masters of the art of fielding ground balls, best in history. Mike Piazza will be cast as a mythological giant. On and on. Bobby Valentine will be psychoanalyzed on a public couch, 24 hours a day. Gack. All of this is just a meteorological possibility right now, but caution is still advised. You never can plan too early for a disaster. I, myself, already am investing in a flashlight and a good set of hip boots. Sports Illustrated senior writer Leigh Montville appears regularly on CNN/Sports Illustrated. The opinions expressed here are solely those of the writer.
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