It's almost over now.(Copyright Brad Camp/Bainbridge Review)
"And remember, also," added the Princess of Sweet Rhyme, "that many places you would like to see are just off the map and many things you want to know are just out of sight or a little beyond your reach. But someday you'll reach them all, for what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow."
-Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
I woke up thinking about the Red Sox. Answered e-mails, read the paper, showered, shaved, never stopped thinking about the Red Sox. Found that I was so excited, I could barely keep a thought in my head. Skipped through the day's routine doing ordinary things, thinking the entire time, "Holy crap, my life could be completely different in eight hours."
Is this how parents feel when they're about to have a baby? Like nothing has changed, but everything's about to change? That's how I felt yesterday. The Red Sox were about to win the World Series. And I was about to become Just Another Baseball Fan again.
Bill Simmons, ESPN Page 2 columnist, "Destination: Destiny" Oct. 21, 2004.
While it's not as big as the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series for the first time in 86 years (I don't think there are people on the island living and dying without getting to see a high school team winning a state championship), I can't help but draw the same parallels from the Boston Red Sox/New York Yankees rivalry when thinking about tonight's game.
Bainbridge and O'Dea has been a rivalry, but in the same sense as Sox/Yanks - one team dominates the other, one team wins all the time, the other team hasn't won anything for a long time.
Until now.
Thanks to two superstar players (Gray and Gibler = Manny Ramirez and Curt Schilling) and a talented supporting cast, the Spartans have taken it to the Irish every time they've played. They've got the guards that can fight through their moving screens to stop their shooters from getting an open look.
I'm sure Lumpkin (Torre) will have something up his sleeve for tonights' game, but Orness (who isn't Terry Francona, thankfully) said they'll make the proper adjustments when needed.
That's something Southridge didn't do last night. They had a chance to win when they closed the gap to two near the end, but they didn't have the guards to stop Chris Banchero, Brian Walker and Jamelle McMillan from hitting their jumpers.
Bainbridge definitely has the talent, but there is something else there that can't really be explained - if you have Simmons' book ("Now I Can Die In Peace") he goes into greater detail about all the little things that made up the bigger picture of destiny, fate and what have you that led up to the Sox's big win.
Last night, Orness told me he felt the same way.
"Throughout this whole season there's been these little things that have happened," he said. "I should have been writing them down but didn't really want to talk about it because of being a little too superstitious."
Little things like the movie "300," which is based off of comic book legend Frank Miller's graphic novel 300 that told the story of the Battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartan soldiers fought to the death against one million Persian soldiers.
Orness felt with this movie coming out the day before the state championship and the draw they got for the tournament, he hopes that it means that "it's their year to bring back a state championship to Bainbridge Island."
I think it's their year, too.
Some thoughts on last night's game.
-After Gray threw down that great dunk from the opening tip, everyone knew it was over from then on unless they made some big mistakes.
Unfortunately, the subs couldn't run the clock down and Orness had to put his starters back in, which is a little troublesome. Maybe they were thinking ahead to tonight. I don't know.
-Credit to North Central, though. They didn't play like a 10-17 team. Sure, they came out and let Bainbridge run allover them, but when the nerves wore off, they kept fighting and played great defense.
Nick Rijon really gave them some problems. He has a great first step and kept taking it to the hole time after time. If they had a big man like Gibler, they're even more dangerous.
Rijon had 15 points and seven rebounds, but the Indians shot just 21 percent for the game.
Bainbridge outrebounded them 35-30 but North Central forced more turnovers 13 to 9.
Gray had 17 points and six rebounds while Gibler had 12 points and seven boards and four blocked shots.
Davis had 11 points on 3 of 4 shooting from behind the arc while Rudy Sharar had four points and seven rebounds.
Bainbridge shot 56 percent from the field for the game but just 50 percent at the line.
So, it all comes down to tonight. Bainbridge - O'Dea IV: This Time, It's Personal.
I'll check back in a few hours, but for now, let's see if this gets you pumped up for tonight's game.
I believe you make your own destination.
Bainbridge and O'Dea has been a rivalry, but in the same sense as Sox/Yanks - one team dominates the other, one team wins all the time, the other team hasn't won anything for a long time.
Until now.
Thanks to two superstar players (Gray and Gibler = Manny Ramirez and Curt Schilling) and a talented supporting cast, the Spartans have taken it to the Irish every time they've played. They've got the guards that can fight through their moving screens to stop their shooters from getting an open look.
I'm sure Lumpkin (Torre) will have something up his sleeve for tonights' game, but Orness (who isn't Terry Francona, thankfully) said they'll make the proper adjustments when needed.
That's something Southridge didn't do last night. They had a chance to win when they closed the gap to two near the end, but they didn't have the guards to stop Chris Banchero, Brian Walker and Jamelle McMillan from hitting their jumpers.
Bainbridge definitely has the talent, but there is something else there that can't really be explained - if you have Simmons' book ("Now I Can Die In Peace") he goes into greater detail about all the little things that made up the bigger picture of destiny, fate and what have you that led up to the Sox's big win.
Last night, Orness told me he felt the same way.
"Throughout this whole season there's been these little things that have happened," he said. "I should have been writing them down but didn't really want to talk about it because of being a little too superstitious."
Little things like the movie "300," which is based off of comic book legend Frank Miller's graphic novel 300 that told the story of the Battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartan soldiers fought to the death against one million Persian soldiers.
Orness felt with this movie coming out the day before the state championship and the draw they got for the tournament, he hopes that it means that "it's their year to bring back a state championship to Bainbridge Island."
I think it's their year, too.
Some thoughts on last night's game.
-After Gray threw down that great dunk from the opening tip, everyone knew it was over from then on unless they made some big mistakes.
Unfortunately, the subs couldn't run the clock down and Orness had to put his starters back in, which is a little troublesome. Maybe they were thinking ahead to tonight. I don't know.
-Credit to North Central, though. They didn't play like a 10-17 team. Sure, they came out and let Bainbridge run allover them, but when the nerves wore off, they kept fighting and played great defense.
Nick Rijon really gave them some problems. He has a great first step and kept taking it to the hole time after time. If they had a big man like Gibler, they're even more dangerous.
Rijon had 15 points and seven rebounds, but the Indians shot just 21 percent for the game.
Bainbridge outrebounded them 35-30 but North Central forced more turnovers 13 to 9.
Gray had 17 points and six rebounds while Gibler had 12 points and seven boards and four blocked shots.
Davis had 11 points on 3 of 4 shooting from behind the arc while Rudy Sharar had four points and seven rebounds.
Bainbridge shot 56 percent from the field for the game but just 50 percent at the line.
So, it all comes down to tonight. Bainbridge - O'Dea IV: This Time, It's Personal.
I'll check back in a few hours, but for now, let's see if this gets you pumped up for tonight's game.
I believe you make your own destination.
-Manny Ramirez.
No comments:
Post a Comment