Saturday, August 14, 2010

Timbers beat St. Louis despite humidity.

In PDX we were sweltering with a ninety six degree day but the humidity was only 18% according to my area weather station.  The wind out of the east made it seem less hot than it was.  In St. Louis, though,  the AC in the team's name would have better been "Air Conditioning" as the teams slogged it out in seventy five percent humidity.  Luckily the greenclads were fully staffed and able to make sufficient substitutions to keep up the pace. It weren't pretty, but Bright Dike's goal at the 37th minute was enough to bring home a win.  What more can I say?  I watched the stream which seemed to have sweltering film on the lens or maybe that was my bandwidth.  All around decent play,  smart control as the minutes ticked down.   A five minute glop of extra time was unwelcome but ultimately didn't make a difference.  "And so it goes", as Elliott Rosewater often observed as he made his way through the interior passages of Kurt Vonnegut's creative mind.  "And so it goes." At least this time the announcer knew that it was "dee-kay" as he acknowledged the goal.   And where were we playing that the chant was "Portland Tubers"?  I don't recall.  It all runs together.

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