Yeah...it's been raining for sixteen days straight and the temperature is hovering at 42 and the lines on the pitch are starting to float in the puddles, but the guys are pullin' their boots on and muttering that "we're too old to be doin' this" at the same time they're getting that rush of old boy adrenalin that shouts "Yes! I'm here and I've got my boots on. I may be old but in the words of Old Nick, "I AINT DEAD YET".
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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