To the nervous Nellies who think it's over
Monday, September 15, 2008 by Dave Winer.
None of you are Mets fans, I know that for sure. 
This "home stretch" of the election season is like the World Series.
If you're an Obama fan, it's great -- your team made it into the World Series. Same if you're a McCain fan.
I'd say we're in the 2nd inning of the 2nd game. We lost the first one, they played the Suicide Squeeze and we were caught daydreaming. Shit happens. You can be sure that play won't work again. And I'm sure the other guys know it.
They have a old team a bit of young talent and a great manager.
We have an untested team which against all odds made it to the World Series.
We've got Tom Seaver on the mound and Duke Snider in right field. Somewhere out there is Ed Kranepool and Ron Swoboda. Ed Charles and Bud Harrelson.
It's not baseball, it's politics, but there's still a lot of ball to play. Think about that in early November and try to come back then and read this blog and make a list of all the stuff that happened. It's kind of scary when you think of it that way.
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