Our long national nightmare is over

[sigma7]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Jose Lima sprinted out of the dugout and threw his arms around Mike MacDougal, who had just closed out Kansas City's first victory in more than three weeks.

A few minutes later, the eccentric pitcher started pouring glasses of Dom Perignon champagne he'd been hiding in the clubhouse for this very moment.

Not quite a pennant or a playoff victory, but no matter.

The Royals ended baseball's longest losing streak in 17 years Saturday night, defeating the Oakland Athletics 2-1 to snap a club-record 19-game skid.

But when the next streak begins tomorrow, don't forget -- there are upsides to losing.

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Re: Woohoo!

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

I gotta admit I'm more in line with bishop282 in that I don't see baseball as a sport anymore. A third -- maybe half -- of the teams are actually competitive, the rest becoming farm clubs for contenders (Johnny Damon and Carlos Beltran were great Royals). Most of the actual competition happens between October and March anymore, with the free-agent jockeying. And this isn't even touching on steroids.

That said, the BoSox's (or as Bee would put it, "the Bostons'") post-season last year was good enough to enjoy in and of itself. The enemy of the Yankees is my friend.