Yogi Berra was a wise man.

It happens in sports all the time. One team believes they have the game sewn up, the other team comes back at the last minute and wins it. Prior to the comeback - the announcers are all talking as if the game is done.

Why play the rest - the other team will never win. What's the point? Why don't we call it a game and go home now?  For that matter, after listening to the pre-game shows on the weekends I often wonder why they play the games at all.  Why not just appoint the winners and save us lots of anxiety as we watch the game unfold?

Well:

Ask the Red Sox.

Boston looked to be on the verge of elimination in Game Five at Fenway Park on Thursday, when the Rays held a 7-0 lead in the seventh inning. But the Red Sox battled back for the win, becoming the first team since 1929 to overcome a deficit of seven runs in a playoff game.

Virginia Tech; trailing 10-0 with 4:11 left in the game, he led the Eagles on a nine-play, 92-yard scoring drive in 2:05...after BC recovered the onside kick, he put together a seven-play, 66-yard drive that culminated with a 32-yard touchdown pass to Andre Callender with 11 seconds remaining in the game; finished the game 25-52 for 285 yards and two touchdowns...

I turned that game on - saw the time (5 minutes left) and turned it off never believing they could make a comeback win. 

Therefore, I too fall into the "geeze it's over" crowd.

Today I see this headline:

Obama takes 10-point lead on McCain

But then there's this one:

AP presidential poll: All even in the homestretch

Which one is right?  Neither!

Go out and vote on election day - then we'll see.  Until then, it's all propaganda.  Every word - good and bad.

It will be over when the votes are counted.

Do not listen to polls.  Do not listen to talking heads - they are just like sports announcers.  They've decided already, but the game has not even begun.

Get in the game.

Make your vote count.

Posted by: Teresa in Politics at 01:47 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 Ain't over yet.  Going to make *my* vote count.  Even if my state still goes blue...

Posted by: Richmond at October 22, 2008 05:41 PM (IJotx)

2 Nice post.:-) Sister Sue is convinced there'll be a landslide, and not the one Obamaniacs are expecting.

Posted by: Sissy Willis at October 22, 2008 06:31 PM (cdtTx)

3 Done.  Count one more for McCain.

Posted by: Carmen at October 23, 2008 10:42 AM (ICKzK)

4 The late Skip Caray used to say, "that's why they play the games."  The only poll that matters is the one on November 4.  I've already voted in that one, and 0bama lost.

Posted by: John H at October 24, 2008 03:48 PM (M2fzX)

5 Rich - you and me both

Sissy - your sis is the best.

Carmen - good for you!

John - exactly

Posted by: Teresa at October 27, 2008 11:53 AM (mMa3+)

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