If They Don't Win It's a Shame

"I like our team. We're not going to win every game. The best teams lose sixty something. Maybe seventy. The best." said Leyland. "Do you have to keep reminding yourself of that?" a reporter asked. "No," he said. "I have to keep reminding you guys of that."

The conversation came around to watching the out-of-town scoreboard during a pennant race, and Leyland said, "I get a big kick when people say, 'Do you scoreboard watch?' Well, Jesus Crickets, it's up there in big neon signs! Where I sit in the dugout, you can see the whole board, and I don't stop when I get to Atlanta."

When a team wins Game Five and goes up 3-2, its dream is within grasp for the first time, and the expectation of a championship is almost as sweet as the ultimate victory