Why I'm Glad the Yankees Lost

Some might feel that New York "deserved" to win again, because the city has been through a lot. But, to quote Clint Eastwood, deserves got nothing to do with it. We all love to root for the underdog, not just because it makes for dramatic victories, but because there's a strong spirit of ostracization in America. Our mistrust of aristocracies runs deep. No one should be too rich or too inflluential -- it's bad for the game. (Why we couldn't tap that feeling to decisively defeat a legacy presidential candidate, I'm not sure...) Anyway, while the Arizona team is not exactly a bunch of plucky rookies in home-made uniforms, the Diamondbacks win still feels like a victory of meritocracy over plutocracy. And that's the way it should be.
-- Mr Joel