I have no interest in either the Texan Rangers, or the St. Louis Cardinals. I don’t care about either team for 50 weeks of the entire year. But dawg-gone-it. When events like the World Series come around, I always pick my corner.

I am rooting for the Rangers. Texas, as a state, has had a hard year. And the Rangers have never won a World Series….

Goofy, I know, but that is how I picked ’em. They are the Underdogs. And I almost always cheer on the Underdogs.

I am not sure where that term originated. I have never met…or even heard of an Overdog. But apparently they are out there.

Maybe.

Or maybe they are “outer” dogs. For instance, we put on underwear, and outerwear (not over wear).  But I guess it could be…. there simply is no counter-word for Underdog.

Like undermine. The opposite of “undermine” is probably “bolster” or “strengthen”…..

Yet we see other examples everywhere

…. underexpose…. overexpose.

Under-nourished. Over-nourished.
Under-compensate. Over-compensate.
Under-priced. Over-priced.

There are a caboodle of them, I’ll tell you.

But I am getting way off track. Back to the topic at hand. Which was….ummmmmm…. Baseball.

I wonder why the heck they call it baseball? Why not bat ball, or plate ball? Why is basketball called basketball…. since we are on the subject? Why not dribble ball, or net ball?  And football…. now that is just plain wrong in every way…. and how about…..

Hey.  The Cardinals just won the Word Series.  I was rooting for them… did I mention that?