Mario Crescibene<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nThis season has been pure chaos \u2014 enough ups and downs to make you feel like you\u2019ve stumbled straight into Willy Wonka\u2019s Tunnel of Terror. Don\u2019t remember that fever-dream boat ride? Here\u2019s the clip:<\/p>\n
And so, without further ado, step aboard for Wild Wonka and the Guardians\u2019 Chase.<\/p>\n
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(The Guardians\u2019 boat heads into the Wild Card Tunnel.)<\/p>\n
NERVOUS FAN:<\/strong> Hang on\u2026 where are we going?<\/p>\nANXIOUS FAN:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know, but I don\u2019t like the looks of that stretch against Detroit and Texas. Hey Wonka, I want off!<\/p>\nWONKA:<\/strong> \u2019Round the bases and home again \u2014 that\u2019s the Guardians\u2019 way!<\/p>\nIMPATIENT FAN:<\/strong> I don\u2019t like this ride, Daddy, we should be leading the Wild Card race by now!<\/p>\nWONKA:<\/strong> Faster!<\/p>\nNERVOUS FAN:<\/strong> The Mariners keep winning!<\/p>\nWONKA:<\/strong> Faster! Faster!<\/p>\nPESSIMIST FAN:<\/strong> We\u2019re gonna lose, I know it \u2014 the Rangers are heating up too!<\/p>\nREALIST FAN:<\/strong> Hey, Wonka! You can\u2019t possibly see where we are going!<\/p>\nWONKA:<\/strong> You\u2019re right. I can\u2019t.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
Nervous FAN:<\/strong> This is kind of a strange season!<\/p>\nOPTIMIST FAN:<\/strong> Strange, sure, but we\u2019re still only two and a half back!<\/p>\nYOUTHFUL FAN:<\/strong> This is terrific \u2014 scoreboard watching every night!<\/p>\n(Commotion builds. Standings flash across the walls. Rays\u2026 Mariners\u2026 Rangers\u2026 Royals. The wild card chaos spins faster and faster.)<\/p>\n
WONKA (chanting):<\/strong><\/p>\nThere\u2019s no earthly way of knowing,
In which direction we are going.
There\u2019s no knowing where we\u2019re rowing,
With the standings always flowing!<\/p>\n
Are the scoreboard lights still glowing?
Are the baseball gods all-knowing?
The Wild Card race is ongoing,
So the danger must be growing.<\/strong><\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
Last year was easy going,
But our struggles are now showing.
Yes! The danger must be growing,<\/strong><\/p>\nFor the Mariners keep on rowing,
And they\u2019re certainly not showing,
ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING!<\/strong><\/p>\nIMPATIENT FAN:<\/strong> Wonka, this has gone far enough!<\/p>\nWONKA:<\/strong> Quite right, sir. Stop the boat!<\/p>\n(The tunnel brightens. The boat slows. The standings remain.)<\/p>\n
WONKA:<\/strong> We\u2019re here.<\/p>\n(Just two and a half back. One game left against Tampa\u2026and then on to Kansas City\u2026)<\/p>\n
The ride may leave us dizzy, but the Guardians are still in the thick of it. Two and a half games isn\u2019t an abyss when there is still plenty of baseball to be played. They may not look like a championship team, but you only need a ticket to have a chance. So buckle up \u2014 we haven\u2019t been kicked out of Wild Wonka\u2019s factory yet, and if Cleveland steadies the boat, the golden ticket could still be ours.<\/p>\n
Just don\u2019t go drinking from the chocolate river\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wild Wonka and The Guardians\u2019 Chase \u2013 by Mario Crescibene This season has been pure chaos \u2014 enough…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":207658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1266,62,114040,114039,67,132,68,114038],"class_list":{"0":"post-207657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-the-guardians","11":"tag-the-mariners","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-willy-wonka"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115163155994888756","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Wild Wonka and The Guardians\u2019 Chase<\/p>\n