Best and Worst Places to Watch a Championship
Worst place: the press box. You can’t show any emotion. If any player blows it - even if you aren’t a fan of either team, you can’t groan, let alone yell something. It’s cool that they give you up-to-date stats throughout the game, and free food, but that’s the only advantage. Oh, and it’s warmer/cooler if needed.
Best place: on the field. The crack of the bat, or crunch of the shoulder pads, the roar of the crowd behind you, it’s all good. You might miss a play or two because you’re looking the wrong direction and can’t see the whole field, there is no instant replay TV available - except the scoreboard, but other than that? It’s all good.
Best place to celebrate: the locker room of the winning team. I was in the lockerroom after the ALCS game in 1980, when the Royals finally beat the Yankees. My most vivid memory is the huge Willy Wilson (?) walking by me with two bottles of champagne asking anyone “m****** f*****s! Who’s champion now!”