"You wanted it, America, you got it -- Yankees-Red Sox in the ALCS!"
--Jeanne Zelasko

It's good to see the people at FOX have such a clear perspective on what we as Americans want.

Contrary to FOX's beliefs, America comprises 50 states. New York and Massachussetts make up 2/50 of the states in America. 2/50 of America wanted Yankees-Red Sox in the ALCS, and they got it. So what FOX is telling us is, since 2/50 of the states in America wanted Yankees-Red Sox in the ALCS, obviously all of America wanted Yankees-Red Sox in the ALCS.

Allow me to illustrate how senseless this logic is. Let's say I had a group of 50 people in a room and I'm taking orders for lunch. Two people yell out that they want hamburgers and fries. Forty-eight people yell that they want chicken and rice.

So I tell the crowd: You wanted it, people, you got it -- hamburgers and fries for lunch!

The moral of the story is, New York and Massachusetts, while they are states in America, don't represent all of America.

I doubt Anaheim and Minneapolis, both of which are cities in America, wanted Yankees-Red Sox in the ALCS, nor are they happy that they got it.

As far as I know, most people would have loved it if the Yankees and Red Sox had lost their respective ALDS series, much more if they hadn't made the playoffs to begin with.

I think a more accurate assessment of what America wanted, then, would've gone like this:

"You didn't want it, America, you damn near dreaded it. Well, too bad, you got it -- Yankees-Red Sox in the ALCS!"

Or, more realistically, maybe this:

"You wanted it, New York and Boston, you got it -- Yankees-Red Sox in the ALCS!"

That would've worked just fine.