Tonight I can get back to my normal sleep habits.

For four of the five nights of the World Series I was up late simply because my team had been fortunate enough to make it.

I don’t really like getting up after the sun has risen but what was I supposed to do? Not follow my team’s road to victory? What kind of fan would I be? 

Yes, I am a Dodgers man and have been since a child when on a trip to California my mom’s uncles took me to Chavez Ravine for my first MLB game. I never looked back and had no desire to follow any other team.

Tuesday was the only night I didn’t stay up past the midnight hour because I knew game four was going to be a lost cause.

But around 12:30 this morning I went to bed with a smile on my face, happy to know a team I have followed since childhood had defeated a team I have loathed for about as long — the New York Yankees.

While the hatred I have for the Yankees isn’t nearly as strong as the hatred I have for the Dallas Cowboys, it’s still a strong dislike and it didn’t help matters Tuesday night when two of their idiotic fans interfered with Mookie Betts, one clown holding his wrist and the other wresting the ball from his glove.

They were banned from game 5, rightfully so, and in my estimation should be banned for the whole of next season. Their seats, per CNN, were given to a New Jersey pediatric cancer patient.

Betts never bemoaned the fan interference. Instead he was focused on the task ahead of the Dodgers Wednesday night and winning the series.

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Thanks to a series of Yankee blunders which led to a five-run Dodgers fifth, they were well on their way.

I take solace that the clowns, especially the one who held Mookie’s wrist and could have possibly injured him, are as miserable this morning as I am elated in a 7-6 victory.

I am happy to see Dodger first baseman Freddie Freeman was rightly named the series MVP for his historic performance that began with his walk-off grand slam in game one and I am happy to see how this team never backed down from Tuesday’s defeat, took advantage of the Yankee errors Wednesday to be crowned MLB champions for the year 2024.

I must admit, however, that despite this victory, despite this happiness, it will be nice to get back to my normal 9:30 to 10 bedtime schedule.

Go Dodgers and thank you for a great season — Lance Martin