Baseball Fever in Jordan

Last week marked an abrupt end to a remarkable season for my favorite baseball team, the Minnesota Twins. As an avid Twins fan, I checked the progress of the team nearly every day these past few months, even following games live online when I could, as I did recently during their last regular season game so I would know if they won their division before I went to bed that night. They did indeed win, and I went to bed a happy man. Unfortunately, they were then soundly beaten in three straight games in the opening round of the playoffs, eliminating them from the postseason and turning that happy night into a distant memory in just a few days. Below is a picture of me putting on a happy face behind the bar at the Marriott Hotel in Amman--where I watched two of the three playoff games--as the season was coming to a close. I wait expectantly for the next season to begin.