another "Subway Series" spinoff

[ANNE V. GILBERT]

Larry:

> After the Mets clinched their spot in what may or may not turn into
> the first Subway (World0 Series since 1956, one of their announcers
> mentioned that (since the Yankees haven't yet clinched) we didn't yet
> know whether this would in fact be a Subway Series or whether Seattle
> could come back and win tonight and tomorrow and turn it into a
> "Starbucks Series".  (I had the sense that he wasn't coining the
> moniker on the spot, but repeating something he'd heard or read.)
> While Seattle is associated with Starbucks, New York's connection is
> rather indirect.  But at least it alliterates.  Anyway, in the
> unlikely event that the Mariners win two straight in Yankee Stadium
> and everyone starts bandying "Starbucks Series" about, you (probably)
> read it here first.

They're already bandying the term about in Seattle.(Starbucks Series, that
is).
Anne Gilbert