Shiva/Lubdan: Red Dictionary!

A Story by Abishai100

Two folk-deities confer about a symbolic 'underdog' World-Series sport (baseball) team-card set treasure for American 'chess' ideations on capitalism superstition.

An homage to American baseball featuring the folk/media 'avatars' Shiva and Lubdan and inspired by For Love of the Game (Kevin Costner).

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Shiva, god of destruction/meditation, and Lubdan, mischievous underworld 'leprechaun' spirit of fortune-omens and anarchy, decided to confer about a special capitalist race meditation concerning an iconic underdog-team World Series (baseball) 1990 Cincinnati team-set (Reds) for a magical story about fortune-treasure securities imagery in the post-9/11 era (United States).

SHIVA: We'll make this Reds (Upper-Deck) cards-gem set a symbol of commerce-life Ego.

LUBDAN: Cool; these underdog team cards (1990) reveal an American chess for art!

Now, we all know baseball has become an American hallmark of entertainment and activity, and a special baseball-daughter in Michigan was cheering on various baseball-teams as the season was about to open. Shiva/Lubdan wanted to spend some message-time with this American girl, Ezzy, to see what she made of the iconic 1990 (Reds) underdog World-Series team set of cards (Upper-Deck).

SHIVA/LUBDAN: What do you make out of these Reds Series (Upper-Deck) diamonds?

EZZY: Those Reds restored the fun of their franchise since the Pete-Rose scandal-era.
SHIVA/LUBDAN: Excellence; they 'shocked' the A's (Oakland) with a 4-0 triumph (1990)!
EZZY: They sure did; everyone thought those underdog Reds were all-American, no?
SHIVA/LUBDAN: That's right, Ezzy; we wanted your 'input' on the cards' real value (now).
EZZY: I guess they're fortune-American symbolism for competition-class chess/talk.
SHIVA/LUBDAN: They sure are; the Pete-Rose scandal-era of the Reds troubled all!
EZZY: All were troubled; the 1990 Series defined the 'restoration' of Cincinnati sport.
SHIVA/LUBDAN: So...what would you 'trade' or 'spend' for such a cards (Upper-Deck) gem?
EZZY: As a baseball-cheerleader/daughter, I suppose I'd offer some 'serious' assets.
SHIVA/LUBDRAN: Great; but would you trade, say, a vintage American car-treasure?

EZZY: Like what?
SHIVA/LUBDAN: Like a Ford Mustang...or a Cadillac...or a Caprice-Classic (eh)?
EZZY: I guess so...I suppose if I was a baseball/sport cards 'philosopher' in America (sure!).
SHIVA/LUBDAN: Underdog storytelling and sportsmanship reflects competition-IQ.
EZZY: They sure do; thanks for consulting with me...for my editorial, Shiva/Lubdan!
SHIVA/LUBDAN: Keep this 'conference' a deep secret Ezzy; there's trouble in gossip.

EZZY: Yes, the Reds are a 'controversy' team of albeit American pride (e.g., Pete Rose).
SHIVA/LUBDAN: We're 'gifting' you a Reds-1990 set anyway...for your invaluable input (cool!).

Shiva/Lubdan conferred successfully with the all-American baseball girl (Ezzy) and gifted her the 1990 Series-Reds set of cards and thought about the general human folk-lore surrounding commerce-life Ego and treasure-values in the post-9/11 era (United States). They thought about the stories/superstition surrounding the quality of expressions of Homeland securities/defenses. They thought about baseball cities like Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Oakland, New York, and San Diego, and they thought about the World Trade Center (NYC).

SHIVA: Commerce-defense in America is no small value, Lubdan (hmm)!

LUBDAN: Excellence; there's a great mosaic for art-characters of capitalism-chess (now).
SHIVA: Hail to the pioneers of media-diplomacy, eh, Lubdan my friend?
LUBDAN: Always; the 'art' of endurance is the 'game' of ethics (and paranoia!).

Can consumerism restore America the way the 1990 Reds team fantastically 'restored' their scandalized/'troubled' baseball (sport) franchise? That's what Shiva/Lubdan earnestly thought, and Ezzy affirmed some of their divine-intervention hypotheses for commerce-life Ego defense (United States). Perhaps they'd share a 'cool' game of rivalry-baseball crafted/themed chess on the 4th that year (in the underworld together --- ha!).