Power and the glory: final win the end of an emotional journey for Sars

The Riverstown outfit got the job done against Midleton.

BLUE CHIP: Sarsfields players celebrate with the Sean Óg Murphy cup. Pic: Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

Yogi Berra knew a thing or two about winning. The great New York Yankees catcher played in 14 World Series and won 10 of them. The great man was famous for his ‘Yogiisms’, witty observations that often contradict themselves. He once told us that “baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.” 

That was certainly the feeling in SuperValu Pairc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday afternoon as Sarsfields claimed their eighth county title, their second in three years, at the expense of a Midleton team that kept on trucking to the bitter end. The last two rounds of the Cork PSHC may not have got the pulses racing in terms of quality, but there has been no doubting their physicality. With that half of the house taken as a given, much of this game seemed destined to boil down to Berra’s 90%.