I'm spending the weekend deep in the heart of baseball mythology -- Cooperstown, New York. Ironically, I'm not here for the "National Pastime," but to film a segment about giant pumpkins for the TV show "Modern Marvels." And unbeknownst to me, while I was working today, a modern miracle was taking place at the Emirates: Arsenal 2, my beloved Baggies 3.

I confess Charlie Brown never had so much fun in a pumpkin patch as me. It's been a blue sky day in a setting that defines the word picturesque. Pumpkin growers have hearts as big as their gigantic gourds, and the Lakes 'N Pines motel has a strong enough internet connection to let me watch the Albion highlights while sitting on its dock.

The late Otis Redding never had so much fun.

There's Jerome Thomas dancing around the Arsenal defense to set up Peter Odemwingie for the first goal. Look at that back flick from Chris Brunt to Gonzalo Jara. And what in the name of pumpkin pickin' is Manuel Almunia doing?

Hey, when it's your day, take advantage of it. So I did and skipped the Arsenal goals.

But who would have thought the Albion would make hay while the sun shined in North London? If truth were told: Not me. Although there is documented, written evidence that I picked my hometown heroes to win this game 2-0, it has to be said that I've made that prediction for every West Brom game for the last decade or so in my weekly "Predictorship pool." Well, at least the years the Albion were in the top flight.

So while the Albion get three precious points, I get a point for a correct result in my league as well. There is no question that Halloween came early for me. Beating Arsenal was a hell of a treat.

But was the Albion upending Arsenal really "the shock of the season so far," as this website described it? Well, I stood next to a 1,500-pound pumpkin today, and for this lifelong Baggies fan, the win at the Emirates was even bigger than that.