Most Boring Time Of The Year…
For sports fans, unless they’re one of the 87 people left in the country who like baseball, which I am not, or one of the 10 billion who thrive on following NASCAR, wherein a bunch of grown men turn left at 200 MPH all day long, which I am not, this time of year is a complete void — a huge vacuum that sucks. This was driven home to me yesterday, July 4th, as I was out and about in my trusty Subaru Outback, which turns both left and right, at from 5 MPH up to speeds approaching 35 or 40 MPH.
My favorite local sports talk radio station, 104.5 The Zone, was replaying the best Titans’ NFL Football games from the years since they moved to Tennessee. I got into it big time, anticipating whether Manning would be intercepted again or Vince Young would scamper for another first down. Would Wychek thrown another lateral?
Yes, the sports child in me is bored stiff. I’m ready for some football! Some live football…
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A void? No sport? NO SPORT????? Over here, in the - ahem - civilised world, jaws are dropping in amazement at such a thought; we’re just reaching the climax of one the greatest sporting events of the year: Wimbledon fortnight. Surely one of 6,000 TV channels you guys have over there must show it? Get yourself a nice big dish of strawberries and cream (and put up a brolly and sit in the shower if you really want to get in the spirit!), pull up a chair, and enjoy…
hmmmmmmmmmm My Tribe (aka the Cleveland Indians) is playing — & winning! Northeast Ohio has Tribe fever hopefully things will end better for them they did for the Cavaliers who, despite not winning the NBA Championship, did us proud all season. AND here in my town we’re getting the city all gussied up for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival and game so football is right around the corner, Winston. AND Joared over at Along the Way reminded me that our beloved Buckeyes will be starting practice soon so I’d better locate my Scarlet & Gray stuff. And the Clow . . . er . . . Browns have already had some practices. Here’s hoping Brady Quinn brings good stuff to us! Best wishes to your teams down there in Tennessee, Winston — except, of course, if they’re playing mine! lol
My heart goes out to you…poor little sportless Winston. What are you filling your time with? Wait…maybe I don’t really want to know that. When I’m not glued to my keyboard or watching movies and some tv shows…I’m watching the Chicago Cubs….yeah, yeah, I know.
Yeah Winston, Wimbledon. Or as it was called by John McEnroe, commentating in the last few days, Grimbeldon, (cos of all the rain delays).
And because of the rain delays they have been showing loads of McEnroe, Borg and Connors matches, which is amazing, and one of the up sides of living in a climate zone where all four seasons can and do arrive in one day…. there are not many other advantages I can think of from our climate, but seeing the Kings of Tennis from back then when… that has got to be one, and gets me away from the depressing stuff, like politics, terrorist attacks, the Blair-Brown saga, Bush exonerating Scooter Libby, oh and someone who’s gone to prison because he shot someone in a snorkling mask, while that other fella, (who was it, can’t recall, friend of Dubuya’s…. yes of course he was a friend of Duybuya’s)….. gets off scot free though he shot someone on a hunting trip?
One law for them and another for us, but we have Wimbledon Grimbeldon to cheer us up, it must be available, even in the deepest Tennessee, ( I find that difficult to spell)… I know there are four “e’s”, two “s’s” and two “n’s” and a “t” but I have to work hard to get them in the right order.
Get thyself to a Wimbledon channel, because of rain the matches are well behind and there is a feast of good matches still to be played.
Ciao, Winston the Sportless
Tennis is the hockey of individual sports–boring, and moribund.
Soccer is the only sport more boring, if that’s possible, than baseball.
Auto racing isn’t a sport, it’s driving a freaking car.
“America’s Cup” racing isn’t a sport, it’s riding in sailboats costing zillions, owned by zillionaires, manned by professional racing bums. At least we haven’t heard those idiotic campaigns asking for regular folks to “donate” money to zillionaires to help build and sail these useless boats (not all sailboats are useless, America’ Cup boats pretty much always have been).
I’m with Winston on this.
Winston,
We feel the same about baseball! I went to Yankee Stadium while in New York City and saw the Yankee’s play the Arizona Diamondbacks. BORING! It was much more interesting watching the folks in the stands. There were shrilly screeching children, beer guzzling parents, and a group of senior citizens who took great offense over the noisy children and their non-caring parents. Everyone seemed more interested in yelling at each other than watching the game.
Most Boring Time Of The Year…
It’s a boring time of year unless your a fast car NASCAR fan…….
.. Wimbledon?…. mercy… I managed to find The Tri-Nations tourny playing at “The Hair of The Dog” down in Chattanooga yesterday… stayed for just over an hour and watched Austrailia whip a come-back against South Africa…..
… Rugby Union, man, there just isn’t anything else like it….