Friday, April 03, 2009
i am grateful for being able to grow up a new england sports fan...
of course i am partial on this subject, but i personally believe new england sports teams are the absolute best. you could try to argue this point with me, but i got a 4.0 in my senior thesis argumentation and debate class for my communications degree. if i were you i wouldn't waste your time (especially if you are a yankees fan)!
lets start by my being honest, and letting you know that i have a tendency to be a "fair weather fan" for some sports. i am a die hard baseball fan (more on this later), but when it comes to football, hockey and basketball, i have a tendency to not be as involved. i think this okay. i don't think it makes me a bad sports fan. if anything, it makes me a better baseball fan. the only reason i bring up this "fair weather fan" thing is so i can explain that i am not one of those fans who simply like teams if they are doing well (i.e. i wouldn't jump between the cowboys and the patriots and green bay). i consider myself a FWF because i generally get more involved with these other sports toward the end of their seasons. make sense? have i clarified myself. hell, i'll go to ANY game (went to the celts last week!) but i am only really going to put the effort into baseball.
so quick round up of the "other" sports:
basketball: i guess i really only started liking basketball last year or maybe the year before. my brother JJ has always been the basketball fan in the family. its "his" thing. i am in love with kevin garnett, and we have the same number "5"! but i think watching the college basketball final game last year was what got me so interested... what a spectacular game! and my boyfriend at the time loved the celts, so i watched a lot of b-ball. watching the celtics win with him and his roommate was also so magical last year. it is amazing to watch a team totally transform. the celts just weren't great since the larry bird/robert parish era, and then last year everything just came together. the team became a team and guess what... we won! amazing :) the culmination of winning and watching the players throughout the entire season is really magical.
football: i mean what can i say about the patriots, other than that the team is amazing! i think the patriots have such amazing history. they go up and win, win, win and then they wane for a few years and are a good team, but not a winning team. and then... around 2001 what a turn around. tom brady really had a lot to do with all of that. BUT it is my belief that vinatieri was a major driving force of many of those wins. what i like about the patriots in this past decade is the suspense of the games. there have been so many outrageous comebacks. so many games won in the last minute. it keeps you on the edge of your seat. i should probably explain that i am secretly in love with adam vinatieri, so when he left to play for the colts, my world was shaken up a little. the colts and patriots have a big rivalry, so its totally uncool for me to root for the colts. :( (even though i did once or twice, but please don't tell anyone!) anyway, one thing i love about football season is the parties. especially superbowl sunday. WHAT GOOD FOOD! its like an excuse to show on food which isn't good for you!
hockey: now, my interest in hockey has waned throughout the years. i used to really enjoy hockey when i was in high school. i'd actually try to go to a couple of games a year. i'm just not as involved any more. the great thing about living in new england is that the providence bruins are just a hop, skip and a jump away and the boston bruins are just a stones throw farther! have y'all ever been to a hockey game? damn... what an atmosphere! it is so much different than any other sports. i mean, fighting is actually LEGAL in the game so long as it is under a certain time limit. if the players fight for longer than the time limit they need to sit in a "box" for half a minute or up, and then they just simply need to jump back on the ice. i've never been one for violence, but let me tell you, i do love me a hockey fight ;)AND FINALLY........ MAY I PRESENT TO YOU..........THE BOSTON RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh how thankful i am to grow up a red sox fan. the most magical team in the entire world. opening day at fenway park is in 3 days, and i am ooooohhhh so ready for the season to begin. for y'all who have followed my blog since its beginning last year, you all know all the excitement i went through in the post season. i was at the regular season game when the sox clenched a spot in the post season. SO AWESOME! but then....i went to game five of the ALCS. which many people consider to be one of the greatest games in red sox history. and, being there and experiencing it myself so close to the field (only 4 rows back) was amazing. it was one of those once in a life time experiences. my love affair with the red sox will continue my entire life, and i hope it is something i can share with my children as well.(if you don't believe me by now, i'll remind you that my dog's name is FENWAY!!!...{the red sox play at fenway park})
my first game this season is april 17th! yahoo :) i can't wait. i am sure you will hear more about my love for the red sox as time continues, but folks... this entry is getting way too long!
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The Red Sox make my heart beat. And I have a Celtics shirt and Patriots jersey, despite my residency in St. Louis!
I love this post!