I used to be the commissioner of a Rotisserie baseball league in college. I was a baseball freak. I collected cards. I owned APBA. During the 1993 season when the Phillies went to the World Series I went to at least 10 games that year. I've been a Phillies fan since 1980 or so. I've been to Camden Yards and Fenway. For God's sake I used to sit on the can as a kid and read the baseball section of The Guinness Book of World Records. I loved Mike Schmidt growing up even though I was a die hard Steelers fan. Why does this matter? Well, the Phillies are about to be the World Champions and I can't even watch a complete game. I haven't watched one yet! Not against the Brewers, Dodgers or Rays. I watched most of some, 3 innings of a few before falling asleep on the couch. I even changed the channel on Sunday to watch True Blood and Entourage on HBO even though I could have DVR'd them. True Blood is starting to take the place of The Sopranos for me....filling a void of good television. Tonight's game will be easy to watch - maybe only 3 innings. You want to know why I love football so much? Just try to watch an entire baseball game. The strike lost me. I'm not back yet. If my own team in the World Series can't bring me back, I guess I never will be fully back in the fold.
3 comments:
Sigh. I love baseball (even though I wanted the Rays to win). I'll miss it. But spring training starts in 3.5 months, so only about 2 months until the newspapers pick up good coverage again.
I watch less and less baseball every year. This year I found the Rays-Red Sox ALCS series to be compelling viewing. But the World Series blew the big one. So did most all the other games.
I think too there's a disconnect between the fans and a bunch of millionaires playing a kids game. It's becoming that way with all sports (except the Stihl Timbersports Series) but as usual baseball is at the forefront.
you don't love baseball, you love the Red Sox. Loving baseball would mean you could watch a full game between two last placed teams. I watch MNF every week because I love football...don't care who is playing, I watch it. If you moved to Texas instead of NH, would you have started watching baseball?
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