Sports, my other passion

Somehow it took me 12 posts before I decided to talk about this, not sure why to be honest. Well next to FFXI I have one other (inanimate) passion in my life, and that is Sports. I'm pretty much a fan of any sport but there are some I like better than others. As a very young man I was schooled in the wonderful art of Sport, and thanks to my father, was instilled with an intimate knowledge and passion that to this day still burns very strongly.

I played all sorts of sports growing up but the 2 that stuck through till my later adolescence were Baseball and Bowling. Now Baseball I really liked playing, but I fully admit I wasn't terribly good at it. I played mainly in the infield and was a fantastic fielder and I had a strong arm. When it came to hitting, well, that I pretty much sucked at. I never hit for much power and I wasn't a very fast runner, so that didn't leave me much of a spot in the lineup. I typically batted near the bottom and even managed to scrape a few hits here and there, but I was never considered any kind of real threat.

I'm going to be completely honest here. I was a kick ass Bowler. So kick ass that I could have easily been a tour pro had I chose to. Why didn't I chose to you ask? Well truth be told my passion for the sport suddenly died one day. I don't know how or why it happened, but one day I stopped Bowling, and now almost 7 years later I haven't even picked up a ball. Frankly I have no desire to ever pick one up again. I've often thought about why this is, but I think that the answer is that I was just finished with that part of my life and needed to move on.

These days I mostly just watch Sports on TV as opposed to playing them. My favorite one has turned out to be American Football, the NFL to be more precise. My favorite team is of course the Philadelphia Eagles. They were in the Super Bowl a few years ago but sadly lost to an inferior team. It really was a tough pill to swallow since Philly hasn't seen a major sports champion in 25 years, and it doesn't really look like we'll have one any time soon.

Our Hockey team, the Flyers , is looking really good right now but I don't think they are built well to go far in the playoffs. Our Baseball team, the Phillies, made the playoffs for the first time in 14 years this past season. They of course got swept in the first round and haven't done anything in the offseason to make themselves better. If they don't improve somehow they won't be winning anything this year. Our Basketball team, the Sixers, just plain suck and probably will for the next 10 years. I have no hope for them to even be a decent team in the near future.

With all that being said I can't wait for the Super Bowl this year. The Patriots made it and are looking to complete only the second undefeated season in the history of the league. Standing in their way are the surprising upstart Giants, who are 11-0 on the road this year and looking to pull the upset they almost had in Week 17. The Giants match up really well against the Pats and it should be a good game.

Well thats it for now, next post should have more FFXI stuff and probably more Political stuff too.

Later