{"id":704,"date":"2005-10-07T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-08T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=704"},"modified":"2005-12-05T20:59:54","modified_gmt":"2005-12-06T01:59:54","slug":"sports-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/sports-fans","title":{"rendered":"Sports Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Big rain here in northern NJ tonight, and the official VM fiancee and I found that our street was blacked out by the time we got home tonight. Fortunately, my dad and brother were willing to call my cell periodically to let me know that the Red Sox were just about to be swept by the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n

We did some grilling on the back patio, in the rain and dark, and had a nice candlelight dinner of steaks & gin (Julia Child’s favorite meal, Amy sez). Power was restored around 9pm, so we were able to page through some of that Calvin & Hobbes collection while watching the Yankees make their comeback.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, the Red Sox got swept!<\/p>\n

I’ll take some glee in that, and some solace after last year’s humiliating Yankee loss to the Sox. Meanwhile, I’ll share a question that occurred to me earlier this week.<\/p>\n

I’m a sports fan. Those of you who’ve read this blog a while know that. And you likely know that my favorite pro sport is basketball. This is partly (or mainly) because I played it for a bunch of years. I can watch just about any two teams play, at any time of year, and find something interesting to focus on.<\/p>\n

For the longest time, I’ve said that my sports hierarchy is basketball, baseball and football. Now, though, I’m starting to rethink that.<\/p>\n

See, the thing is, I’m a big Yankees fan. But I’m not sure I’m a big baseball fan. If the Yankees are out west, and there are two other teams playing on ESPN on the east coast, I likely won’t tune in to watch that primetime game (and I won’t stay up to watch the Yankees’ west coast game).<\/p>\n

On the other hand, even though my fandom of the football Giants is nowhere as large as my support for the Yankees, I can<\/span> watch just about any<\/span> two NFL teams play on a Sunday. If the Giants game is boring (or even if it’s in commercial), I’ll jump over to another game on the NFL season pass.<\/p>\n

So now I’m starting to think that I’m more of a Yankee fan than a baseball fan, and that I’m more of a football fan than a baseball fan.<\/p>\n

Does anyone even think about this crap, or do I have way too much free time on my hands?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Big rain here in northern NJ tonight, and the official VM fiancee and I found that our street was blacked out by the time we got home tonight. Fortunately, my dad and brother were willing to call my cell periodically to let me know that the Red Sox were just about to be swept by … <\/p>\n

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