I like hockey, too. I grew up on a street full of Bruins fans. I still watch Olympic hockey, because violence is not allowed, and the sport is so, so cool to watch.
My love is baseball, though, not just because of the techincal aspects. I mean, I can't tell a change-up from a slider, and I don't know the ERA of all the pitchers in the league. But gah, I love the atmosphere, the beer-and-popcorn All-American gestalt of it all, and I love my Red Sox.
I first heard a Sox game in 1967, on my parents' transistor radio in my back yard. It was the '67 pennant race, the year of the Impossible Dream, and I've been hooked ever since. I really hope baseball doesn't get into the violence any more than it has, because I'd hate to have to walk away from something so precious to my heart.
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Date: 2003-10-15 05:45 am (UTC)My love is baseball, though, not just because of the techincal aspects. I mean, I can't tell a change-up from a slider, and I don't know the ERA of all the pitchers in the league. But gah, I love the atmosphere, the beer-and-popcorn All-American gestalt of it all, and I love my Red Sox.
I first heard a Sox game in 1967, on my parents' transistor radio in my back yard. It was the '67 pennant race, the year of the Impossible Dream, and I've been hooked ever since. I really hope baseball doesn't get into the violence any more than it has, because I'd hate to have to walk away from something so precious to my heart.