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Old 05-21-2019, 08:43 AM   #11
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Not being much of a baseball fan anymore, this is the long, mostly empty space between the end of college basketball and the ramp up to college and NFL football in August.
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Old 05-24-2019, 06:25 AM   #12
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Blues vs. Bruins in the Stanley Cup final.
That Blues' net minder Jordan Binnington is a rookie, and damn he is AFIRE this entire playoffs. He has been a monster.
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Old 05-26-2019, 05:22 PM   #13
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Indy had the most spectacular crash and the closest finish in many years.
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Old 05-26-2019, 05:44 PM   #14
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College Baseball has been pretty good.
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Yes, yes it has. The State vs. LSU series has been compelling to be certain.
LSU does enough at the SEC tournament to ensure hosting a regional. NCAA likes Baton Rouge as it sells out early and often.

UVa wins the Division I lacrosse championship in Philadelphia.
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Old 05-29-2019, 12:38 PM   #16
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Oh boy, where to start?

As I've gotten older, I've come to realize how unimportant sports is on my everyday life (not to mention what a con it's become).

As a result I haven't set foot in the Garden to see the Knicks or the Rangers in something like 12-13 years and baseball is nothing more than something to be on the radio while sitting outside enjoying a smoke and a beer.

I still watch the Giants, because every week in a 16 game season is important. TBH though, the days of the NFL being "Must See TV" are long gone and I won't go out of my way or schedule my day around a Giants game. My dad would spin in his grave if he saw this.

The only one of my teams I really flip over nowadays is New York City FC in MLS. There are any number reasons I can give, but the main one being my son is crazy about the sport. We go to about 8 or 9 matches a year up at Yankee Stadium and it really is a wonderful bonding experience.
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You and I are not far off, Gene. As much as I "love" my LSU Tigers, or Fulham or whoever, by Tuesday I have forgotten the score, usually.
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Old 05-29-2019, 02:19 PM   #18
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You and I are not far off, Gene. As much as I "love" my LSU Tigers, or Fulham or whoever, by Tuesday I have forgotten the score, usually.
At one point in time that was unthinkable, wasn't it?
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Oh boy, where to start?

As I've gotten older, I've come to realize how unimportant sports is on my everyday life (not to mention what a con it's become).

As a result I haven't set foot in the Garden to see the Knicks or the Rangers in something like 12-13 years and baseball is nothing more than something to be on the radio while sitting outside enjoying a smoke and a beer.
Right there with you, Gene.

When we were first married circa 1976 BC (before children) if the Royals were in town on a Friday night you'd find us in left field GA seats. Parking was $1.50. GA tickets were $1.50. Beers were $1.25. We could have a nice evening out for about $10.00.

Now they've moved GA to nosebleed area in the upper deck, it used to be right down the foul line around the visitor's bull pen, everything costs a minimum of 10 X what it did, and in what used to be an aesthetically pleasant stadium environment every flat surface is covered with some form of advertising. No thank you.

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At one point in time that was unthinkable, wasn't it?
Being a trivia buff, yes, yes it is.
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