Wednesday, August 16, 2006


Some people dont get it, some people think its childish, and some people think caring that much is a waste of time. However for those who love the game of baseball and have a team that they bleed their colors, they will understand what i am going through.........I love baseball, it is by far my favorite of the major sports (unless i can count the Nascar the Ricky Bobby is in). I have been a SF Giants fan from the start i can remember countless times being at Candlestick park as a young tike with my parents watching the game.........I dont remember everything from my youth but i remember specific games where Darrell Evans hit home runs and a game where it was raining and Gary Carter (playing for the mets then) hit a home run to beat the Giants and i was upset because it was cold, wet, and then we lost.........A true fan follows his team year round not just during the season, they watch the teams web page, and follow the free agent market and right through spring training. Every day with hopes of what might be. Then for seven months.......SEVEN MONTHS......we watch games, we go to games, we check scores, we check stats, we hope for a big christmas present in July at the trade deadline ala Bobby Abreu (ben you must have been happy with that Robbery of a trade!!!!) and if by chance your team doesnt make the right decisions or believes that Armando Benitez is capable, or that (this is the best one) Jeremy Accardo is the future closer, and that an outfield in which 32 year old Randy Winn is the preverbial "SPRING CHICKEN"is good enough and the players you do have on the roster cant play good enough baseball to stay at .500, let alone compete for a playoff spot you too would feel disappointed and discouraged that you pay attention and give your sports heart and soul (i said sports, there are many...many things more important than sports but if its a passion you understand) all year and we root and support and then after all that nothing.......sometimes it feels like you wasted your time, like all your passion ripped out of you at once.......Like i said before some people dont get it, some people think its childish, and some people think caring that much is a waste of time, especially now that you get let down...........you know what i tell those people? maybe your right, but soon as that world series is over and the free agent period starts i will be right there waiting because i bleed BLACK AND ORANGE!!!!!

1 Comments:

Blogger benji said...

I'm with you. Our blood may run different colors (mine comes in a nice dark blue pinstripe variety), but I'm feeling you on this.

I did love the steal of a trade, especially since the Yanks didn't have to give up Philip Hughes. Incredible! Rumor was everyone wanted Hughes, so it's nice to see the Yanks tend to the farm this time around.

On top of all that, Boston sucks. The Yanks may win the division by 7 games.

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