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The long dark tunnel
"People ask me what I do in winter when there is no baseball. I will tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring"... Roger Honsby Last edited by ALR-bishop; 10-30-2018 at 05:46 PM. |
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I hate when no baseball is on tv!!!! I also follow Formula 1 auto racing and their season doesnt have much longer to go, and when its gone too its really bad for me with my two sports gone for months.
I was gonna try to get into football more than I have been the last decade or so, I love the NY Giants, but they are the dregs of the earth this year with a record of like 1-7 so far. Oh the humanity!!!!
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As much as I love baseball, going to my sons high school games could give you frostbite and some of the playoff games Ive been to over the years with the wind/rain/ice storms combos....you would think your at Lambeau field watching a Packers game.
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I tell my brothers I find baseball endlessly fascinating and football boring 99% of the time and they look at me like I've lost my mind. Did you ever realize that with all the time in a football game and the omnipresent clock that the grand total of live action is like 8 minutes IN TOTAL a game? Seriously. That a fact. |
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This year is the first year in 10 yrs my son isn't playing hockey. I knew this day was coming but boy did it come quick!! Being a trainer, an assistant coach and being on the bench is something I loved and looked forward too. Their is a bit of hope as my son had a High School hockey tryout Monday night, which surprised me, so hopefully he sticks with that so I can catch a game or 10, but if one of his buds backs out, I'm afraid he will too. On the bright side, and although I wouldn't change anything to watch my son play, at least I'll have more time for snowmobiling this winter. On a side note, I went to the Oshawa Generals game last Sunday night and saw Bobby Orr! He was back in Oshawa again signing books at our local Costco and decided to check out a game where it all started. There wasn't much of a crowd at the game but all the 3,642 people who attended, all gave him a roaring applause/standing ovation. https://www.durhamregion.com/whatson...-book-signing/
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Also, I currently have a bud whose son just started playing hockey this year at the age of 10. Starting at such an age has its disadvantages and it, according to his Dad, really bothers his son that he can't skate very good compared to the other kids on his team. Not that I am a great skater myself but I believe I can help him with some things that I have learned over the years running practices and drills. The fact remains, however, even if I can't teach him much, just being on the ice is what he needs the most. My bud is seperated and neither he nor his ex know how to skate very well, or at all, so with the issues of work, who has him, etc, etc, getting him on the ice for a public skate or stick and puck is rather difficult. I haven't ran it by his Mother yet but hopefully, when I get up with things, she will be receptive to it? He's a great kid and I think both of us will enjoy it so I am looking forward to it.
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True. . .but if you ask the average person they will say football is a sport of tremendous action. Which it clearly is not. It's a lot of routine plays (run up the middle, gain of 3) and the very occasional exceptional play.
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I think Roger "Honsby" needed a few hobbies
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and an "s" on the end of his first name
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