ok, every couple of years i write about sports. see, when i was really, really young i was obsessed with sports. i had a subscription to the sporting news and i made my own score cards and calculated players stats (this is when i was 7, 8, and 9 years old) and had posters of my favorite players and did everything in my power to be by a tv or radio when my favorite teams (when i was 8 years old: the yankees and the steelers) were playing. then at some point i swapped my obsession with sports for an obsession with music (which, so far, remains to this day).
but i still sometimes look at the baseball standings to see how the yankess and the mets and the red sox (the only teams that i actually care about) are doing. i know it seems odd, but i’m a yankess and a mets and a red sox fan. i know, that makes no sense, especially seeing as mets and red sox fans loathe the yankees (well, to be fair everyone outside of new york city kind of loathes the yankees). but, well, those are the 3 teams that i like. if either one of those teams gets into the playoffs or the world series i’m happy to root (or ‘support’ as they would say in the uk) them.
i’m sure by saying that i like the yankees and the mets and the red sox i’ve managed to offend yankees, mets, and red sox fans. if so, well, sorry. but here’s why i’m writing about sports today: after i got home from sweden i looked at the news to see that the yankees and the red sox played last night and the score was 20-11. 20-11? really? that never happens (such a high score). or, that rarely happens. no, i’ll stick with ‘that never happens’. amazing. 31 combined runs in a baseball game? kind of unprecedented, especially as pitchers have gotten better and faster.
oh, as to why i like the yankees, the mets, and the red sox… part of it’s geography (growing up in connecticut i was sort of equidistant from yankee stadium, shea stadium and fenway). part of it’s family – my great grandmother loved the red sox (she lived on cape cod), my grandfather liked the yankees (he worked in manhattan), and when i was 4 years old i decided that i liked the mets (really). so don’t hate me (or, rather, try not to hate me) for having tripartite loyalties when it comes to baseball. if it makes you feel any better, i have no loyalties when it comes to football. american football just seems like big business to me (you have a lot of money? here, buy a franchise), whereas baseball still feels vaguely home grown (i mean, in baseball some of the players even live in the city where they play…).
ok, that’s my yearly sports blog. and, oh, the show last night in stockholm was really fun. thanks to the nice swedes for coming and even dancing.
moby