The Dark Days of Sports

I am a huge sports fan. I always have been.

I grew up playing them and then due to a stupid doctor, I was scared out of playing them in high school. But, all that aside I can plop down on the couch and pretty much watch any sporting event.

Dylan and a BIG Patriot FanRight now though is what I refer to as “the dark days of sports.”

While I love going to a baseball game and watching it live, I just can’t watch a game on television. Not unless it is October and it is the playoffs. THEN I can watch baseball on TV. I find it boring and I’d almost rather watch golf. Which by the way is the one sport that I have zero interest in. I’ve tried playing it and watching it and neither do anything for me.

For me, once the NHL and NBA playoffs are over I get bored with sports. The occasional tennis match will grab my attention and this year we thankfully had the World Cup to cheer for. But, right now there is nothing for me.

I know we only have a few weeks left until the NFL starts back up. More than any other sport I’m a die hard football fan. I’ve rooted for the Miami Dolphins my entire life (which is loads of “fun” when you grow up in New England) and this year they finally look like they have a better then usual chance of doing something good. Go Fins!!

Thankfully I’m blessed with a wife who is also a football fan (she roots for the Baltimore Ravens) and Sunday in our house is nothing but football. Opening day we always go over the top and cook a ton of tailgating food to celebrate. I don’t know what is on the menu yet this year but it is always yummy and bad for you. As good tailgating should be.

Am I the only one who gets down in the dumps missing sports this time of year? I’m curious.

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  • Huh? I don't understand... ;-)
  • As a lifelong Cubs fan, the time between the Cubs being out of the pennant race (generally mid-July) and the beginning of Iowa Hawkeye football is always the worst part of my year for sports. So yeah, i'm there with ya.
  • I'm not a Dad but I'm a sports fanatic - hockey (fave team is the LA Kings, so I feel your Dolphins-in-New-England pain) is my be all, end all sport. I miss it, and wish someone would make the hockey season as long as the dang baseball season. I'm the only true sports fan in the house - can't get the Dude to watch a thing except the occasional Red Sox game. I also dig football, boxing, MMA, and other hard hitting sports. Fluff sports, like Golf, I take a total pass on. :) So yes, the time between sports is long indeed...
  • kreedy
    First and foremost I am a hockey fan above all. Regular season hockey isn't what it used to be (what sport's regular season is?), but playoff hockey is better than anything. Next are baseball/football fairly even here, even though they are so vastly different. Basketball is a distant last.

    Regular season? Football is incredible because every game... MEANS. SO. MUCH. There is nothing like a Sunday in football season. They all put everything out on the field every game. Baseball, with the 182 game season, can't match that intensity. I like baseball, I really do. But, it is watered down greatly.

    I guess I'm trying to say: Yes, summer is a dark time in sports ;)

    Of course, when I first read the title I thought it referred to how sports in general stink as compared to the "old school days". How about now it is all about $$$ and the individual. Maybe that is a different post ;)

    ps: GO PATS!!!! ;)
  • flemo
    Try growing up with Cricket and Rugby as religion and then moving to a country where it is not. While i have a mild affinity with U.S sports because everyone talks about it, technology allows me to keep abreast of the sports "that God watches" and I have the benefit of distributing that between the two hemispheres which gives me year-round coverage. The challenge now is getting my son involved in my sporting passion which, after enjoying his first season of tee ball, I know is going to be a challenge:)
  • dennismurray
    College football rules our house from September to the second week of January. Thursday night, Saturday, and Saturday night are run around who is on and when.

    I was a big baseball fan growing up, and still catch a game now and then. My interest in the game reduced by the increasingly slow crawl of the game. When I was younger, games were two to two and a half hours long. Now it's three.

    World Cup was huge in our house - planning to watch the English Premier League and maybe some of Spain's La Liga when it ramps up next month.

    I'd also call this dark days of sports from the standpoint of neither of my kids being active in sports right now! That too, starts after September hits.
  • I'd be with you if there was no such thing as the Wild Card in baseball. Huge baseball fan and while they are sucking it up right now, the Sox still have a chance to get healthy and make a playoff run. If your baseball team is out of it and you don't enjoy watching Tiger self-destruct on the golf course in addition to life, then you've hit the pre-preseason lull.
  • Clarence
    You don't have any sports to watch? The Tour de France, arguably once of the worlds toughest races is going on (and has been for nearly three weeks)! There is no dark days of sports during the summer if you are a cycling enthusiast. The World Championchip of cycling happen in August (call it the SuperBowl of cycling)—basically july through august is covered by cycling. Plus, there was the Giro D'Italia in June (Tour de France in Italy essentially). Marinate.
  • Jom
    Watch the Tour de France. Cycling's a sport for men: You break a bone, you just get up and ride. The temperature's nearly 40, you ride. A dog runs in front of your bike and you land on your head, keep riding.
  • I've tried watching that and I KNOW Clarence will jump in here and support you as he is a HUGE cycling fan and watches the Tour de France as if it was religion.
  • I'm a huge baseball fan so I'm not quite as down in the dumps as you, but I agree there is always this "lull" circa the All-Star Break for those few weeks before the NFL stuff picks back up. It also helps around now if the baseball team you root for is on fire!
  • Not while we have Brady, Pedroia, and the Big Three! Granted, I don't watch much NBA during the regular season. I literally can't watch the Sox because I'm stuck in Southwestern CT (which might as well be East NY), but I would if I could. The Bruins in the playoffs were great to watch until they collapsed, but again, I wouldn't watch the regular season (if I could).

    As a sports fan, I generally don't watch it that often. I love going to live events and listen to/watch my fair share of Sportscenter, PTI, ESPN Radio, etc., but a game on TV (football excluded) is just not on my schedule. I never DVR sports.

    It's strange, now that I think of it. Life is so busy with work, blogging, family, and other personal hobbies (including playing sports) that actually watching it via TV is just not on my everyday radar.

    Great post. I thought I would totally disagree with you when I first started reading, but as I wrote my comment I started realizing how I truly consume sports. I watch far more highlights and sports talk than the actual sport. This is all excluding MMA, which I'll watch anytime, anywhere.

    Go Pats, Sox, Celtics, and Bruins!!

    Jon Thomas
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  • I'm with you (except for the fact that you're a filthy Dolphins fan!).

    Baseball is crap right now especially since the Red Sox j.v. team isn't doing so well with all their injuries. Football hasn't started and basketball is over. The NFL season is really where it's at, and opening day is a full-fledged holiday. But for me, preparing for our fantasy football draft is what's usurping most of my time right now. That's become a huge deal for most guys I know with money and hundreds of hours of time spent on it.
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