Comments on: The Dark Days of Sports http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/ The mancave of the Internet, where a Dad can be a Guy. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sass http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-966 sass Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:54:31 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-966 Huh? I don't understand... ;-) Huh? I don't understand… ;-)

]]> By: Greg Hollingsworth http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-957 Greg Hollingsworth Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:01:58 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-957 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. 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.

]]> By: geechee_girl http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-956 geechee_girl Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:34:45 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-956 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... 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…

]]> By: kreedy http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-955 kreedy Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:51:16 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-955 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. <br><br>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.<br><br>I guess I'm trying to say: Yes, summer is a dark time in sports ;)<br><br>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 ;)<br><br>ps: GO PATS!!!! ;) 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!!!! ;)

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]]> By: flemo http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-953 flemo Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:22:13 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-953 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:) 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:)

]]> By: dennismurray http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-952 dennismurray Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:37:54 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-952 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. <br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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. 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.

]]> By: Gene Begin http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Gene Begin Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:24:07 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-951 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. 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.

]]> By: C.C. Chapman http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-950 C.C. Chapman Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:22:16 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-950 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'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.

]]> By: Clarence http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Clarence Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:21:25 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-949 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. 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.

]]> By: Jom http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-948 Jom Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:19:17 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-948 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. 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.

]]> By: Kevin T. Vine http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Kevin T. Vine Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:04:27 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-947 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! 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!

]]> By: Jon Thomas http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Jon Thomas Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:01:26 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-946 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).<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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. <br><br>Go Pats, Sox, Celtics, and Bruins!!<br><br>Jon Thomas<br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Story_Jon" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitter.com/Story_Jon</a> 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
http://www.twitter.com/Story_Jon

]]> By: Daddy Files http://www.digitaldads.com/2010/07/the-dark-days-of-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Daddy Files Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:51:17 +0000 http://www.digitaldads.com/?p=1243#comment-945 I'm with you (except for the fact that you're a filthy Dolphins fan!).<br><br>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. 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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