I call myself the Sports Sage so that should give you a clue as to just how dumb I really am when it comes to actual sports knowledge. I watch sports because they are exciting, inspirational and free on TV. They happen in real time and have predictable commercials. Often we get to ooh and Ahhh at things that we will almost never be able to do while watching grown up people like us at play. Its a lot more fun than watching regular people like us work.
The phrase "The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat" was one I heard every week growing up watching the program "Wide World of Sports" The shows slogan always seemed to sum up what I enjoy about sports the most.
My sports memeories and moments are often ones that recall how the game was played and by who more than who won. I can have no real interest in a particular sports in general, but when the two best teams or stars from any sport come together for championship battles I can get swept up if the competition is great.
I'll writing about sports from the philisophical viewpoint. I'll comment more on a teams commitment than their competence... on what they do more than what they say... on their attitude more than thier ability.
When two of the best in their sport come together to compete for a championship, talent becomes far less a factor in determining a winner. It is desire, focus, effort, confidence, preparation, practice, fate, luck, circumstances of the moment that are what decide a match.
It also the best way for to discuss sports since I often don't have any clue as to team or player statistics, names of plays, the rules, who those guys are... you understand I hope. My approach allows me to say things that make me appear wise yet require little specific knowledge of the game. I mean a stupid play is usually obvious no matter what sport based simply on the crowds reaction. When many thousands of people all go "Boooooo" all at once it almost always means something bad happened. Then I just say something like " well that wasn't what we wanted to happen." and everyone usually agrees with me.
I hope you enjoy my posts and let me know what you think. Tell me what you think, good or bad. Don't worry about hurting my feelings or singing my praises, I don't really care what people think about my posts because my posts are odd and cause me to question my wisdom myself. They are opinions that don't have to be right to be posted and can't be wrong. My kind of forum.
