I love sports.
I love baseball most of all. Go Brewers! Go Tigers! Go Bees!
That was an easy start.
A summer Sunday at the ballpark, whether Franklin Covey (no longer Derks') Field or in the land of the major leagues, is church to me. In fact it doesn't have to be Sunday. It can be a rainy April Tuesday evening when I'm wearing a warm coat and it's still summer and church at some level in my head. Don't forget that pitchers and catchers report on February 17.
University of Utah football games are revival meetings. U. men's basketball has been a burden thus far this year. So much talent, so few wins.
Alex Smith has made me start watching pro football again the last two years. Go Niners! Nice OT win that kept the Donkey's out of the playoffs on New Year's Eve. If only they'd beaten the Cardinals there'd be at least one more game. Next year, when they buy Alex an offensive line and another receiver or two...
Hockey and soccer are visiting someone elses church, but enjoying the sermon all the same.
Tennis is a grand sport (mmmm legs...Nadal and Federer in the French Open final last year, sigh).
I must confess I'm just not that into pro basketball. The Jazz are doing well, playing as a team and looking happy. Hey, even Jerry Sloan has smiled this year. But I can't stand to watch the game on TV, just give me the late night highlights on ESPN, that's enough. Though I have enjoyed the few games I've attended - despite the beer price.
I don't see the point of golf or poker on TV.
Anyway, keep an eye out, I've got opinions and humanities degrees and I'm not afraid to use either.
The photo above is from my pilgrimage to Denver last summer to watch my Milwaukee Brewers play. I met a lot of nice people from Wisconsin at Coors Field and the vowels were very long in Denver that week. That's Derrick Turnbow pitching, he's turned into an ok closer considering how he made us cringe with his wildness when he played for the Salt Lake Stingers. Let's just hope he can get back on form this year, since he went from first team All-Star to no longer closing during the month of July last year.
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