THE MOST IMPORTANT SPORT IN THE USA (Page 2 of 2)

I can relate, and damn proud to admit it. Blaaaaaaaaaggggghhhhhh....

2+ years ago I was diagnosed with beginning symptoms of mouth cancer. Long story short; I "dipped" Copenhagen for 20+ years ( almost a can a day), the diagnosis scared me to the point of hyperventaling in the dentists' chair. I quit that day, haven't touched it since. My dental x-rays are clear of mouth cancer but my chicklettes( teeth) are royally screwed. I've dished out over 10K to fix the damage I've inflicted upon myself and I'm lookin' at that much or more to fix the rest. Wished I'd never crammed that first dip into my jaw.

I can proudly say; I don't dip, I don't smoke, and I don't chew

Not preachin', just tellin' it like it is................
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I have played just about every major US sport at one time or another.  Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey and Soccer.  Ok, Soccer is not a major US sport but, thats because people dig High Scores.  I'm not much of one to watch any of them.  Baseball is a summer game, meant to be enjoyed with a few brewski's, hot dogs or other grilled food of your choice.  Outside with friends and family.  The game and season is long and is more of a zen type thing to sit and watch.  Football is shorter in season, thank heavens for those players whose average career length is less than 10 years.  You go once a week, have a tailgate party, drink brewski's and depending upon where you live and if you have a domed stadium.....freeze your noogies off! 

Basketball is high scoring and with a lot less stop and go action.  And the one sport I can actually play with some skill, albeit fair to middlin'.

Hockey is quite puzzling to me in that, it's a Canadian National Sport, yet most of the NHL teams are in the US.  And it's almost idiotic to me that there are a lot of teams in the deep south.  Florida I can see, since many Canadians retire or vacation there in the Winter.  But, Phoenix, DALLAS, NASHVILLE, ?????????????  Unless the Boston Bruins are playing for the Cup, I usually root for whatever Canadian team is there. 

I don't mean to offend people thats just my tongue in cheek perspective!   For a real humorous spot, I wish I had pictures of me playing for my dorm team back in college, talk about pathetic.  LOL  I'm the only person who ever fell on his butt before a faceoff and nobody was near me!  <grin> 

As for Car racing, yeah it's big in many areas.  Just not something I care for.  Golf as Mark Twain put it was, "A good walk wasted".   Tennis, same as car racing.

I love hockey, but I can't watch it on TV.  It's simply too fast, and the television removes a lot of the ice, where the players are setting up to score.  It's like a super fast moving football game.

Of Venus and Serena Williams, I predicted long ago that it was Serena that would have the staying power.  Venus Williams is a power player.  She stands at the baseline and blasts away like a man.  Serena has much more control and does a great job moving forward up to the net.  I thought that the reduced impact of her style of play and the fact that she relied on control and placement rather than power would give her a natural advantage over the long haul.  Venus has surprised me by staying in the top seeds for quite a long time now.  Going on close to ten years now I think.  Shows what I know. 

The press loves the Williams sisters.  They are great talents, there's no denying that.  However, I remember once when Venus Williams was playing Lindsey Davenport.  I was painting my kids play area of the family room and had the TV on.  I wasn't watching, but listening to the play by play while I painted.  By the play-by-play, I'd have thought that Venus Williams was cleaning Lindsey Davenport's clock.  When I finally took a break and looked up at the screen, Lindsey Davenport had won the first set 6-2 and was well ahead in the second set.  What a terrible job by the announcers.  I don't recall who they were. 

- Zurf