With school starting on Tuesday I have a few thoughts about
sports and life I’d like to share.
Just wondering where I will find the time to train and work
now that my teaching gig is starting back up and taking grad courses to boot…
Baseball- the Sox are an afterthought in New England for the
first time in over a decade. The bandwagon has crashed! Still plenty of loyal
followers though-my 88 year old grandma still refuses to miss a game on TV.
However, even grandma has conceded the season. So many of us here had disowned
the team after none of the players attended the funeral of the beloved legend
Johnny Pesky. Sox ownership quickly went into damage control and demonstrated
some serious stones by trading most of the team core. I applaud them for having
the gumption for such a bold move and getting rid of good players that were so
disliked by the fans.
Football- fantasy football draft in complete and it’s time
for ‘Are you ready for some football’ tune to be heard time and again. Making
plans for at least one trip to Foxborough to see the Pats dismantle the Jets…
Hockey- the NHL will break my heart if there is a work
stoppage. Can the owners be that stupid to undo all the gains the sports has
made in the last decade? I find it hard to believe that there won’t be hockey
this winter. We’ll have to wait and see. The fam and I got a partial hockey fix
last week at Milan Lucic’s celebrity softball game that had Looch, Seidenberg,
Tuuka, Mottau, and Johnny Boychuk playing. However, I should point out the
Mickey Ward got the biggest ovation of the night-Lowell rocks!
Old-timer league hockey team gearing up for another season
of mediocrity and fun!
Basketball- whatever.
Personal Tri training- moving along nicely, 3 weeks to my 1st
race. Hope to dip into the ocean twice in the next 3 days and ride the course
once. Still not finding the time to hit the gym and do some weight training. Must…find…the…motivation…to…do…more!
Summer Travel Recap- one of my favorite leisure activities:
travelling. Did more travelling this summer than over any 3 month period in my
life! I’ve been pretty fortunate this summer and I’m not too sure how I can top
it after taking a handful of trips to Europe, Caribbean, Disney, and NYC.
Although I’ve had an incredible journey this summer, I’ve figured out one
important thing- I love New England. I don’t think I could ever move away from
here. I love the coast and beaches, incredible seafood, Boston and its’
history, the mountains that aren’t too far away, the hockey culture here that
you don’t find in too many other places, I actually enjoy ALL the seasons, and
my hometown of Lowell(even though I moved next door to it recently). People
give the city a bad rap- the mills give it a feeling of history that many
cities do not have.
I still love to travel but “I love that dirty water…Boston
you’re my home.”
Signing off from the sport and leisure rant.
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