Part of it is (whispers) he's a yankee. Not a Yankee, but a Red Sox fan and...well... baseball tends to not be that big of a deal in the South where FOOTBALL is god. My dad is a sport fanatic... but doesn't give a damn about baseball, so I pretty much have no affection for the game (unlike college football).
I grew up as a cheerleader so I had to attend ALL the freaking sports events in Jr. High and High School. Football I actually enjoy watching. Basketball can be fun but there are so many freaking games in a season that even today I think of Basketball as something of a chore. It can be fun while it's one, but eh. Baseball I always HATED. Sucks up way, way, way, WAY too much time. The game takes freaking forever to play and most of the time nothing much happens. Plus up until the 80s all the national teams of any note (up until the Braves became any good) were all Northern teams so -- eh. But worse than eh -- takes too freaking much TIME and it's boring -- eh. (Which, of course is an offense to all people who are obsessed with the game) but I stand by my pronouncement. Baseball is glacial and BOR-RING!
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Date: 2005-04-14 02:04 pm (UTC)I grew up as a cheerleader so I had to attend ALL the freaking sports events in Jr. High and High School. Football I actually enjoy watching. Basketball can be fun but there are so many freaking games in a season that even today I think of Basketball as something of a chore. It can be fun while it's one, but eh. Baseball I always HATED. Sucks up way, way, way, WAY too much time. The game takes freaking forever to play and most of the time nothing much happens. Plus up until the 80s all the national teams of any note (up until the Braves became any good) were all Northern teams so -- eh. But worse than eh -- takes too freaking much TIME and it's boring -- eh. (Which, of course is an offense to all people who are obsessed with the game) but I stand by my pronouncement. Baseball is glacial and BOR-RING!