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It's Weird Being a Sports Fan Suddenly
I have been utterly apathetic about sports for the past quarter of a century, and now I find that I have all sorts of opinions on things. I keep giving myself a mental side eye because I am not really sure how this happened.
For example, I am looking forward to baseball season starting! Mostly because I think the announcers for the Detroit Tigers are hilarious. I'm not sure if them spouting any random thought that pops into their heads is just due to the nature of baseball (162 games in the regular season with a lot of spots where not much is happening = lots of air time to kill) of if they're especially bad about it, but it made last year's season lots more fun once I figured out I should actually listen to the announcers.
Also, Prince Fielder is growing on me -- he is like a smiley teddy bear! -- even if I think he's overpriced. (He is, but that's what it takes in order to convince good players to play for the Tigers.) I'm going to miss Victor Martinez though. And apparently Brandon Inge says he's not going to suck this year?
As for hockey, it's been really nice to see Datsyuk playing again. ♥ He's still just as amazing at puck stealing/handling as he ever was. Still really missing Lidstrom though, and I can't help but feel that him being injured for the past month means he'll retire at the end of the season. And that if Lidstrom retires, Holmstrom will retire too. And that will be sad for the team.
On the other hand, the Wings have a number of younger/rookie players that I think will eventually shape up to be really good players. Like, I think Justin Abdelkader's been doing good and Brendan Smith has a lot of potential in him. Jiri Hudler being decent this year still confuses me though. Also I sort of adore Cory Emmerton for his desire to troll everyone (but especially Brendan Smith).
And I don't care about football (I refuse), but I still have opinions about the New Orleans Saints bounty thing. Very passionate feelings that I'm only subjecting the BF to because I don't want to start wank on Facebook.
For example, I am looking forward to baseball season starting! Mostly because I think the announcers for the Detroit Tigers are hilarious. I'm not sure if them spouting any random thought that pops into their heads is just due to the nature of baseball (162 games in the regular season with a lot of spots where not much is happening = lots of air time to kill) of if they're especially bad about it, but it made last year's season lots more fun once I figured out I should actually listen to the announcers.
Also, Prince Fielder is growing on me -- he is like a smiley teddy bear! -- even if I think he's overpriced. (He is, but that's what it takes in order to convince good players to play for the Tigers.) I'm going to miss Victor Martinez though. And apparently Brandon Inge says he's not going to suck this year?
As for hockey, it's been really nice to see Datsyuk playing again. ♥ He's still just as amazing at puck stealing/handling as he ever was. Still really missing Lidstrom though, and I can't help but feel that him being injured for the past month means he'll retire at the end of the season. And that if Lidstrom retires, Holmstrom will retire too. And that will be sad for the team.
On the other hand, the Wings have a number of younger/rookie players that I think will eventually shape up to be really good players. Like, I think Justin Abdelkader's been doing good and Brendan Smith has a lot of potential in him. Jiri Hudler being decent this year still confuses me though. Also I sort of adore Cory Emmerton for his desire to troll everyone (but especially Brendan Smith).
And I don't care about football (I refuse), but I still have opinions about the New Orleans Saints bounty thing. Very passionate feelings that I'm only subjecting the BF to because I don't want to start wank on Facebook.