Get your mind out of the gutter. This is not one of those e-mails that make false promises. I am talking about sports seasons. We are almost at the All Star break in baseball and the NBA finals just finished. I can recall watching the NBA Finals during Passover – that was in early April. I can still hear my mother lamenting that the soup is getting cold – turn off the TV. It was Lakers and Celtics – Passover had to wait!
Now the NBA winners parade almost coincides with local 4th of July Parades. That is a long season by any standard. They start with the pre-season games. OK, no-one really cares about the NBA pre-season. OK, the tickets to the games may be cheaper – but it is a “so what.” Come October first – the season is on! Let’s get excited and see who is going make the playoffs. Actually, it is who isn’t going to make the playoffs. That is the second season with almost all the NBA teams participating.
Now comes the first day of Spring and the NBA season is still in full swing. Almost six months from the start of the season and the playoff teams have not been determined as yet. Memorial Day marks nearly the end of the second round of playoffs. It is getting late in the year. All Star voting for the MLB is almost over and we are still in the NBA playoffs. My third installment of estimated taxes for the year is almost due and we are still playing basketball. These giants of men gotta be tired. It is eight and a half months of running up and down the court. I truly believe that it is not the best talent that wins, it is the last one standing that wins.
It is hard to get into the NBA season knowing that it is really the second season that counts. If the “Championship Season” was a little shorter – I may find more than passing interest. I save my energy for the playoffs! Maybe that is what is happening. They save their energy for the playoffs. Remind me to ask LeBron about that.
Now comes football. There is talk about expanding the season to 18 games. WOW! Less pre-season games in the summer – start the NFL season earlier, pay the players more (oh, that is still in negotiation). When will the season end? I remember Super Bowl being a January event – now it is played in February. The good news – the NFL season ends before the pitchers and catchers have to report for Spring Training. JUST before the players have to report. Of course, the NBA season is in full swing, so is Hockey. (Just a note: Hockey is a winter sport. The Stanley Cup finals are well after the NBA finals and it is almost July. A game being played on ice after the first day of summer, hmmm?)
The NFL season is still only five and a half months. The players need more recuperation and they need to train for Dancing with the Stars. The DWTS season is only ten weeks!
Baseball is another violator of the expected season. Since they went in to a playoff schedule to determine division winners, league winners and eventually the world championship the baseball season now ends in November! Wasn’t the World Series called October madness? Wasn’t Reggie Jackson called Mr. October? By mid October the series was done and won! Not now. I vision my mother yelling turn off the TV during Thanksgiving. But, Ma, it is the Red Sox and Dodgers (in my dreams).
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Can you imagine playing on a field that had to be plowed to remove the snow along the baselines? I love baseball. My son loves baseball, all my grown children love baseball and their kids as well. But playing through Chanukah is a little much.
Is too much of a good thing a good thing? Not so sure. I would love to see basket ball end by April 30th. Baseball end by October 15th, and football by January 30th. Hockey is not my thing, so I don’t really care.
OK, I vented. I am a traditionalist when it comes to sports. I get a real lift February 15th when I see who reported for Spring Training. The weather is getting better, the days are getting warmer and I feel better just knowing the season is about to start. However, it is a little problematic not knowing when it will end.
What do I want for Christmas? Two tickets to tomorrow’s Dodger game! It could happen!
Now the NBA winners parade almost coincides with local 4th of July Parades. That is a long season by any standard. They start with the pre-season games. OK, no-one really cares about the NBA pre-season. OK, the tickets to the games may be cheaper – but it is a “so what.” Come October first – the season is on! Let’s get excited and see who is going make the playoffs. Actually, it is who isn’t going to make the playoffs. That is the second season with almost all the NBA teams participating.
Now comes the first day of Spring and the NBA season is still in full swing. Almost six months from the start of the season and the playoff teams have not been determined as yet. Memorial Day marks nearly the end of the second round of playoffs. It is getting late in the year. All Star voting for the MLB is almost over and we are still in the NBA playoffs. My third installment of estimated taxes for the year is almost due and we are still playing basketball. These giants of men gotta be tired. It is eight and a half months of running up and down the court. I truly believe that it is not the best talent that wins, it is the last one standing that wins.
It is hard to get into the NBA season knowing that it is really the second season that counts. If the “Championship Season” was a little shorter – I may find more than passing interest. I save my energy for the playoffs! Maybe that is what is happening. They save their energy for the playoffs. Remind me to ask LeBron about that.
Now comes football. There is talk about expanding the season to 18 games. WOW! Less pre-season games in the summer – start the NFL season earlier, pay the players more (oh, that is still in negotiation). When will the season end? I remember Super Bowl being a January event – now it is played in February. The good news – the NFL season ends before the pitchers and catchers have to report for Spring Training. JUST before the players have to report. Of course, the NBA season is in full swing, so is Hockey. (Just a note: Hockey is a winter sport. The Stanley Cup finals are well after the NBA finals and it is almost July. A game being played on ice after the first day of summer, hmmm?)
The NFL season is still only five and a half months. The players need more recuperation and they need to train for Dancing with the Stars. The DWTS season is only ten weeks!
Baseball is another violator of the expected season. Since they went in to a playoff schedule to determine division winners, league winners and eventually the world championship the baseball season now ends in November! Wasn’t the World Series called October madness? Wasn’t Reggie Jackson called Mr. October? By mid October the series was done and won! Not now. I vision my mother yelling turn off the TV during Thanksgiving. But, Ma, it is the Red Sox and Dodgers (in my dreams).
Is too much of a good thing a good thing? Not so sure. I would love to see basket ball end by April 30th. Baseball end by October 15th, and football by January 30th. Hockey is not my thing, so I don’t really care.
OK, I vented. I am a traditionalist when it comes to sports. I get a real lift February 15th when I see who reported for Spring Training. The weather is getting better, the days are getting warmer and I feel better just knowing the season is about to start. However, it is a little problematic not knowing when it will end.
What do I want for Christmas? Two tickets to tomorrow’s Dodger game! It could happen!
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