Monday, October 4, 2010

New England Patriots

Is anyone watching MNF - did anyone watch football yesterday? By the way the JETS won! OK June, so what is up with the Patriots? Every team on Sunday and the Dolphins tonight looked pink - they wore pink chin things, pink gloves, pink shoes, pink shoelaces, pink skull caps, pink towels, pink gloves, pink hats, the coaches wore pink, the water boy wore pink, the referee wore pink - So June, my Patriot loving cousin and friend - what is up with the arrogant Patriots - where is their pink? There are a few players wearing pink. Don't see any on Bellicheck. Of course not! He is the most arrogant creature on the East Coast! Is it that none of the Patriots have been effected by breast cancer? Was the equipment not ready? Yes, some players have on a pink - what does Brady have on? Oh, there it is - his towel is pink. You know what I think...these guys are insecure in their masculinity so they are afraid to wear pink. That is the problem with the Patriots. Like the anonymous source is not someone from the Patriots. Who cares if Rex Ryan and Harbaugh went to watch Jets West? Do they think 30 minutes of observation made all the difference in the first four weeks of the season - or are the Patriots already building their excuse for why they are not going to make the playoffs this year? Bellicheck even has on a "big boy" shirt but no pink. What is his problem. OK, they are going to win the game, and they will tie the JETS for first place ( though we currently hold the tie breaker) I don't like the Dolphins, like the Patriots even less. Have you seen that commercial with the dude in his Eagles gear - in every picture there is a different chick - he, however is always wearing something EAGLES! This is true of sports isn't it. Like the line from that movie - Have you ever loved someone or something your whole life? This is sports. My Mets stink, they have been bad most of my life - but I can tell you where I was in 1986 when Buckner botched a routine ground ball and Ray Knight scored - I can tell you where I was the next night when we romped over Boston - a game so one sided no one remembers...Oh and they teased me in 2000 - were it not for cocaine we could have been the dynasty the Braves ended up being. I actually hope the Braves win the World Series - which is blasphemy from a Mets fan - However, Bobby Cox and Chipper Jones - as much as they beat up the Mets - they are class acts. It would be nice for good people to leave their careers on such a note. I know it is a long shot, but how about a Braves - Yankees World Series and the Braves win! That would be serendipity! Being a sports fan is a constant up and down, spring brings the baseball fan hope - fall brings the football fan hope - the long days of winter can be filled with basketball or hockey - shoot baseball is heading to Thanksgiving. You know it is coming, you may even know your team doesn't stand a chance - you still believe, you still hope - and for the few days your team is in first place - even though you know they won't stay there - Ah, those are sweet days of bragging and chest pumping. When it all falls apart you begin the chant of "wait until next year." Then when next year is a repeat - you start the "What if's?" No matter what you always believe - you anticipate the beginning - you mourn the end - you laugh and cry during the middle - Being a sports fan is a constant. Perhaps the only marriage that does lasts forever, because the only love which lasts forever is unrequited love - and as a sports fan that is what we are...we are in love with an entity which does not know we exist - ha, that is funny. How beautifully ironic! So June, can you explain why the Patriots were not supporting the cause?

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