Politics and Sports

So tomorrow is the big day, the one that will settle everything or ensure than nothing will be settled for quite some time. It's exciting, with two historic candidates on the Democratic side, though I wish I was a bit more enthused about their ability to undo the unprecedented damage that the current administration has done to the country. It's going to be a big mess to clean up, that's all I know, and anyone who's seen my desk can tell you it's much easier to make a mess than to clean one up.

I actually watched the Super Bowl yesterday, which was its own kind of upset because it was the first football game I'd watched all year. I had no rooting interest going in, but my inner New Yorker showed up almost immediately and had me strongly rooting for the Giants almost immediately. I think the fact that the Patriots are cheaters might have swayed me a bit too, as well as fond memories of the 17-0 Dolphins. I remember after that season, there was a picture of their running backs, Jim Kiick and Larry Csonka, on the cover of Sports Illustrated with them both surreptitiously giving the finger to the camera. This, of course, caused a minor scandal to which the amused players said something like, "They took like a hundred pictures nobody asked them to use that one."

The best news in all of this is that football season is over. We'll have to get through a month or so of nothing but players rushing back and forth between nets, but pitchers and catchers report to spring training on February 15 and that portends the start of baseball season. This pleases me no end. I love baseball and always miss it when its gone. There has been much lyrical prose written about the beauty of baseball by writers much better than me, so I shall not partake. But for me, baseball is perfect.