{"id":352,"date":"2018-10-12T22:24:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T02:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kakahead.com\/?p=352"},"modified":"2018-10-12T22:24:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T02:24:46","slug":"are-you-ready-for-some-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kakahead.com\/?p=352","title":{"rendered":"Are You Ready For Some Football?"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. I\u2019m NOT<\/i><\/strong> ready for no stinkin’ football. Call me any name in the book you like. OK, get any book you like and call me names out of it, see if I care. I\u2019m not afraid to admit it: I\u2019m a US citizen and I am not fond of football.<\/i><\/strong> Actually, I\u2019m not really fond of any sport when it gets right down to it. Sure, I know how to go to a game and support loved ones as they run out to the field and chase the ball. I mean, sheesh, I can play nice. On such occasions I\u2019ll even find myself jumping from the stands and rooting for the home team. I\u2019ll consider myself innocent on those counts due to temporary insanity.<\/p>\n

You see, sports are basically against my religion. But then, religion is also against my religion. Both activities generate way too much ego driven squabbling if you ask me.<\/p>\n

I know\u2026 nobody asked me. Well as Grandma Loftus used to say, \u201cthat\u2019s my two cents. Nobody asked me fer it, but I give it to ya\u2019s anyhow.\u201d Not sure if she liked sports or not, but every once in awhile she\u2019d belt out her rendition of \u201cTake Me Out To The Ball Game.\u201d<\/p>\n

I really loved that lady.<\/p>\n

Well wait now… I actually did<\/strong><\/em> have a rather enjoyable football experience recently.\u00a0 Although many Michiganders remain what often appears as irrationally hopeful, the Detroit Lions have often been accused of impersonating a professional football team.\u00a0 However, a couple weeks ago, I was flipping channels and noticed they were winning… against the New England Patriots!!\u00a0 The Lions whomped the Patriots 26 to 10 !!\u00a0 Now that<\/strong><\/em> was cool!!<\/p>\n

Now baseball is OK. Yes, I know it\u2019s a sport; one which I\u2019ve actually played!! Ah, Little League\u2026 those were the days. Even though I\u2019m originally from New York, I think the Yankees need to come in last place for a few decades. It\u2019s someone else\u2019s turn for crying out loud!! Here in West Michigan if the Tigers fall on their hineys we turn to Chicago and root for the Cubs. The Cubs have actually done pretty darn good lately!! I don\u2019t really know any of the player\u2019s names, so of course I have no idea about their records. And I guess the only time I really watch much baseball is during the World Series; and only then when I\u2019m rooting for one underdog or another. And much of the time I don’t even watch the Series.<\/p>\n

So OK, I don\u2019t really care that much about baseball either.<\/p>\n

So much money!! And all that merchandising!! Oy yoy yoy. Not to mention the interference with many of my favorite programs because a game precludes one of my favorite shows. We don\u2019t really watch all that much TV as it is, so when one of \u201cour shows\u201d gets knocked out of the schedule by a ball game we get a bit annoyed. Some would say we\u2019re still in the stone age because we get all our TV from our antenna. Mostly we find ourselves watching BS television: CBS and PBS (ha, ha ha, I make silly joke of BS) (ha). We have a few favorites that we watch consistently, so one can imagine the frustration when NCIS is delayed because \u201cit\u2019s a big game tonight!! The Packers are playing the Red Wings (or something).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAwww Mannn!!\u201d<\/p>\n

But WAIT!! There really IS some baseball I\u2019ve always enjoyed; for as long as I can remember really. It\u2019s a special team that Bud Abbott and Lou Costello talked about. The team was known for their strange names. Maybe you\u2019ve heard of them\u2026<\/p>\n