Soccer...errrr Futbol...

I've come to a realization... Something that I have to admit to the world.... Something that I've declined and denied.... I like Football... I mean Futbol... I mean...............Soccer. I've said it, I mean it. Growing up in a town where all the rich snobbish kids played soccer, I hated it. Hated the word, the sport and the kids playing it. I was a Football, Baseball, Basketball and Track kid. I thought soccer players were sissies and the sport was boring to play and watch. Two years ago I was caught red handed in a dark room with the remote in hand watching the grown men, grass stains and balls on a pitch. I have followed the USA through the past two years and now in the World Cup. I've made time on my day off to site and watch and deal with the sound of the damn Bees on TV (wait, it's an instrument... a horn of some kind... a VuVu what?) Watching the ref against Slovenia try to take this guilty pleasure from me really put a fire in my britches. In the next match as I'm mixing Sand mix for my bathroom reno for the new baby, I walk past the TV just as the rebound comes off and LANDONNNNNNNNNN kicks up into the Sweet 16.... Wrong sport... Knock out round.... Round of 16 whatever the hell these Futbol people call it. After that goal, America is my Urban Dictionary is synonymous with Landon Donovan. Is it Ironic that the Baby name if it's a boy is Landon...... You choose.... in the mean time... USA Soccer... Thats Landon...

Draft Night...

Ok, So I sit in my living room tonight pondering whether or not Philly still has a Basketball team in this city and there it scrolls at the bottom of the ESPN page... "(2) Philadelphia" Holly CRAP we do.... I started to think that Sixers had washed away at the bottom of a bottle at a table in Vegas... (Wait, that wasn't the right Answer.... how "Turrable", I'm Sorry Sir) So now I have my 7:00pm to 7:15pm booked. I'm watching the NBA draft. Kids I promise no exposure to guns, drugs or strippers in this , just teams taking blind SHOTS to sign some PROSPECT on the dotted LINE based on Wing Span, Hops and my favorite "Length". This is a night where GM's pack for the FLA in the morning for either VACA or 401k. Lets grab a brew, call up a few, and enjoy this fiasco of a show that the worst of the major 4 sports has to offer. Hopefully Philly will Turn a new leaf with a bottle of Evan tonight....

My First Blog

Hello Blog world. This is my first blog, encouraged by my wonderful wife. She’s been pushing my to do this for a while and I finally sat down to do it. First a lil about me. I’m a very passionate person. I have strong beliefs in things and enjoy a good conversation (well, as long as I enjoy the subject matter). My number one subject as all my family and friends know is Sports. I’m a typical Philly sports fan. Not necessarily more knowledgeable than the rest, but definitely more passionate. I enjoy many a nights on the porch with my neighbors and a beer, talking about the recent game, trade, transaction or just plain stupidity of major sports athletes. I love being the, as Chase put it, the WFC. In the many weeks to follow, I’ll put my opinions to paper, or should I say, the net. Stay tuned, add your thoughts to mine. Welcome to BoKnows!