I got a fever
To borrow a line from Christopher Walken's character as music producer Bruce Dickinson in a Saturday Night Live sketch, "Guess what? I've got a fever, and the only prescription ... is more cowbell!"
There was once the marketing chatchprase from Major League Baseball that said, "Baseball Fever, Catch it!"
I don't think the two are connected, but for some reason, after interviewing Rockies radio announcer Jeff Kingery on Sportsline Live tonight, the MLB catchphrase got caught in my head. Of course, when that happened, I thought of more cowbell. I probably should see somebody about that, but that could only delve into something more serious and we don't want to do there.
Regardless, its just a few more days until the Rockies pitchers and catchers, as well as most of the other MLB teams, report for spring training. I know there are a lot of you that aren't quite over your football sugar high, so I suggest you just watch the NFL Network for about 18 hours straight and that should do it. besides, there are just so many Brett Favre highlight shows that you can watch, and this is coming from a Packers fan.
Me, I'm looking forward to spring training, as I have since Nixon and his men were actually dumb enough to think that George McGovern was a threat. Come on, the guy couldn't even win his own state (South Dakota).
Don't get me wrong, I love football in football season and basketball in basketball season. But there is something about baseball that gets me going. Call me crazy, but it is probably my favorite sport to watch. I've always thought it was more of a cerebral game to follow, and if you want to know the truth, it was probably my best game as an athlete. If not for an old man's back and other ailments, I'd still be playing softball.
We talked to Kingery for about a half hour on the show about the ins and outs of the Rockies, which was fun; what they need to do to get back to becoming contenders and just the fact that spring training is about to begin.
The juices are flowing and I'm not talking about what was in Alex Rodriguez's veins a few years ago.
It will be nice to talk, listen and read about baseball and not have the discussion centered around A-Rod, A-Fraud or A-Roid. The beauty thing about baseball, despite its flaws, is it always bounces back. You can be disgusted with the cheating, the salaries and whatever, but spend an afternoon at the ballpark, smell the freshly cut grass, buy a dog, some peanuts and a beverage, and enjoy the afternoon. There, none of that matters.
OK, it's still February and the windchill makes all of the above a little hard to imagine at this time. The time will come and all will be good.
There was once the marketing chatchprase from Major League Baseball that said, "Baseball Fever, Catch it!"
I don't think the two are connected, but for some reason, after interviewing Rockies radio announcer Jeff Kingery on Sportsline Live tonight, the MLB catchphrase got caught in my head. Of course, when that happened, I thought of more cowbell. I probably should see somebody about that, but that could only delve into something more serious and we don't want to do there.
Regardless, its just a few more days until the Rockies pitchers and catchers, as well as most of the other MLB teams, report for spring training. I know there are a lot of you that aren't quite over your football sugar high, so I suggest you just watch the NFL Network for about 18 hours straight and that should do it. besides, there are just so many Brett Favre highlight shows that you can watch, and this is coming from a Packers fan.
Me, I'm looking forward to spring training, as I have since Nixon and his men were actually dumb enough to think that George McGovern was a threat. Come on, the guy couldn't even win his own state (South Dakota).
Don't get me wrong, I love football in football season and basketball in basketball season. But there is something about baseball that gets me going. Call me crazy, but it is probably my favorite sport to watch. I've always thought it was more of a cerebral game to follow, and if you want to know the truth, it was probably my best game as an athlete. If not for an old man's back and other ailments, I'd still be playing softball.
We talked to Kingery for about a half hour on the show about the ins and outs of the Rockies, which was fun; what they need to do to get back to becoming contenders and just the fact that spring training is about to begin.
The juices are flowing and I'm not talking about what was in Alex Rodriguez's veins a few years ago.
It will be nice to talk, listen and read about baseball and not have the discussion centered around A-Rod, A-Fraud or A-Roid. The beauty thing about baseball, despite its flaws, is it always bounces back. You can be disgusted with the cheating, the salaries and whatever, but spend an afternoon at the ballpark, smell the freshly cut grass, buy a dog, some peanuts and a beverage, and enjoy the afternoon. There, none of that matters.
OK, it's still February and the windchill makes all of the above a little hard to imagine at this time. The time will come and all will be good.
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