At noon after talking about my new Sports blog, I confessed that I really wanted to watch the Giants game. We don't have a TV in our lovely basement space, but we do have a radio. So, for the first time, instead to turning on Andrea Bocelli or U2, we listened to John Miller on KNBR and rode the roller coaster of another must win game for our boys. Now to truly appreciate the scene you have to know that two of the women in this group NEVER watch or have ever listened to a baseball game on the radio. But they did it. And after the ninth inning where we scored the two go ahead runs and won the game, they were smiling. Not because they understood we are now only two games back of LA, but because we shared this experience together. They don't realize how pivotal the RBI by Matt Duffy, the new kid was, or the save by Santiago Casilla, or the win for Sergio Romo who has struggled so much this year. But all of a sudden, they are fans of a team that pulls together and doesn't give up. Fans of pitcher Madison Bumgarner who maybe didn't have his best stuff today, but still pushed through and gave his team a chance to win. Now these feelings aren't quite as uplifting on the days we loose, just talk to any A's fans but even they stand behind their team and are holding on to hope that the boys from Oakland can get it together and revert back to the team that once owned the best record in baseball....maybe it's the Spring44 vodka talking but all in all it was a great day!
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Listening to the Giants game at Book club
I had an amazing day today. Played two great sets of tennis, went shopping at Andrianico's Market for this new fabolous vodka which just became available in California: Spring44; then went to my weekly book club. Now you might be wondering how we read a book a week, and the truth is we don't. We use the fancy title of the "book club" as an excuse to get together every Wednesday. Granted we do read and recommend great books, like our last selection: Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter. But we also use this time to really share what's going on in our lives. For men, this probably sounds like a truly foreign experience, but you guys do it in a different way; in your man caves while watching football or other sporting events.
At noon after talking about my new Sports blog, I confessed that I really wanted to watch the Giants game. We don't have a TV in our lovely basement space, but we do have a radio. So, for the first time, instead to turning on Andrea Bocelli or U2, we listened to John Miller on KNBR and rode the roller coaster of another must win game for our boys. Now to truly appreciate the scene you have to know that two of the women in this group NEVER watch or have ever listened to a baseball game on the radio. But they did it. And after the ninth inning where we scored the two go ahead runs and won the game, they were smiling. Not because they understood we are now only two games back of LA, but because we shared this experience together. They don't realize how pivotal the RBI by Matt Duffy, the new kid was, or the save by Santiago Casilla, or the win for Sergio Romo who has struggled so much this year. But all of a sudden, they are fans of a team that pulls together and doesn't give up. Fans of pitcher Madison Bumgarner who maybe didn't have his best stuff today, but still pushed through and gave his team a chance to win. Now these feelings aren't quite as uplifting on the days we loose, just talk to any A's fans but even they stand behind their team and are holding on to hope that the boys from Oakland can get it together and revert back to the team that once owned the best record in baseball....maybe it's the Spring44 vodka talking but all in all it was a great day!
At noon after talking about my new Sports blog, I confessed that I really wanted to watch the Giants game. We don't have a TV in our lovely basement space, but we do have a radio. So, for the first time, instead to turning on Andrea Bocelli or U2, we listened to John Miller on KNBR and rode the roller coaster of another must win game for our boys. Now to truly appreciate the scene you have to know that two of the women in this group NEVER watch or have ever listened to a baseball game on the radio. But they did it. And after the ninth inning where we scored the two go ahead runs and won the game, they were smiling. Not because they understood we are now only two games back of LA, but because we shared this experience together. They don't realize how pivotal the RBI by Matt Duffy, the new kid was, or the save by Santiago Casilla, or the win for Sergio Romo who has struggled so much this year. But all of a sudden, they are fans of a team that pulls together and doesn't give up. Fans of pitcher Madison Bumgarner who maybe didn't have his best stuff today, but still pushed through and gave his team a chance to win. Now these feelings aren't quite as uplifting on the days we loose, just talk to any A's fans but even they stand behind their team and are holding on to hope that the boys from Oakland can get it together and revert back to the team that once owned the best record in baseball....maybe it's the Spring44 vodka talking but all in all it was a great day!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I want in on this book club!! Cheers!:)
ReplyDelete