Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Sports

Let’s get one thing perfectly clear. I absolutely love sports. There have been days where I have woken up, sat down, and watched sports literally all day long. I remember those days like the back of my hand and they are absolutely glorious when they happen. This usually happens on a Sunday during football season, but they happen every once in a while otherwise. I admire the athletes and what they can do. I admire the owners who have the money to put the products out there. And I admire the leagues who keep them up and running. I absolutely don’t know what I would be like without sports and I don’t ever want it to come to that point.

With that said, there are some things about sports that really bother me. If you ask any person that has ever been to a sporting event with me, be it friend, foe, stranger, player in the game, the Lemonade guy at PNC Park, anyone whatsoever, they have probably heard me rant about this issue. I absolutely hate fans. Well, not all fans, fake fucking fans. I would be willing to say that a fair share of fans, in any sport, are what I would consider to be fake. Now with that said, there are certain types of these fans. All of which I absolutely hate more than mostly everything on the face of this earth. Why do I hate it so much? Being that there is not much more on god’s green earth I love more than sports, anything that takes away from my experience really gets my blood boiling.        

First and foremost I would like to talk about fake fan number one, anyone who tries to do the wave. I am one of the biggest advocates of fan interaction during a game. It can actually turn the tide of a game for the home town team, which I think is absolutely amazing. There is nothing more important in sports than the home court/field advantage. But if I was an athlete, and I saw some dick head trying to start the wave, I would intentionally throw something at him. It is not only distracting to the fans, I am sure it is extremely distracting to the players. In my opinion, when a fan starts the wave, if you contribute to the wave being continued, not only is the person who started the wave an asshole, but you are a bigger one. I hate the wave. No, I LOATHE the wave. It has actually angered me so much to the point where I yell at people who do it. Obviously they don’t give a shit because they are the ones standing up and shaking their arms in the air in front of me, but my voice must be heard on this issue. It’s fucking rude plain and simple. When someone pays money to go see a sporting event they are not spending money to see some jack ass stand up in front of them.

Speaking of jack asses standing, the second type of fan I hate are what I call the frequent leavers. These are those idiot people who buy tickets in the middle of everything just to get up and leave every five minutes for whatever reason. They buy seven beers, go piss 11 times, and have to go find their buddy Rick a couple times during the game which then in turns makes everyone else uncomfortable because they are either rubbing their crotch on you that many times or their ass on you that many times. It’s not only annoying but it’s also disgusting being that 90% of the time those people are gigantic and sweaty. This literally always happens to me. I remember I went to a Pittsburgh Penguins game in Philadelphia. Our row was in the all you can eat section which was a mistake to being with, and we were in a row of about 20 drunk men. I don’t exaggerate when I say in the first two periods these people left at least ten times. After the second period break they just didn’t come back. I was overjoyed because I didn’t have to stand any longer. I know it sound likes I am just being picky, but honestly… There is like no room to move at all in those rows but these people expect you to get up and let them out. It’s really inconvenient.

People who go to a sporting event and wear a shirt/jersey of a team who is not one of the two teams playing in the game that they are currently attending are next on my hit list…. That was a mouthful… I am confused by the fact that people would go to a game and wear a different jersey. I went to a game not too long ago against the Penguins and the Canadians. My friend Justin and I are going up the escalator to our seats and these jackasses cut in front of us who are wearing a Vancouver Canucks jersey and a Los Angeles Kings jersey. They were either complete idiots, really confused, or they are just trying to piss people like myself off. Why would you catch yourself in public doing that? I mean it makes absolutely zero sense to do it. It doesn’t even matter if it’s the same city either. If you go to a Pittsburgh Pirates game and wear a Steelers jersey, you shouldn’t be allowed in. I know it’s the same colors, but seriously dude. Spend the cash and get at least a t-shirt with the right freaking team on the front of it. You are an embarrassment, honestly. People are actually flabbergasted when they see someone wearing other team’s colors.  

Which brings me to another point, why the fuck do people wear New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox shit everywhere they go? It doesn’t even matter if you’re from Alaska, I would put my life on the line there are people who own one of those two hats there. I mean I kind of understand that they are fashionable, but every team’s hats are. Especially with these stupid fucking hats they have now where the logos and the hats are different colors. Don’t even get me started on those. Not only do you look like a jackass for wearing a Yankee hat constantly, but now you look like a bigger asshole for wearing this.

 

Or how about the iconic colors of the Baltimore Orioles?

Now, I thought they changed their colors to green and vomit grey… oh wait, they didn’t. In my opinion, anyone who buys these hats are complete prick faces. Not to mention that they are over $30 a pop, but they simply are just lame as shit. No person in their right mind would wear this if they were a “true” fan. That’s like saying, hey I need a hat that matches my stupid jeans that have all sorts of rips in them and my trendy shirt with brand names all over it, so I am going to buy this hat that is the same color. That’s like the asshole Penguin fans who constantly wear those God awful baby blue jerseys constantly. I actually think these people idiotically think that baby blue is the primary color of the Pittsburgh Penguins. And to them I say, shut the fuck up you idiot.

            People who wear those stupid jerseys are considered, in my eyes, as fake ass bandwagon jumpers. Some people call them fair weather fans, but that’s something completely different. I am talking about people who start cheering for a team because all they do is win. You know the people. The same ones who I saw on the street wearing a San Francisco Giants hat just a day or two after they won the World Series. Now I can say with 100% in my heart that these are the worst fans in all of sports. Not only are those Yankee and Red Sox wearing bastards also part of this group, but I saw one of the biggest bandwagon jumps in the history of sports happen right before my eyes. Bandwagon fans, for the people who don’t know what they are, are people who realize a team is doing well so they root for them. It doesn’t matter if there is a team in the city they are from, that team is doing better so they are going to cheer for them. It’s appalling. I grew up watching the Penguins win two Stanley Cups in the 91-92 and 92-93 seasons along with them being really good till about the 2000 season when it all went downhill. I had to sit through almost a decade of awful hockey, including a lockout year where the fans basically abandoned the sport altogether. So, when the sport came back, the arena was basically empty when it came to games. The team had promotions like student rush, which they still have now, that was implemented to boost attendance and get new fans into the sport. It worked. I went to a lot of games during that time. But not many other people did.

            I was seeing world class athletes like Rico Fata and Steve Mckenna play their hearts out for a team that only won 22 games one year. It was an abysmal stretch. But it didn’t matter… I was still there every year cheering for them along with no more than. I really can’t say that about all the fans that buy the tickets and doesn’t allow me to even go to five games per year now. As soon as they got good again, which started around the year 2006, I couldn’t even get the scent of a ticket because of all these fucking ridiculous fans. They use all their daddies money to buy expensive ass tickets so true fans such as my friends and I have no chance of going. The worst violators of this whole scenario are these girls who go to the games. They are the freaking worst. Now with that said, it’s not just hockey that has these girl fans either, they are just the worst. They come into the games bellowing that they are going to marry a player or their lives are over. Then they make these gigantically inconvenient signs with sayings that are nowhere close to being clever on them, just so there is one iota of a chance that they will be put on television. Most of them just ask a player is they will marry them. Now if I was a player and I saw a 14 year old girl with a sign that said “marry me Greg Jackson” it obviously would cross my mind. That was complete sarcasm, obviously. They also wear those stupid fucking pink jerseys which are ridiculous too.

            These bandwagoners also follow any trend there is to possibly follow. In the 2008 NHL Winter Classic, the Penguins wore these kind of cool looking baby blue jerseys (the ones I mentioned to hate before). Everyone and their fucking mother bought one of these things. Now everywhere you go and every time you see a penguin jersey, the colors aren’t black and gold like they are supposed to be. No, these idiot people actually think that the teams colors are baby blue and white. Its absolute insanity. You even go to a Penguins game and are expecting to see an endless see of black and gold like every other Pittsburgh sporting event. But no, all you see is fucking baby blue. These people need to get a freaking clue.

            On that note, these are the same fucking people who ask me, with all sincerity, who #82 Marty Straka is when I wear my white Penguins jersey. Though I answer them calmly and tell them who he was, you better believe that whoever I am with is going to be hearing about it later that evening. Its usually some teeny bopper girl holding up a sign asking one of the awful fourth line players to marry them. And they are asking me who Straka is because, God forbid, I wear someone other than the current star on the roster. Get a fucking clue and realize where you are. You are in my world now, bitch. The world of a passionate fan. And by passionate I mean I love the sport not that I am in some dream world where I am going to have a one night stand with one of the players.

            With all of that in mind, I have a set of rules when it comes to being a sports fan. Ive actually thought about this so much that this was actually the first idea I had for a book. I was going to write an entire book on the rules of being a fan. Actually, it’s a pretty good idea, but in all actuality, I didn’t think I could get a whole book out of the idea. It would have probably ended up being a small booklet that they gave out at seminars or something. But anyways, in my opinion, a true fan has to follow these few simple rules…

1.      You must be loyal.

2.      You have to know how to act at games.

3.       You have to wear the proper attire.

Simple enough? You would think so, but obviously people don’t understand these few key rules. And it isn’t the kind of thing where, as Meat Loaf so elegantly put it, two out of three aint bad. Its three fringing rules people. Follow them and you will be accepted by every sport fan out there.

Rule #1

            In order to be a true fan, and probably the most important of all three, is you must be loyal to your teams. Now knowing what teams to root for is essential. For example… The closest city from where I live is Pittsburgh. I get all of the Pittsburgh sports channels and I grew up watching Pittsburgh everything. So naturally I am going to be a Pittsburgh sports fan. This would make me a Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL), Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB), and Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) fan. That is three out of the four major sports. When you are in the predicament of not having one of the four major sports in your major city of choice, this is what you have to do. You simply choose the next closest city that has that specific sports team. So in my case, the sport I need to get a team for would be the basketball or the NBA. In this case it would be the Cleveland Cavaliers. Now this is where it gets tricky boys and girls. In my opinion, being that Cleveland is probably Pittsburgh’s biggest rival in the NFL, there is no way in hell I could root for a Cleveland team. So if that is the case, the way you determine your fandom is by choosing a team. I chose the Chicago Bulls. Now I know what you are thinking. Given my age and time frame of which I became a sports fan, I probably jumped on the Chicago Bulls bandwagon. Well slap nuts you are wrong. At the time I became a Bulls fan was near the end of the Jordan era. So you can suck it. I stayed a fan through the Jay Willams, Jalen Rose, Marcus Fizer years. Yeah, Marcus Fizer… I went there.

            Now that you know who you have to root for, there are other things involved. You have to root and root hard through the good and the bad. You can’t give up on a team just because they suck for a year, or in some of my team’s cases years. At the time I am writing this, the Pirates haven’t had a winning season for 18 freaking years. I have literally never seen a year of winning baseball. But I have been there through it all no matter what. I am there every year on opening day cheering louder and louder every year. And you know why? Because when that day comes where I witness a winning season or hell maybe even a pennant or World series, it will be that much sweeter. I have been blessed to have seen four championship years for my teams in my life and I have loved every minute of it. But I would never and will never give up on my teams.

Rule #2

            Another rule that actually may be more important than the last is that people learn how to act at a game. I have pretty much already talked about this but I will reiterate. Basically, cheer when you are supposed to, don’t do the fucking wave, mock visiting fans, and actually cheer. That’s all there is to it.

Rule #3

            Again, I have pretty much already went over this but… All you have to do is wear the right jersey/short/colors for the team in which you are cheering for. Do not wear a jersey from another sports and don’t you dare wear the colors of the other team by accident. This can get you hurt.

            I know I may sound sort of prickish for giving out “rules” for being a fan, but I kind of think that everyone thinks it anyways. I mean honestly, when I see people at games doing the opposite of the rules, I actually wish physical harm on them. I know it sounds mean, but that’s the life of an avid sports fan.

            The last thing I am going to talk about in this chapter are sports channels. I am not going to say the name of the sports channel, but let’s just call it the “big sports network.” That’s apparently as creative as I can get. I have had a problem with this network for a very long time. It’s not that I don’t enjoy watching their programming, because in fact I love some of their shows, but it’s the way they depict the sports world that really gets me. I swear to God they make the world look like it revolves around New York City, Boston, Dallas, and Los Angeles. While yes, these may be four of the biggest cities in the world, if you aren’t a fan of one of these cities you don’t give two shits. Literally no one cares that the Yankees and Red Sox are playing another three game set. No one cares that Kobe Bryant is not getting along with his over rated teammates. And no one cares that Jerry Jones paid a gazillion dollars for anything. Seriously, there are other sports towns out there that have much better and interesting stories than anything that comes out of any of those cities.

            I also hate the fact that they run the same show for pretty much 12 hours a day and don’t change it once. It drives me insane. I have actually sat there for hours at a time watching the same thing over and over again like a damn drone, just hoping something would change during the hour program. Hell, just shake up the order, which would even work. But no, they always lead off the show with something I don’t give a damn about and talk about it for a good 20 minutes. And don’t even get me started when its college football season. All they talk about is USC and Arkansas for some reason. It doesn’t help the fact that I absolutely hate college football.

            When I tell people how much I don’t like college football, they are actually stunned. I am one of the biggest sports nuts you will ever meet, but every time I try and get into college football, which has been a few times now, it never pans out. I know exactly why I hate it to, but it doesn’t seem to please any person I talk to about my hatred for the sport. These idiotic people actually try to convince me of the fact that I should really enjoy the sport because they aren’t getting paid and playing for the pure aspect of sport. Yes, you tool, college football is the definition of true sport. You know, the lying, cheating, payments under the table from agents, and basically anything that these idiotic prepubescent faux athletes think they have the right to because they can run real fast and hit real hard. They really think they are special. I am sure this is what the Romans had in mind when they were competing for their pride. Trust me people, these so called “true athletes” who are playing at the purest level are anything but. You want that, go see a pee wee team from the town next to you. Not only are they playing for the love of the game, but they are so awful it’s hilarious. I know… that’s mean. They are just kids. But you know what I’m saying.

            On the other end of the spectrum there are people who think racing is an actual sport. Seriously, it’s anything but a damn sport. I call it more of a waste of time if anything. I would rather shave my ass till it bleeds than watch a second of those southern drawled “athletes” turning left for hours at a time. If this is a sport, then I am going to try and become the pope later in life, because there is no way in hell that could ever happen. I mean seriously, anyone can do what they do. I can call up a few buddies and say “hey guys, I had a great idea. Why don’t you bring up your cars so we can drive around the block about 50 times so we can see who wins.” Its literally the same fucking thing. Sports revolve around some sort of competition involving strength, endurance, skill, and speed of a HUMAN BEING. What does Nascar involve? Well, you have to BE a human being, you have to be able to lift your arms and move them in one direction, you have to be able to climb through a car window, and most importantly you have to look good in a onesey.  None of the above mentioned skills of sport are actually needed to drive a car. I think I prove my point. Seriously, there is nothing in my life I am more positive about than saying that Nascar is NOT a sport. It’s a damn farce.

            Another thing I am pretty much positive about is my hatred for some teams and athletes in sports. Like any true sports fan, there are those teams you love to hate. And just like the teams, there are the athletes you do the same for. Here are some of those…

1.      The New York Yankees- I think I have made it abundantly clear how much I actually hate this team. But what I have yet to do is explain why. Being that this team is the only reason that the sport of baseball is in the state it is today, well that’s reason enough for anyone to want to loathe this brood of assholes. But let’s be fair here, I can’t really blame it on the actual players, though there are some pretty arrogant pricks on the team. You have to look at it from the standpoint of the ownership. A man by the name of George Steinbrenner, God rest his soul, bought the team and basically said fuck you to the system of how an actual team was run. This is not a direct quote but this is what I imagine he said when he bought the team… I am going to throw all of my money out of the window and I hope some good baseball players pick it up and play for me. The league actually constituted a luxury tax because of this guy and it didn’t even matter. He still spent more and more money every year. And why does this bother me so much? That’s because that is not how a team is supposed to be run. You can’t just throw some money at the problem and hope for the best. A team is supposed to be built through multiple sources including the draft and free agency among other things. But I hate this team because they basically say fuck you to the system, which isn’t cool. I legit think they ruined baseball.

2.      Almost everything Boston- I say “almost” everything Boston because I really don’t have a problem with the Bruins. I never really have had a problem with that team and I don’t think I ever will. But on the other hand, I do have a problem with the rest of the teams. Let’s start off with the Celtics. Yet another case of a team who thinks throwing a shit ton of money at some star athletes is going to fix the problems the franchise has. It won them a championship but they failed to realize how fucking old all of the players were when they signed them. How old was Ray Allen at the time? At least 52. And if Rajon Rondo doesn’t learn how to shoot a 15 foot jump shot, I might have to go teach him myself. Teams literally leave him open and he just dribbles by the three point line like its actually doing something. Get a clue man. But in all honesty it isn’t even that. The team has won like 94 championships and they still flaunt every single one of them. That’s what annoys me the most. Which now Brings me to a team I have already talked about a tad, the Boston Red Sox. The thing that annoys me the most, besides the fact they almost spend as much as the Yankees, is their annoying ass fans. They cried every damn year how they had a curse and couldn’t win a championship. Then they actually win one and it’s like the fucking flood gates opened up and everyone was a fan. Everywhere I go I see Red Sox gear. This is a typical case of bandwagonitis obviously. Also, if I hear about how historic and awesome Fenway Park is, I will personally punch the next person who says it. It’s like fucking Cro-Magnon man designed the damn park. Who honestly thought that putting a gigantic green wall just 310 feet from home plate was a good idea? Even worse than that stupid stadium is the third and final team in Boston that I hate more and more every year. My hatred for this team started in the year 2001 when the New England Patriots beat my Steelers in the AFC championship with this asshole hotshot pretty boy quarterback named Tom Brady. Not only is it this prick face, it’s the pompous ass coach Bill Bellichick. Him and his cut off sweat shirts and arrogant press conferences can shove it. There is nothing more frustrating to hear than a Bill Bellichick press conference. Usually it’s just one word answers or some generic ass answer like “we didn’t play well enough to win” or “we didn’t play defense well enough.” It doesn’t even matter if it’s a win or a loss, the answers are still the same. I haven’t even mentioned that he’s a fringing cheater. That whole spy gate scandal should have been enough for him to be kicked out of the league along with his pretty boy toy Mr. Brady. I hate them both so freaking much. I didn’t even mention the Tom is married to one of the hottest women alive. That just makes his case even worse.

3.      The AFC North- Being that this is the division that the Steelers play in, it is imperative that I actually hate each and every team in it. But no matter how hard I try, and no matter what they do, I can’t hate the Browns. They are just terrible. No matter what they do and how hard they try they just can’t seem to win any games. There was that one fluke year with Kelly Holcomb where they made the playoffs. It was actually kind of cute how their optimism was at an all time high. But like I said, I honestly don’t think they will ever be good in a division with two other dominant teams and another mediocre team like the Bungles. Now, the real team I hate in the division and is the Steelers biggest rival is the Baltimore Ravens. Now here is a team that you can hate. Its full of cocky bastards and hot shot overrated players, not to mention murderers who do stupid fucking dances. Yeah, Ray Lewis is actually the main reason I hate this team so much and for many reasons. For one, he may have killed a man. Apparently in the world of sports this means nothing. And secondly he literally makes every tackle in a game. If you look at the box score after the game he made about 45 tackles. It’s ridiculous. Apparently he has the foresight of a God and is considered by a lot of people as being one of the best linebackers around. Coming from Pittsburgh, that’s literally blasphemy.

4.      Three teams in the NHL- There really aren’t many teams I hate in the NHL. You would think that since the Penguins are in a division with a couple of good teams in the division, I would hate mostly everyone in it. But really I only hate three teams. The first team I hate is the Washington Capitals. There is one reason and one reason only I really hate this team, Alexander Ovechkin. This dude is an absolute fuck tard. First of all, every uneducated fan in the world thinks he’s the best player in the NHL and so does Alexander Ovechkin. So not only is he a cocky ass, he’s a show boater too. Every time he scores a goal, no matter how big or small the goal, he takes like 18 victory laps and waves his hands around likes it’s fucking Independence Day or something. So he sucks. I also hate the New Jersey Devils for a couple more reasons. They also have a guy on their team that drives me insane and his name is Martin Brodeur. The goalie of the New Jersey Devils has been there for what seems like a fuckin eternity and literally never lets any goals in. He just flips around on the ground, which is completely opposite of what any actual fundamentally sound goalie should actually do, and he makes every save. It’s outrageous. That place shouldn’t even have a damn team. No matter how good they are, the fans never show up to the games, the team always plays this boring ass style of hockey, and literally no one gives a shit about them. The third team I hate, and probably hate the most, is the Philadelphia Flyers. Let’s be serious here for a second… Any sports fan knows that Philly fans are the worst for many reasons. They are loud, boisterous, and cocky when they absolutely shouldn’t be. I mean hell, how long was it since one of their teams won a title in 2008? The last one was in 1983 but you could have sworn that every team of theirs won the title every damn season as good as their fans make them sound. But of all of the teams in the city, by far the worst fans are the Flyers fans. The fans cheer like their goon team plays, loud, obnoxiously, and annoyingly. It doesn’t matter what player plays for that team, they get in their minds somehow that when you play for that team you have to goon it up every game, no matter what. Some people actually enjoy watching that kind of game, but I don’t. Being that they are a natural rival with the Penguins, it gets even worse. You can make a case for there to be actual hate in a rivalry, but you rarely see it. But in this one, you can actually see the genuine hate seep out of the pores of the players every time they play which makes each and every game a great one. Each one has sort of a playoff feel to it. I just hate how the team goes about the way they play the game. It gets under my skin.

5.      Cocky NBA Players- This is a double edged sword. Cockiness in this game can be a good thing. Hell, I got turned on to the game by one of the cockiest players of all time, Michael Jordan. But there are some players who can’t pull it off. Case in point, Lebron James. Back your shit up you cocky ass. Like seriously, how can you do the shit you did (“the decision”) And then have such a shitty show in the season? Well it could be that you and your jackass friends that signed with the team took so much money that the franchise couldn’t sign any role players. If you didn’t know sir, basketball is a team game. Or how about Kobe Bryant? I hate this guy just about as much as anyone but I have to give him props. He backs his shit up and wins, unlike Lebron. How about just about everyone on the 2011 Boston Celtics team? Well, except Ray Allen, who is a genuinely nice person. But seriously, Kevin Garnett and Paul pierce are pieces of crap. They always have this cocky look on their face like they are the best players in the world, they are fucking old, and in my opinion are completely overrated. I haven’t even mentioned their gigantic man baby who comes off the bench. He makes a fucking lay-up and it’s like he just got a Tonka truck

6.      The Milwaukee Brewers- Yes, I know, it’s sort of weird to just hate one team out of my favorite teams division, but I may actually hate this team more than the Yankees. No I don’t, but its close. This team plays in this stupid fucking baseball park that looks like a bland ass fun house. It has a gigantic slide in center field for their stupid mascot to slide down for no reason at all. I mean seriously? That’s even dumber than a hill in center field (Houston Astros) or a humungous rock formation in the park (Anaheim Angels).  That’s not even the worst part. Ever since that fat fuck Prince Fielder came on the scene in his daddies shadow,  I have had a deep hatred for this team. If this dude is a vegetarian, then I am the world’s richest man. My bank account at this time literally has like $200 so my point is made… I mean seriously, what does he do, eat bread all fucking day? He goes on a binge of bread and a pound of ziti every other day apparently and then swings the baseball bat as hard as he can. Then this asshole named Ryan Braun was there to, who I’ll give him his due is a great hitter but his face annoys the shit out of me. I mean look at it… His nose is the size of George Washington’s nose on Mt. Rushmore. It’s actually a little disgusting. Then this other guy named Corey Hart came in the mix and then I really got pissed. He’s this tall, lanky, Amish looking mother fucker who kills my team every time they play each other. I mean honestly, I think he gets nervous playing night games because of the lights. I think he legit is an Amish person. It’s like a real life Kingpin. Now that I got all of those assholes off my chest, why don’t we talk about how fucking arrogant they always are. They act like a bunch of fucking teenagers when they win a game, they talk shit on other teams, and they get pissed at simple parts of the games. For example… They held this grudge over former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Matt Capps for literally years for accidently hitting Prince Fielder with a pitch. He whined and groaned about it for the longest damn time like he never realized it was part of the game. Get the fuck over it dude. No one gives a shit. Then, like I said, God forbid they get a walk off hit. They fringing party like its 1999 and they had their first fucking cocktail. They have shit choreographed, which by the way is ludicrous, and then they wonder why people get mad at them. Grow the fuck up you pieces of shit, You should really care about what you are doing. I mean you’re getting paid millions to play a game. Act like it.

            With all of this said, I can truly say that I absolutely love sports. Yes, there are some aspects of them that piss me off such as some teams but I will never stop loving the idea of sports or the games. I’m just a dude at heart I guess.