Comments on: the morning after (my team loses the World Series) http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/handwritten-haiku/the-morning-after-my-team-loses-the-world-series/ a digital expression of an analog impulse Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:21:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: howard http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/handwritten-haiku/the-morning-after-my-team-loses-the-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-2551 howard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:31:24 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/?p=2232#comment-2551 as someone who isn't likely to ever get to bed at a decent hour, i still feel a slight sense of relief at the drama being over -- at least for now.<br><br>and i also know those people who seem to actually get angry at the idea of treating a game as, well, a game rather than a life-or-death struggle between good and evil. i mean, i really enjoy the storylines of a great sporting matchup, which is probably why i enjoy sports so much, but in the end, i can't see myself every lining up to jump off the Walt Whitman over any of it.<br><br>and since you mentioned writing something longer than a comment on the subject of franchises and their people, i'll be looking forward to it ;) as someone who isn't likely to ever get to bed at a decent hour, i still feel a slight sense of relief at the drama being over — at least for now.

and i also know those people who seem to actually get angry at the idea of treating a game as, well, a game rather than a life-or-death struggle between good and evil. i mean, i really enjoy the storylines of a great sporting matchup, which is probably why i enjoy sports so much, but in the end, i can't see myself every lining up to jump off the Walt Whitman over any of it.

and since you mentioned writing something longer than a comment on the subject of franchises and their people, i'll be looking forward to it ;)

]]> By: apreziosi http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/handwritten-haiku/the-morning-after-my-team-loses-the-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-2550 apreziosi Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:14:39 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/?p=2232#comment-2550 I'm also fond of using the "I still have to go to work" line. But yes, last year did give us a lightness of being that is the reason we follow these things. Conversely, today is a little downer, but like all things, we'll get over it. Somehow we identify people and cities with their sports franchises, but that's a topic for something more than a comments section. :)<br> <br>I'm certainly a sports fan, but I view the games the way I do a TV show or a movie. It's entertainment, and if I don't care for the story line, I can turn it off. This attitude confounds and even angers some people I know. I turned last night's game off at around 10:30, long before the outcome had become official.<br>The biggest benefit from the end of the baseball season is that I can finally get to bed at a decent hour. I'm also fond of using the “I still have to go to work” line. But yes, last year did give us a lightness of being that is the reason we follow these things. Conversely, today is a little downer, but like all things, we'll get over it. Somehow we identify people and cities with their sports franchises, but that's a topic for something more than a comments section. :)

I'm certainly a sports fan, but I view the games the way I do a TV show or a movie. It's entertainment, and if I don't care for the story line, I can turn it off. This attitude confounds and even angers some people I know. I turned last night's game off at around 10:30, long before the outcome had become official.
The biggest benefit from the end of the baseball season is that I can finally get to bed at a decent hour.

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