finally a possible winning year

As a Jet fan i have witnessed the worst that a team has to offer. Coming off a 4-12 season I can only be optimistic about this season coming up. With all the off season signings and now with Brett Farve how can a team have a bad year. Well, i will tell you how.

In past years the Jets have had some great teams. As a fan you get so excited to watch and see how the season will turn out only to have your heart ripped out by a season ending injury or players not playing up to their expectations. An example of this is in 1998 the Jets had everything going for them: everyone healthy, the right coach in Bill Parcells, an accomplished quaterback in Vinny Testaverde. But in the home opener and Jets fans have gotten used to this Vinny Testaverde goes down and out for the year and all hopes are lost for the season as they turned in a losing year, in a year where they had everything going for them.

This year will be a tough year regardless of who the Jets have because of competition like the Patriots, Colts, and Chargers. They have such a great opportunity to go forward as a team and make a run at the Super Bowl in 2008/2009. The only thing I can hope for is that all the new players can make a push that the average Jet fan like me hasn't seen in a very long time.

The Yankees

This year is the final season at Yankees stadium, which is one of the greatest sports arenas in the United States. It's home to 27 World Championships and just filled with baseball history and is such a major part of our countries past time. This past summer I attended the Home Run Derby at the stadium as part of All-Star week. Yankee Stadium is a great place to be any time of the year but during this week the greatest players in the game today come together and play an All-star game. The home run derby in my opinion is the greatest part of this All Star break.

I feel that it is the best event of All-Star week just because you really get to see how amazing and difficult the sport of baseball is. It is one thing to see on TV but you get a totally different perspective when you are there in person. You get to see the power as to how far some guys can hit the ball. In my opinion baseball is the hardest sport to play because iv been playing all my life. Just to see someone hit a ball 500 feet with one swing with ease is a feat that i cant even imagine doing and that only these super athletes can achieve.

It is sad to see Yankee stadium being torn down after everything that has happened there and the kind of records that have been conquered. As of right now the Yankees are 6 games behind the Red Sox in the American league wild card. This angers the average Yankee fan to see the last season being played here and not even to make the playoffs to a team like the Boston Red Sox the mortal enemy. I can only hope for the best and continue to root for the New York Yankees in their final season.

About Me

My name is Joe Gerner i'm a junior transfer student from Long Island. I transferred from Nassau Community College where I played on the baseball team and will try to continue playing baseball here at Suny Cortland on the Club baseball team. This is my first time away from home so this is a new experience for me which I'm enjoying so far. My sister, who is a freshmen, also attends Suny Cortland and is a math major. I myself am a Physical Education major which is what i studied at my Community College. My father is the one who told me about Suny Cortland since he graduated from here. He raved about how great the physical education program was here and I can see why he was enthustiastic about it. I'm looking forward to a great semester and having a lot of fun while being away