I've really had enough. Everywhere I turn here at school someone else has a Boston red sox hat on or a shirt or is a just a red sox fan. When did this happen? When did this start? Maybe it's just an upstate thing and people like the red sox but I know where I'm from if your seen with any Boston apparel you are ridiculed and for good reason. Boston is the enemy, the evil side of baseball. So why all the sudden is everyone hopping on this Boston red sox band wagon as soon as the Yankees start losing?
In Yankee Stadium, if you are seen with anything even red on you are pounced on like it's feeding time in a lion's den. People will throw food, drinks(beer mostly), just anything you have will be thrown at the opposing fan. This is how much pride a Yankee fan has and how much you should truly hate Boston and the rivalry. It is the greatest rivalry in sports with all the history and players going back and forth fighting and getting involved. Whether it be a pitch that's way to up and hits Kevin Youkulis in the head, or Pedro saying "the Yankees are my daddy's" this match-up will go on forever and that is what makes the game of baseball so fun to watch.
Yankee stadium and the city of New York is a cake walk compared to Boston fans. This is the only thing I do respect of them is that they are all behind their team 100 percent not like these poser red sox fans here in New York. If you even are in the vicinity of Boston with Yankee gear on. Forget it. Your life is over. They will make your life a living hell until the point where you need to leave. Boston is a great city to visit, but mess with their Red Sox and they go nuts.
So please if you are a Boston Red Sox fan in new york why do you all the sudden come out of the closest now with all your hats and clothing? Where were you for last 20 or so years when Boston won absolutely nothing and the Yankees owned the American League East. Stay behind your team through thick and thin just like now, where the Yankees are having some tough years. That's what being a fan is all about.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium. Probably the most famous sports arena in the United States. It is the home of famous sports figures, as well as players who have showed us true greatness and respect for the game. It is a place where you can walk through monument park before a game looking at the greats who made baseball the way it is today. You get goosebumps and chills because you know your standing in the same stadium as they once were as you stare at all the numbers that are retired. It is sad to see this amazing place go as the final game was played this past Sunday.
The reason I am a Yankee fan today is because the first ever baseball game I attended was in fact a Yankee game. My father, who is a Met fan, was just given tickets to a game because a friend couldn't attend. Stupid decision if he wanted me to follow in his footsteps. I stepped into the stadium at the age of 6 and was just amazed looking around at all the scenery. Walking through monument park, the bleacher creatures in right field, and just the game itself was all just so much to take in I never wanted to leave. I attended two games at Yankee Stadium this past summer, one being during All-Star weekend in the Home Run Derby. I'm so glad I still have one memory of the stadium that I can talk about that truly amazes people.
It is sad to see the Yankees not be in the playoffs in the final year of playing in the stadium. I guess as a fan, I've grown spoiled watching them make the playoffs every single year for 13 years in a row. I guess now I'll have to go check out the new stadium which does look spectacular from the outside. I can only hope that the new stadium brings about a new era of baseball for the Yankees.
The reason I am a Yankee fan today is because the first ever baseball game I attended was in fact a Yankee game. My father, who is a Met fan, was just given tickets to a game because a friend couldn't attend. Stupid decision if he wanted me to follow in his footsteps. I stepped into the stadium at the age of 6 and was just amazed looking around at all the scenery. Walking through monument park, the bleacher creatures in right field, and just the game itself was all just so much to take in I never wanted to leave. I attended two games at Yankee Stadium this past summer, one being during All-Star weekend in the Home Run Derby. I'm so glad I still have one memory of the stadium that I can talk about that truly amazes people.
It is sad to see the Yankees not be in the playoffs in the final year of playing in the stadium. I guess as a fan, I've grown spoiled watching them make the playoffs every single year for 13 years in a row. I guess now I'll have to go check out the new stadium which does look spectacular from the outside. I can only hope that the new stadium brings about a new era of baseball for the Yankees.
Monday, September 22, 2008
volleyball/wallyball
This past weekend I visited my girlfriend at her school where she plays on the volleyball team. Although the matches, games and sets are sometimes very very long to watch it does get excited at some points. When the score is tied 2 games to 2 and the next match wins, it can get pretty intense. Volleyball is a great sport to watch especially in this year's past Olympics. Watching the men and women's team play indoor/beach volleyball was very interesting. It is truly amazing to watch how high some of the players jump to spike the ball right at someone, and even more amazing to watch that person return it.
A game that I play back home with a lot of my friends is called wallyball. Not a lot of people have heard of it, and I had no idea what it was until about two years ago. It is a sport played on a racquetball court but with a net in the middle like volleyball. The rules and object of the game are still the same as volleyball: serving, volleying, setting, spiking. The only thing different is you can hit the ball as hard or as soft as you want off the walls on the court. If the ball hits three of the walls and touches the ground without anyone returning it, that counts as a point. You can play this game if you do or don't know how to play volleyball and it is really easy to pick up.
If volleyball wasn't the same season in high school as baseball I would have definitely joined and played. I find it to be a lot of fun and challenging. Being a physical education major, I took a class in volleyball and enjoyed playing and still continue to play anywhere. It is a good game to have fun with, or actually want to be serious and keep score.
A game that I play back home with a lot of my friends is called wallyball. Not a lot of people have heard of it, and I had no idea what it was until about two years ago. It is a sport played on a racquetball court but with a net in the middle like volleyball. The rules and object of the game are still the same as volleyball: serving, volleying, setting, spiking. The only thing different is you can hit the ball as hard or as soft as you want off the walls on the court. If the ball hits three of the walls and touches the ground without anyone returning it, that counts as a point. You can play this game if you do or don't know how to play volleyball and it is really easy to pick up.
If volleyball wasn't the same season in high school as baseball I would have definitely joined and played. I find it to be a lot of fun and challenging. Being a physical education major, I took a class in volleyball and enjoyed playing and still continue to play anywhere. It is a good game to have fun with, or actually want to be serious and keep score.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
snowboarding
I've been skiing once or twice my whole life. Being from Long Island there aren't many mountains i guess to go. Now that I'm upstate I would love to go try snowboarding. I've done it once, but the one time i went i was so frustrated in the process I just gave up and went back to skiing. The thing with skiing is that its a lot easier to go down the mountain by going to side to side rather then straight down. I learned that my first time as i just went flying down the mountain while no one told me how to stop. Once you get the hang of it though, skiing is a lot of fun.
On the few trips we went to in PA for skiing/snowboarding, my parents would always go cross country skiing which i found very boring. Just going on flat ground using every muscle in your body not even to go at a decent speed wasn't all that much fun. This is when I tried skiing down the mountain and found out that it was a fun sport to do. Snowboarding was the next step that I tried and the standing up part wasn't all that tough it was the turning and stopping. Stopping to me, just felt impossible and I would just fall down every time.
This is why I'm so determined to get back on the board and try snowboarding again, but taking it slow. I want to learn all the basics then just hopping on a hill or mountain and going all out like my first time. It seems like a really fun sport to do, and as long as I'm up here I want to experience it.
On the few trips we went to in PA for skiing/snowboarding, my parents would always go cross country skiing which i found very boring. Just going on flat ground using every muscle in your body not even to go at a decent speed wasn't all that much fun. This is when I tried skiing down the mountain and found out that it was a fun sport to do. Snowboarding was the next step that I tried and the standing up part wasn't all that tough it was the turning and stopping. Stopping to me, just felt impossible and I would just fall down every time.
This is why I'm so determined to get back on the board and try snowboarding again, but taking it slow. I want to learn all the basics then just hopping on a hill or mountain and going all out like my first time. It seems like a really fun sport to do, and as long as I'm up here I want to experience it.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
The Gym
The gym here at Suny Cortland is something that I have never seen before at a college. I have been to a few other different colleges and I have never seen anything like it. It is one of the biggest gym's I have ever seen and I'm so glad that we have it here at our school. I attend a gym at home that is probably half the size of the gym here, but still does the job. I love working out so having such an amazing gym on campus just makes it that much better.
One of the greatest things about the gym that I think anyway, is the fact that it is free. I know some of my friends at other Suny schools have to pay an extra fee just to use their gym on campus which i find ridiculous , considering you are already paying for school as it is. It just has any machine you can ask for from treadmills to free weights, to punch bags how can anyone not be motivated to go there and work out.
To be honest one of the reasons that I came to this school was because of how amazing the gym was. In a college environment where food isn't always the healthiest, it is good to know in the back of my mind that I can go and work off all that greasy food and getting shape. I think more people should take advantage of it since it is such a great facility.
One of the greatest things about the gym that I think anyway, is the fact that it is free. I know some of my friends at other Suny schools have to pay an extra fee just to use their gym on campus which i find ridiculous , considering you are already paying for school as it is. It just has any machine you can ask for from treadmills to free weights, to punch bags how can anyone not be motivated to go there and work out.
To be honest one of the reasons that I came to this school was because of how amazing the gym was. In a college environment where food isn't always the healthiest, it is good to know in the back of my mind that I can go and work off all that greasy food and getting shape. I think more people should take advantage of it since it is such a great facility.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Flag football
Flag football might just be the most fun you can have playing any sport. Just you and a bunch of your friends making up a team name, making t-shirts/jerseys, and making up plays. I just had my first game tonight which was a lot of fun. it's a good way to meet a lot of new people and bong as a team through games by getting to know each other. I played football in high school which was also a lot of fun but this is just fooling around just having fun at a sport that you love.
I always played flag football as a kid in elementary school through a P.A.L league. It was always fun then the league was flag football up until you were in 6th grade then it was made into tackle which till this day i still play with my friends back home. It was a good way to learn the ins and outs of the game and how it should be played the right way.
In playing flag football even though it can get confusing with all the receivers on the field it still feels good to catch the touchdown pass and have your whole team go crazy. That's what makes the game and being on a team so much fun is having team unity. Not just in flag football but in all sports bonding with one another and building relationships with your teammates.
I always played flag football as a kid in elementary school through a P.A.L league. It was always fun then the league was flag football up until you were in 6th grade then it was made into tackle which till this day i still play with my friends back home. It was a good way to learn the ins and outs of the game and how it should be played the right way.
In playing flag football even though it can get confusing with all the receivers on the field it still feels good to catch the touchdown pass and have your whole team go crazy. That's what makes the game and being on a team so much fun is having team unity. Not just in flag football but in all sports bonding with one another and building relationships with your teammates.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Club Baseball
I've played baseball for my whole life as far back as I can remember. I played in P.A.L league on Long Island to little league, to middle school, till high school, to my community college and now on the Cortland club team that i made this weekend. Baseball has been such a huge part of life and it really is something i love doing. It is a passion of mine and when i need a break in my day from class or just to get my mind off things in my life. I've always found it to be such a relaxing sport that you can just fool around with friends and meet up with to play a game or very intense where one game means everything.
Throughout my life baseball has always been so competitive. Even since middle school I just remember our coach getting so mad if we made the littlest mistake because we had to be perfect and we were, almost, going 9-1 when i was in 7th grade. When I finally reached the High School in became almost tradition in that my high school was always competing for that conference championship and to move on to the state title which we unfortunately couldn't do.
Baseball will forever be the sport that I love more then the rest just because of how it has gotten me through so many different experiences in life. Being on a sports team in school just makes your school career much more fun. You begin to create a bond that you normally wouldn't make with your regular classmates. I have friends here at Suny Cortland, but being it my first semester I haven't really branched out and met as many people as I should. This should be my opportunity to finally start enjoying my time here and having a great time.
Throughout my life baseball has always been so competitive. Even since middle school I just remember our coach getting so mad if we made the littlest mistake because we had to be perfect and we were, almost, going 9-1 when i was in 7th grade. When I finally reached the High School in became almost tradition in that my high school was always competing for that conference championship and to move on to the state title which we unfortunately couldn't do.
Baseball will forever be the sport that I love more then the rest just because of how it has gotten me through so many different experiences in life. Being on a sports team in school just makes your school career much more fun. You begin to create a bond that you normally wouldn't make with your regular classmates. I have friends here at Suny Cortland, but being it my first semester I haven't really branched out and met as many people as I should. This should be my opportunity to finally start enjoying my time here and having a great time.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
how you can benefit from swimming
Swimming in my opinion is maybe the greatest workout a person can do. It stetches and builds up every muscle in your body along with stamina. To me it is way better then running or sometimes a better workout then lifiting weights because in running your just using your legs and no upper body, and each stroke you take is like dragging a 10 pound weight. Their are so many different strokes one can do to make it difficult so then you can work on every part of your body and make an amazing workout for yourself.
In high school I was on the swim team and at first i hated it. Every lap I took i swallowed a gallon of water and i would go abolsutly nowhere. But now, after 2 years of the swim team I almost cant get enough of it. I love just going down to the pool and knowing that i can do something fun yet workout at the same time. The pool here at Cortland is up at night so you can usualy find me down there just swimming a few laps, nothing crazy or fast but just doing it to keep in shape.
I was so excited to see that Michael Phelps did such an amazing job at the olympics and how he just completely dominated. He really showed the world the work ethic it takes to become such a great swimmer becuase it is a difficult sport to master. He made everything just look so easy and simple it was almost like you knew he was going ot win even if he was losing a race by a couple of seconds. you knew nothing stood in his way and he was going to do whatever it took to win that race. Michael Phelps has almost re-invented swimming and has put it back on the map.
In high school I was on the swim team and at first i hated it. Every lap I took i swallowed a gallon of water and i would go abolsutly nowhere. But now, after 2 years of the swim team I almost cant get enough of it. I love just going down to the pool and knowing that i can do something fun yet workout at the same time. The pool here at Cortland is up at night so you can usualy find me down there just swimming a few laps, nothing crazy or fast but just doing it to keep in shape.
I was so excited to see that Michael Phelps did such an amazing job at the olympics and how he just completely dominated. He really showed the world the work ethic it takes to become such a great swimmer becuase it is a difficult sport to master. He made everything just look so easy and simple it was almost like you knew he was going ot win even if he was losing a race by a couple of seconds. you knew nothing stood in his way and he was going to do whatever it took to win that race. Michael Phelps has almost re-invented swimming and has put it back on the map.
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