There are few worse days for a sports fan than the day after the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It is, in fact, the only time of year when none of the four major professional sports are active.
Heck — even golf is in between tournaments.
So with little to watch, listen to, talk about, what is a sports fan to do?
The answer, surprisingly enough is to watch, listen to and talk about sports.
Name me one other occasion where we as sports fans can take our collective breath and try to make sense of the flurry of sports activity we've seen over the past few months. From champions crowned to perfect (and one not-so-perfect) games, to the loss of legends like Bob Sheppard and The Boss we rarely get the chance to take all the insanity and make sense of what we are seeing.
We also get the opportunity to explore things that we don't often have the time, or willingness to indulge in, like Minor League Baseball.
Sure most of those guys won't make it to the bigs but they still play great ball and the games are still entertaining. Just last night as I was driving home from my girlfriend's house I tuned into a Brooklyn Cyclones Single-A game. And it was fun to listen to the commentators talk about these young kids, fresh out of high school and college because, you just never know, some day you might hear those names again.
In the end though, I am, and I'm sure most sports fans are as well, glad the break is over because now the real excitement begins with the official start of the pennant race. Fans also can now truly begin to look forward to the start of NFL training camp and so many other great sporting events to come.
So sports fans, I hope you enjoyed your siesta because we're, thankfully, in for a wild ride the rest of the summer.
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