And Now, The Real Sports Season Begins
By Mitch Berg
Super Blow, Schmuper Bowl.
Wild? Mild.
Hoops? Who-op cares?
The Twin pitchers and catchers report for spring training today.
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February 17th, 2011 at 8:43 am
WOO! HOO!
February 17th, 2011 at 8:59 am
Yeah, baby! Thursday March 3rd, Twins and Orioles in Sarasota. I’ll hoist a cold one for you all.
February 17th, 2011 at 9:05 am
Actually, the Super Bowl was quite good this year.
February 17th, 2011 at 9:10 am
What Foot said about the Super Bowl. One of the four best Super Bowls ever, right up there with I, II and XXXI.
February 17th, 2011 at 9:35 am
Berg’s just grousing because Da Bears wasn’t in Da Superbowl.
February 17th, 2011 at 10:12 am
The Super Bowl was a very good football game, . And much as I hate to admit it, the Pack is in my top three teams in the NFC – but of course, no medieval inquisitor demanded purity of thought as absolutely as a Packers fan, so big whoop.
But what “a good Super Bowl” means, really, is that the dead time between the World Series and Spring Training was less onerous.
Thanks, Pack and Steelers. And especially to Da Bears, for making a very surprising run at it; I didn’t see that coming.
But now we’re on to the real show.
February 17th, 2011 at 10:13 am
Berg’s just grousing because Da Bears wasn’t in Da Superbowl.
Yeah, I’d heard they fell short.
February 17th, 2011 at 10:32 am
but of course, no medieval inquisitor demanded purity of thought as absolutely as a Packers fan
Well, yeah.
February 17th, 2011 at 11:03 am
I’ll go with you there. I like the Packers. The Cheeseheads are an obnoxious bunch of yahoos. Except for Learned Foot, of course.
February 17th, 2011 at 11:06 am
“The Cheeseheads are an obnoxious bunch of yahoos.”
Funny, we say the same thing about Viking “fans”.
February 17th, 2011 at 11:19 am
For me the beginning of spring training means that very soon the Harley can come out of the garage. I’m psyched about the new season of Twins baseball as well!
February 17th, 2011 at 11:44 am
Out of the garage and onto the trailer 🙂
February 17th, 2011 at 11:47 am
The Cheeseheads are an obnoxious bunch of yahoos. Except for Learned Foot, of course.
Thanks for the recognition, Kermit. 😉
February 17th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Foot……are there any fans of Team Purple left? Hey, name 15 things Green Bay has that the Vikings don’t? A QB, a stadium, and 13 world championships.
But I am excited about the baseball season coming up. I hope Target Field sells out again so we can get standing room only tickets. Don’t really need a seat there, so am happy to save a few bucks with a SRO admitance.
February 17th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Funny, we say the same thing about Viking “fans”.
Two words: Swiss cheese hats.
(that was three words.
STFU)
February 17th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Terry Says: “Out of the garage and onto the trailer”
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr….Just when I thought we could get along. (wink)
February 17th, 2011 at 3:29 pm
“Hey, name 15 things Green Bay has that the Vikings don’t? A QB, a stadium, and 13 world championships.”
Apples and oranges comparison, Chuck. The Vikings are only 50 years old – Packers 90 something. In the modern era, the Vikes are third for most division championships with 18, preceded in the rankings by Dallas with 21 and Pittsburgh with 19.
We could rag on you cheese doodles about the Brewers and all of their division/league/world championships.
And then the ultimate zinger; you transplanted cheese doodles have the Packers, but here you are living and working in Vikings Territory. 😉
February 17th, 2011 at 4:35 pm
And lets count the number of times the Brewers have won the World Series.
….0!
Damn, they came close in 1982.
http://mistupid.com/sports/worldseries.htm
February 17th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
NASCAR, baby! Gatorade duals today, trucks tomorrow, Nationwide Sat., Daytona 500 Sunday. But I’m ready for Twins opener and Masters golf, too.