Sports

Sooooo, long time no see blog, very nice.

Favorite sport, I think I will have to agree with mom on the baseball part. I love football and I love basketball, but everything about baseball is my favorite. I love the summer and sitting outside at a professional game in a big stadium or down the street at a crappy field with a couple of friends just makes me feel good. Most of the people out here dont like baseball, its with BYU football or Utah Jazz (and Jimmer) basketball, not a lot of baseball phenomena out here, sadly, and everyone thinks it's boring. Because it kind of is tho, I will say. I think what I like is that its' totally 1-on-1. the skill of one hitter up against the skill of one pitcher, not the rest of the team there, it's just you. And it's America's past time.

I love sports because I think there are so many applications and lessons you can learn about real life. Coaching, winning, losing, trying your best, being a team player, putting in the practice hours, so many things that you can learn in a sport and use in real life. And then there's the Olympics. The whole world coming together (most of the time) and sports just seem to bring us together (aside from stupid rivalries and yelling at referees and beer haha) I think they are really cool. :)

Favorite SPORT

Greetings Sumner-ites. Today is supposed to be the opening day of Nascar with the Daytona 500 which, unfortunately, got rained out. NOW WHAT WILL BENET DO?? So I thought I would put out a goal of writing about your favorite sport. Mine happens to be baseball. Specifically the Phillies. My father, Dunnie, took me to my first baseball game when I was about 7 or so - the Oakland A's with their championship team consisting of Catfish Hunter as Pitcher and Reggie Jackson as star slugger. When I spent time away from New Jersey in 2009, the summer in Yuma when I took care of Kimba, I was missing my homies in Jersey and felt connected to them when I watched the Phillies. When the Philies won the World Series in 2008, Keaton and Julia and I (along with ward member Cyndi Holston) went to the PARADE of joy in Philadelphia which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Now I have Phillies handbags, tshirts and pj's. No matter where I live, I will always be a Phillies girl. After over 25 years of marriage to Benet, I have had a pretty extensive exposure to sports. I can enjoy a hockey game, follow a football game, endure NiceCar and roll my eyes during golf on TV, but will always watch baseball. I even listen to the sports guys on the radio during baseball season. HAHAHA. What is your favorite Sport and/or memory associated with a sport...??? And yes, Marching Band counts as a sport because when I was in high school, Marching Band counted as a phys ed class.