Here is it almost midnight and I am watching the Los Angeles Angels play the Oakland Athletics. As a die hard Cubs fan and someone that has to get up tomorrow morning on Eastern time, WHAT AM I DOING?
Okay, I will share some family lore. In the 1920s in the little town of LaPorte, Indiana there were two people going to school. One was a guy named Charlie Finley and the other was my Mother. All my childhood I heard about how she was in the same class as Charlie Finley and maybe I would play baseball for him. (She totally disregarded that I am not remotely good enough to play!!!!) So when the came out with green costumes (I mean uniforms), my Mother would buy me Oakland Athletics merchandise like hats, t-shirts and the like.
She also failed to notice that when I went away to college in Detroit that everyone there was wearing Detroit Tigers stuff or possibly Toledo Mudhens stuff. No, I got the Oakland A's stuff.
So we will fast forward to the present. Why am I watching this stupid pitching battle between Santana and Cahill? Because of my Mother -- wrong!!! It is because of my fantasy baseball team. I have Rajai Davis, Tori Hunter, Maicer Izturis are all on my team and I am fighting to keep my 2nd place position. Now, instead of only wearing my Chicago Cubs stuff, I also have Oakland Athletics stuff, Colorado Rockies stuff, Los Angeles Angels stuff and even more.
The moral of the story is that if you have a loved one that loves their fantasy team, don't just get them Chicago Cubs merchandise. You can get them Oakland Athletics merchandise, Los Angeles Angels merchandise or even New York Yankees merchandise. Be sure, however, to check out their fantasy team first to see which teams they have the most players on. Always remember that no one can have too many hats, decals or keychains.
Okay, I will share some family lore. In the 1920s in the little town of LaPorte, Indiana there were two people going to school. One was a guy named Charlie Finley and the other was my Mother. All my childhood I heard about how she was in the same class as Charlie Finley and maybe I would play baseball for him. (She totally disregarded that I am not remotely good enough to play!!!!) So when the came out with green costumes (I mean uniforms), my Mother would buy me Oakland Athletics merchandise like hats, t-shirts and the like.
She also failed to notice that when I went away to college in Detroit that everyone there was wearing Detroit Tigers stuff or possibly Toledo Mudhens stuff. No, I got the Oakland A's stuff.
So we will fast forward to the present. Why am I watching this stupid pitching battle between Santana and Cahill? Because of my Mother -- wrong!!! It is because of my fantasy baseball team. I have Rajai Davis, Tori Hunter, Maicer Izturis are all on my team and I am fighting to keep my 2nd place position. Now, instead of only wearing my Chicago Cubs stuff, I also have Oakland Athletics stuff, Colorado Rockies stuff, Los Angeles Angels stuff and even more.
The moral of the story is that if you have a loved one that loves their fantasy team, don't just get them Chicago Cubs merchandise. You can get them Oakland Athletics merchandise, Los Angeles Angels merchandise or even New York Yankees merchandise. Be sure, however, to check out their fantasy team first to see which teams they have the most players on. Always remember that no one can have too many hats, decals or keychains.
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