So, here I am, just a casual fan. Sports fan. Fan of the Yankees, Knicks, Jags, and The Fighting Irish. Fan of some the sports greatest athletes like Kevin Garnett, Blake Griffin, Ricky Rubio (we consider him athletic, right?), sometimes...even Lebron. I root for Jeter and A-Rod equally and badly want to see A-Rod become the player he was (maybe without steroids, he never will be). My all time favorite players were Lawrence Taylor, Patrick Ewing, Doc Gooden, and Howard Johnson. I couldn't stand Michael Jordan as a kid. How could I? He destroyed the Knicks, and if there were no Jordan I firmly believe Ewing and the Knicks would have had multiple rings...but, he WAS there, and the Knicks won zero rings. I don't know who the 2nd baseman for the Yanks farm team is, I'm just learning about Iman Shumpert and Josh Harrelson, I have no idea who the linebacker coach for Jags is, and I can't tell you everyone who is signing a letter of intent with the Irish this year. I'm just a casual fan. I watch the Yankees when I have time, I'm depressed when I see the Knicks continue to shy away from the basket, I'm convinced one day they'll move the Jags, but pray they don't and that Peyton is healthy and wants to stick it to Indy twice a year (I can dream), and how could I not know the Irish are getting a QB named Gunner Kiel? His name is Gunner! I watch ESPN as often as I can, I listen to sports radio while driving to work, and I try as often as I can to engage some of my favorite sports writers via Twitter (@JustACasualFan...shameless plug).
I am just a casual fan, but I have an opinion on things that I think even the most casual fan could understand or relate to. And, thanks to the internet...I'm sharing that opinion. Now, I realize that (like my repeatedly unanswered Tweets) these opinions may fall upon deaf ears, or blind eyes. But, oh yes, I will share them. Someone may glance them over and even agree that it's ludicrous to suggest that Eli is a better QB than Peyton, that Peyton playing for the Jets or the Skins makes no sense, that (despite what Vince Young says) the Eagles never were or will be a Dream Team (there was only one of those...led by Patrick Ewing), and that as much as I want to see Tim Tebow succeed...I don't know that I want him as my quarterback.
So, here it is...my thoughts. I don't have all day to break down film, I don't have a team of people working for me to update me on all the most insane and irrelevant statistics in sports, I have no insiders (I don't even follow Rob Lowe on Twitter), and Kevin Durant and Lebron James consistently ignore the tweets of me and buddy, Hood. I'm just a casual fan....with internet access.
