Wither Will Watching Sports

Twenty years ago we had perhaps the best autumn of our sports life. The NY Yankees won their third World Series, defeating the NY Mets. It was billed the Subway Series, the first time two teams from the same city had played against one another since the 1950s. To be honest the Subway Series was kind of anti-climatic. The Yankees beat the Mets in five games.  That being said the Mets played the Yankees the toughest of the three teams they faced from 1998-2000.

Even living in Northern Virginia as we did back then, man we used to live and die by the Yankees. Their performance often determined our mood the next morning. 

2000 might also have been our best season watching the NFL. We'd start at 1 PM and go right on through till the end of the 8 PM game. Often we'd finish a bottle of red over the course of the day. Back then we could watch any football game, and drink just about anything too.

That same year the Giants went to the Super Bowl. The Baltimore Ravens destroyed them 34-7 but the loss never bothered us. The Ravens had a historic defense, the second greatest we've ever seen.*The Giants were a surprise hit that year, going 12-4 with, for the first time in our 26 years, a passing game. Even so they weren't a trendy choice. Pundits liked the rival Eagles in the divisional round of the playoffs and after the Giants beat them most picked the Minnesota Vikings, because Rush Limbaugh was right. The Giants annihilated the Vikings 41-0, and it wasn't that close.

And the cherry on the 2000 season? Remember, Northern Virginia is Washington Redskins country. After the Redskins went10-6 and won a playoff game in 1999, millions of obnoxious fans thought the Super Bowl was their destiny.** Alas, it was not to be. The Giants knocked the Foreskins right out of the race and got their coach fired. They finished 8-8. We wrote a parody song after the season.***

Twenty years where does it go?...as Bob Seager once asked.

The Yankees? We couldn't care less about them. They got eliminated form the playoffs this year and we didn't notice. As for the NFL, alert reader(s) will notice it's Sunday and here in America that means football. As we write this the NFL's late afternoon game is on the TV. It's even duller than the 0-6 Jets game we watched at 1 PM.****  

The game has lost most of its meaning to us. We still root against the Redskins though.

*'85 Bears. '86 Giants are third. If you don't think Bill Parcell's Giants didn't had one of the top ten defenses ever, then you don't understand football and you probably shouldn't watch

** Seriously, these are the kind of fans who worry about the backup QB throwing an interception in a pre-season game. Not kidding

***I hate the Redskins

Oh yes I do

And Danny Snyder

Go to hell, fuck you

****Before beginning this piece we were watching videos of Mila Kunis speaking Russian.