So now that the baseball season is under full swing (ha get it!), I should be knee deep in MLB news. I should be watching every highlight, whether it be Albert Pujols struggling at the plate or Yu Darvish dominating on the mound. To be honest though, I don’t even know if Pujols is still doing poorly and if Darvish is even still any good. Why the lack of interest in baseball at the moment? Because my team is sucking! That sounds awful right? My love for baseball shouldn’t be conditional of my favorite team’s success (or lack there of). I should be genuinely interested in the sport regardless of the record of my home team. Sadly that’s not the case.
I try though, I really do. I end up watching games that D’Backs are in (I grew up in AZ) but day in and day out I end up cursing myself for ever watching the sport. Players I’ve grown to admire and endear have underperformed. Some even have flat out sucked.
It’s caused a desdain between myself and the game of baseball, because I am constantly reminded of mediocrity. I’m not the only one that feels this way I’m sure. I mean the head coach, Kurt Gibson has even spoke of using a Ouija Board to look for answers. Whatever it takes I guess.
It’s not just the 2011 division winning D’Backs who are struggling through. I mean when the Baltimore Oriels are first in the AL East, you know baseball is having a wacky year so far. Teams like the Red Sox, Phillies, Angles, Yankees, Braves, etc are all underperforming. These organizations by the way, only consider a playoff spot as success (some only a WS ring).
I’ll keep putting myself through the pain of watching games and hope for a comeback like we saw last year. Plus, soon the NBA playoffs will be over and I’ll have nothing else to watch. I guess that’s just part of being a fan. At least I’m not a Chicago Cubs fan. Now they got it rough!
So that’s Sports: from the fan’s perspective.
Oh, and I have a little something fun. I enjoy giving players on my favorite team nicknames: so here are some from the D’backs. Feel free to include your favorite nicknames from your team as well.
Kirk Gibson - Gibby
Trevor Bauer - Bauer Outage
Craig Breslow - Smartest Man in Baseball
Trevor Cahill - The White Rabbit
Josh Collmenter - The Tomahawk
David Hernandez - Hardball
Daniel Hudson - Huddy
Ian Kennedy - Captain Red Beard
Joe Paterson - Joe Pats
JJ Putz - The Big Guy
Joe Saunders - Bazooka Joe, or “Joe”
Henry Blanco - Hommerin Henry
Miguel Montero - The Microwave, The Refrigerator, Miggy
Willie Bloomquist - Willie Broomstick, Willie Ballgame, WFB
Geoff Blum - Gi-Off
Stephen Drew - Wolf
Paul Goldshmidt - Goldy
John McDonald - Johnny Mac
Lyle Overbay - Lyle Overpay, Lyle Doubleplay, etc
Ryan Roberts - Tat Man
Jason Kubel - Kubo
Gerardo Parra - The Rooster/El Gallo
Justin Upton - J-Up
Chris Young - C.Y.
