Go Sports Life

I was going to go to the Twins game today, but I got caught up working on things and I couldn't go. When I looked at the clock again I realized the game should be half way done so I turned on the game and saw the score was 3-0 for Chicago in the 8th inning. I thought to myself "Wow its a good thing I didn't go to the game today."

Is that the way to think about a game? If I knew before the game that my team wouldn't win the game would I watch it? If I joined the game late with my team losing, like I did today, should I still watch the game? I watched the game and hoped that we would come back and win. We didn't.

After the game I thought a little more about whether or not I watch sports just to see my team win and I remembered that I don't. I watch the games to see a good game. I've gone to Gopher hockey games, football games, Thunder games, and other games where the outcome of the game is all but a forgone conclusion and I stick around until the end of the game. People leave to beat the traffic. I stay to hopefully see something interesting happen. After all, that is why I went to the game in the first place.

Does something interesting always happen? No. In fact most times nothing that great happens. But sometimes something great does happen and I'm always happy to be there to watch it.