Sharing the passion.

Well, this is it. Just can't keep this to myself anymore. I'm a regular European guy, who likes sports, but with a minor flaw. I follow sports played in the USA. Yes, that would be hockey, football (the american kind) and basketball among the more known ones.

You're now probably scratching your head thinking: 'Why didn't he mention baseball?' Well, keep reading, the best part is just ahead.

To get it off my chest I'll admit to something in this first post. Ever since I was a kid in grade school - when I was more impressed by the show and visual elements of the US pro sports - and up until present day, when I understand the rules and follow the major sports more closely, I was mostly a fan of hockey, basketball (kind of logical on this one, since hoops is very popular on the old continent) and football. In fact, I was not much into baseball at all. I did know the reigning World Series champions and some of the more known players, but that was mostly it. Even went as far as to say that the game was boring to me, mainly because of lengthy time needed to play one game and due to the fact I had little knowledge beyond the basic rules of the sport.

But my view on baseball changed drastically last September. I said to myself: 'Why not give it a chance?' So I did. I read the rules and some history of the game and what do you know? It grabbed me! The fact that it was late September and the playoffs were around the corner just added fuel to the fire. And already those first few weeks of my baseball experience gave me some amazing moments. The positive one was without a doubt wild card Tigers winning over the Yankees in ALDS and their subsequent reaching the World Series. The downside - unfortunately - was Mets' sweep of the Dodgers in NLDS.

And yes, feel free to pounce on me for tagging the sport with the 'boring' label. :) I'm just glad that I realized how wrong I was about baseball and it's anything but boring! It's a great sport, despite some 'dark spots' in the recent years and here's one fan who will be drawn to it until his eyes and ears give up on him, which hopefully won't happen anytime soon. As for the other major sports? Well, one-timers, rushing TDs and beyond-the-arcs are now occupying the back seat.

This blog of mine is purely about the great game played on the green diamond. Don't expect other major sports to be included and reflected on in my writings (this first post being an exception), like I said, they're taking the back seat.

Enjoy the game!