Long Time, No See

Thanksgiving weekend is a time when many people around the country sit down to digest food and watch sports and today, I was no different. While my roommate and her fiancé often watch sports, I usually do not join them for long periods sports viewing (although in the past three years that I have known them I have easily watched more sports than in the previous twenty-one years combined). This is partially due to the fact that they are big basketball and football fans while my allegiance lies with our national pastime, baseball. Listening to sports is more up my alley because I grew up without television and the radio was how my family got its sports fix. Furthermore, listening allows me to multi-task in a way that watching does not and while I like sports, devoting my full attention for hours on end does not work well.

It has been a long time, no see situation for extended sports viewing, but the real reason I spent the day watching sports was because it had been even longer since I has seen an old friend from college. It was great to see him and along with several televised basketball and football games, we watched a few Wii NBA basketball games (actually he played and I watched), and an 8th grade girls basketball game. All that sports watching made me realize how rampant clichés are in sports.

Courtesy of Wikipedia, here are some great sports clichés:

"They're a team player."
"They dropped the ball."
"It's gut-check time."
"They don't pull any punches."
"They always step up to the plate."
"They talk a good game."
"They're in a league of their own."
"They want to play hardball."
"The ball's in your court."
"They answered the bell."
"We knocked it out of the park."
"That was a hole in one."
"It was a slam dunk."
"Monday-Morning Quarterback"
"They have to get on the same page."
"D-Line or O-Line."
"A lot of open looks at the basket."
"It doesn't get any better than this."
"He's a warrior."
"Defense wins championships."
"The best defense is a good offense."
"Charity Stripe"

I am reasonably sure the only one on this list I did not hear today was the baseball referencing “knock it out of the park.” All in all, the day was one for the books in many ways.