A very good friend asked me the other day if I still blog about me, sports and politics.  Hmm, this space has been all about me, hasn’t it?

The Texas Rangers stink.  There, I said it.  They are the worst team in baseball after making it to the World Series just a couple of years ago.  What the heck happened?  Did the front office commotion with Nolan Ryan and Jon Daniels cause good decisions to fall through the cracks?  And can someone explain to me how you run off a legend like Nolan Ryan?  Heck, even when the Rangers sucked before you could at least get a glimpse of Ryan.  No one wants to see Jon Daniels.

My own interest in sports has been interesting over the past few years.  I used to keep up with it all from high school to pros.  I knew the teams to watch and several of the best players.  Over the past few years as my son became more competitive my sole focus was on him with some Rangers games thrown in for good measure since he was a baseball player.  Truth be told, I couldn’t give a hoot about Jerry Jones and the Cowboys.  And I have no love lost for Mark Cuban and the Mavericks either.  If I had to follow a pro football team it would be the Denver Broncos and if I had to follow a pro basketball team…well, I just don’t care for pro basketball much.

So, why the change in interest?  I wish I knew.  I certainly spend much more time thinking and reading about spirituality and psychology and conflict resolution.  I write about leadership topics on another social media site too.  I guess my priorities have changed.  Sports was great filler for office chats in the past and still takes a little time but I get bored with it too.  That is odd saying considering my radio is usually on ESPN.  Maybe I get my fill of it there and, at times, get frustrated hearing them drone on about the same problems that fans have no control over.

Or maybe it is because I think our society is so freaking off course when a baseball player can make $25 million a year and be average while there are people working as hard as they can and scraping by.  Sure, I have paid the exorbitant prices to take my son to pro baseball games over the past 8 years so I am also part of the problem.  I pay higher TV bills to watch the games too.  I do it because I have become something of a baseball fanatic having learned so many nuances of the game, especially hitting and pitching mechanics.

So what to do now?  Do I go catch up on scores or spend more time wondering why I am conflicted about paying for baseball tickets and the average pay for the players?

I think I’ll have a Fresca.

Grace and peace.