A Man, a Woman, Baseball and Two Views of the Same Things

By on Apr 03, 2008 with Comments 3

I Shall See You Soon, Shea Apple
I am a lucky man. My fiancee is a sports fan. If she wasn’t, I very likely would not be referencing her as my fiancee. A true die-hard football fan, she also appreciates the college hardwood game and enjoys baseball. Despite that, she is not like…well, like me. Men tend to be slightly different types of fans (generally speaking). We just aren’t wired the same way as our female counterparts.

And, as the baseball season kicked off this week, I was reminded of this reality. What drove it home? The simple yet intriguing revelation that we can each look at a set of the same facts with completely different (if not exactly the opposite) points of view.

Here are just a few examples:

HER: The thing about baseball that I don’t like is that it’s on almost every night and the season is so long.
ME: The thing I love about baseball is that I can go home almost every night and there is a game on, for months and months.


HER: I understand why you have partial season tickets, but it’s just that it’s like every Tuesday and Friday you’re out at Shea and that’s two days of the week where you have “something to do.”
ME: The joy of having a partial season ticket plan is that every Tuesday and Friday the Metros are home I have something to do.

HER: I cannot believe you purchased a full season of Mets tickets this year!
ME: I can’t believe I’m the proud owner of a full season of Mets tickets, not to mention guaranteed seats at Citi Field in ’09!

HER: We have nothing to do on Sunday.
ME: I have something to do on Sunday. It’s called “watch Mets baseball.”

HER: Did you see what happened last night? Britteny broke up with her boyfriend on “The Real Housewives of New York City!” What is she going to do?
ME: Did you see what happened last night? Pedro popped his hamstring and is probably out at least two months! What are we going to do?

Honestly, the pyschology of it all is quite fascinating, and we could probably go on forever. We won’t. Here’s to enjoying another glorious season. Honey, it’ll all be better come October. Just suck it up for another seven months. Isn’t baseball great?
HER: Eyes rolling…
ME: Sh*t-eating grin widening…

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About the Author: Cecilio's Scribe is the founder of The Legend of Cecilio Guante and a generally pessimistic fan of the Mets, Jets, Knicks and Rangers. A fine NYC-based gentlemen who hones his marketing skills as his primary trade by day. Husband, chef, father of a newborn and after-hours blogger by night. Proud alum of the mighty Big Red of Cornell. University. Hot sauce devotee. Staunch protester of the continued wussifcation of American sports. Sometimes I rhyme slow, sometimes I rhyme quick.

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  1. BROOKTOWN WSOP says:
    April 3, 2008 at 9:42 am

    Nice post, and good to find a fellow Met fan out here.

    Here’s to a great 2008.

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  2. jumponthebandwagon says:
    April 3, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Enough with the Mets…. Let’s start talking about the Nationals, the only 3-0 team in baseball.

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  3. Anonymous says:
    April 3, 2008 at 11:33 am

    CS’s soon-to-be wife:
    Look on the bright side – Shake Shack and Blue Smoke at Citi Field. MMMM… ballpark snacks :)

    Reply

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