How Do You Spend the Off-Season?
by John Sickels on Oct 3, 2010 1:26 PM EDT
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PrintWith the season winding down, what kind of things do you do to occupy your time during the off-season? I really don't have an off-season, as soon as the major league campaign ends I start writing the 2011 book. But what do you do to stay entertained during the dark winter months? Do other sports draw your interest?
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Watching football and Hockey
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Different avenues
I am a big basketball, football, and hockey fan so all those various sports keep me entertained. Also, fall TV brings all the great shows back so I get back in to my TV watching which I abandon every summer.
by King Billy Royal on Oct 3, 2010 1:49 PM EDT reply actions
+1
Great TV shows
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by Marinerfanjake on Oct 3, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
You should be a Columbus Blue Jacket Fan
Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene and Jerry Kramer
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Yeah, I don't really view the off-season as a boring time in the baseball world
If you’re like me, you’re absolutely fascinated by the things that come up during the off-season: non-tenders, arbitration, trades on trades on trades, free agency, prospect lists like John’s, Keith Law’s and BA’s, reports from winter ball, just figuring out how 2011 Opening Day rosters will play out.
That’s part of why I love baseball so much: to me, it’s a 365 days a year kind of thing.
Baseball is my preferred sport. It should be yours, too.
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Following each team's strategy in the offseason is definitely one of the reasons I'm a baseball fan
Player movement, coaching hires – basically seeing how the other 29 teams try to figure out how to make it all the way to the WS next year.
Bowling...
I bowl…a lot. I do league, sub for a few leagues, and do some tournaments….often bowling anywhere from 2-5 days a week. It was something I used to do a lot when I was younger, then quit for about 7 or so years after I went off to college…started back up a few years ago.
Baseball wise…I keep busy with a couple sim leagues…offseason stuff, trades, free agency, etc.
I spend the offseason
pouring over the Baseball America top ten prospects lists. Then, patiently wait for the top 100 list. After that I somehow, someway make it to opening day.
Once again, it’s gonna be rough
NBA
Big time raptors fan/NBA fan. It’s gonna be an ugly season for Toronto fans but it’s a beautiful game to watch.
Agreed, very excited for the NBA season to begin
Not to mention that NBA 2K11 should be a freaking fantastic game.
Baseball is my preferred sport. It should be yours, too.
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by Satchel Price on Oct 3, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I want to see if Durant can average 35 a game this year
Best pure scorer since Jordan…
my off-season
Baseball-wise, I’ll be doing a lot of catch-up reading . . .there tends to be so many interesting things that come out during the season that I save a lot of it for the off-season. Grading out players, updating rankings lists, and taking note of guys to follow for next year.
Other than baseball, there’s a lot. Being in Austin, college football is kind of a big deal here. Mostly I’m busy with school-related stuff. Next semester, in all likelihood I’m going to begin working on the research for my master’s thesis.
I watch way more tv
but I don’t really ever stop paying attention to baseball. All of my fantasy leagues are very active in the offseason and I find it’s the best time to build a rapport with other owners.
Basketball and football
And of course following every team during the hot stove season.
World Series attitude, champagne bottle life, nothing every changes so tonight is like tomorrow night.
Playing and watching hockey, and watching football.
As with jar75, hockey is my true love (I happen to be a Pens fan, as well).
’Course, I do keep a keen eye on the dealings going on in baseball during the offseason.
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
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Traveling Basketball league
that my daughter is in, every weekend she has new ankles to break.
"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers."
Football, Hockey, Basketball
and baseball offseason always interests me. And lacrosse starting in January
Bring in Bard.
"That place was for diehard sports fans. I only follow my team when they're in the playoffs" - Homer Simpson
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by bestbostonsports on Oct 3, 2010 10:13 PM EDT reply actions
Dynasty League
There is not offseason, actually my offseason is more active and important than the actual season.
by HeLeftYouBagEnd on Oct 3, 2010 10:28 PM EDT reply actions
Lots of stuff ...
U of Washington football and basketball on the top of the list, golf in Arizona, winter league baseball, work in my own business (which I love), opera and symphony, visiting Grandkids, occasional trips to Vegas for poker … LOTS going on. At 73, I can still keep up with it all.
off season.....
i put a hat upside down in the middle of my living room.
i buy 4 months worth of decks of cards
i sit in my yellow worn armchair that smells of taco meat and boxer shorts
and toss cards in the hat
one
by
one
until the day before spring training starts
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I hope when you say decks of cards, that they’re actually baseball cards, right?
The wind is in the buffalo.
of course
i have hundreds of boxes of Fleer 87-88-89-90s
i pull out the Mets one’s, i mean who doesn’t love the NL East Rival card with Sandburg and Hojo on it?
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. - Rogers Hornsby
Postseason first
It’s a nice change of pace to watch the playoffs where I don’t care as much about individual performances. (Actually, John – there’s an interesting question – how much do fantasy players continue to follow and root for “their” players during the ML playoffs?) Then I enjoy the football season, both fantasy and “reality”, then the day after the Super Bowl, I fully start salivating until spring training.
The wind is in the buffalo.
Like many others
Fantasy baseball is never truly offseason, and prospect lists make the offseason very intriguing for baseball. I’m also a huge fan of the hot stove, so I’ll be checking on arby lists and free agent lists before the postseason is done.
I get into network TV some, and I enjoy area high school sports. I’ve not had a chance to get into coaching in a situation I felt comfortable in, but my alma mater talked with me about working with athletes in the weight room this winter, so I may do that.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
I coach High School Hockey
It fits perfectly…from November to March, I’m all hockey, and then baseball comes around again…
Football, soccer, college hoops
Once every four years I watch a bazillion hours of the Winter Olympics.
I’d say hockey but the NHL regular season is really boring. I mostly watch the playoffs, and those don’t start until after baseball has started. Once in a while I’ll catch a Sharks game.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
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