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Happy New… oh, it’s almost February?

This year has officially sucked so far.

I lost two uncles, both of them from my Dad’s side of the family, in the span of 10 days.

Hopefully the bad stuff will stay in January and the rest of 2026 will be fine.

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I was going to write more, but just writing that above has sucked the life out of me.

I will say that I enjoyed Wonder Man on Disney+.

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I will also say than in the span of about a week I went from being really excited about the Super Bowl down in Santa Clara @ Levi’s Stadium to not caring about game day except for the commercials and movie trailers.

My Broncos did better this season than anyone expected, including me.

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I think today marks 10 days until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training, so least that’s coming soon.

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Expectations: NFL 2023

My expectations are simple:

I fully expect the 49ers to win the Super Bowl this year.

I hope the Broncos finish above .500 this year.

We’ll see how it goes.

 

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Rule of Two

Except for basketball and soccer, I root for two teams in every sport that I’m interested in.

Giants and Mets.

Sharks and Flyers.  Maybe the Maple Leafs.

49ers and Broncos.

I root for my local/home teams unless it’s the Broncos or Mets playing the 49ers or Giants.

Just ask anyone who was around for Super Bowl XXIV, when I was probably the lone person in the city of San Francisco wearing a John Elway #7 Broncos jersey, rooting against the 49ers.

Or the postseason Giants games against the Mets.

As for this season, I threw my support for the Broncos out the window when they signed Joe Flacco.  They’re still my team, but everyone knew that Flacco was not the answer.  Hopefully Drew Lock will lead us into a better future.

So I climbed back onto the 49ers bandwagon, which has been a team I’d been a fan of since freshman year in high school, when this happened:

This year’s squad is full of likable guys, like George Kittle and Jimmy Garoppolo.

And Richard Sherman, that guy you hate, unless he’s on your team.

So while I can say I’m a bandwagoner, I can sorta kinda claim the ‘Faithful Then, Faithful Now’ moniker as well.  From a certain point of view.

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Oh What a Night

Glenn picked me up for the Giants game at the usual time.

The clouds in the distance looked dark and were cause for concern.

It appeared that there might be some light showers at game time.

There were, along with thunder and lightning, which caused the start of game to be delayed until 7:55pm.

During that time, we found shelter and ate our Cha-Cha Bowls.

The rain subsided and we returned to our seats for the starting lineups and the National Anthem.

The rain started up again during the anthem.

Chris Stratton retired the first Dodger batter, Curtis Granderson.

And then the downpour started again and Glenn and I hightailed it out of there.  It wasn’t enough to get soaked, and the temperature was warm enough that it didn’t feel as uncomfortable as it should have.

We stopped by the Dugout Store to do some browsing, but didn’t pick up anything.

Glenn dropped me off at home, where I got to watch the second half of the Chargers-Broncos game, which was more stressful at the end than it needed to be, with the Broncos blocking the game-tying field goal to seal the win.

After the game I switched channels back to the Giants game, where they said that the game would resume at 10:50pm.

Ack.

So I went to bed listening to a live Giants game instead of the midnight replay.

I woke up around 2:30am and heard the end of the game, Giants 8 Dodgers 6.

Woohoo.

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Return to Levi’s

My cousin Rich was kind enough to invite me to the pre season home opener between the Broncos and the 49ers.

Coin toss

As much as I’m content to watch sports at home, nothing beats being among the crowd during a live event.

We stopped by Chik-fil-a before the game.  I’d never had it before, so I ordered grilled chicken nuggets.

At the stadium, the weren’t going to let us in because if their “no outside food” policy, so we had to scarf down our meals rather quickly.  Once we finished, we made our way to our seats, just in time for kickoff.

We stayed in our seats through the first quarter, then went around the stadium. Rich was looking for a friend who might have been able to let us sit in the lower bowl for a bit, but he was not working the game.

While walking around and checking out the new banners and stuff, we noticed that there were banners for 4 of the five 49ers Super Bowl wins.  The missing one?  Super Bowl XXIV.  I wanted to take a picture under it while wearing my Elway Broncos jersey.

Eventually we met up with the recently retired GY, working his first game at the stadium.  After chatting for a bit, it was halftime, so we decided to go home.

Thanks again to my cousin Rich for the opportunity to see the stadium, and my boys from Denver, again.