The Most Boring Three Days of the (Sports) Year

The time has come once again for the most boring three days of the sports year, when absolutely none of the four major sports are being played and I have nothing to watch on TV at night except reruns of Law & Order and whatever happens to be on Comedy Central. The time where I actually might be forced to interact with family members and go outside into the mosquito-infested wild known as the front porch. Many a baseball fan salivates over the Mid-Summer Classic, the Home Run Derby, the Futures Game. I could care less. Because none of it means anything. I can read the headlines of tomorrow's paper who won the Derby. And if I really missed a shocking moment, I'll be able to watch it about 7 or 8 more times this week when ESPN re-airs with far fewer commercials. And the game...a snooze-fest just like every other all-star game. Sure, home-field advantage is decided during the All-Star Game, but that is in no way compelling enough a reason for me to watch, especially since I am a Pirates fan. My team hasn't had a shot since 1993, and hasn't been to the World Series since I've been alive. It's not like this game will decide where the Pirates will be playing in October (nowhere). So thus, I will be forced to do other things over the next three days. Like write blogs, have a beer or two and read books or something.