which comes first

i have always loved sports. 

let me start that again. 

i have always loved watching sports. my first love was baseball and i gradually moved on to football. these were the two sports that my mom was interested it, so they were easy fits. when i came to college, i finally developed a love of hockey that any good maine girl should have (thanks to live, good college hockey), but still had a hard time watching it on tv. i still believe that, more than any other sport, hockey is best watched in person.  recently, i have started to casually follow the celtics and the bruins as well.

why do i get so into these sports, though? all of the teams i root for have won national championships in the past few years except for the bruins, and they are better this year than i can ever remember. do i just follow them because they are winning? it sure makes it more fun to watch.

but i think there is also a subtler theme. it seems that the more time i have on my hands, the more sports i watch. i guess this makes sense. i have plenty of time now to pick up some hobbies, so why wouldn't i just get more into something that i have been interested in for my entire life? but would i really be watching all of these sports if the teams weren't doing as well as they are?

that, my friends, is one of life's little mysteries. i think for now, i will just enjoy the fact that my friday and sunday nights were incredibly busy because the sox, bruins, and celtics were all playing on the same night.