It’s time to Win!

Yikes! I can’t believe baseball is back! I’ve only recently stopped bemoaning the outcome of the World Series and I need a bit more time to work out the way the Super Bowl ended. All things considered, we had a pretty exciting run here in Philly despite the Union, Phillies and Eagles all lost in epic fashion. Superstitious me won’t be commenting on the upcoming Sixers playoffs as I’m not sure my heart can take much more of this. Living in a city that is known for its passionate fan base, we love our teams and love to hate our rivals even more. Sports, for many of us, is a deeply personal investment. It truly sucks when we have to watch the other team win, but sports aren’t life or death. It’s just entertainment.

The dictionary defines sports as an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Sounds a lot like today’s politics, doesn’t it? I’m old enough to remember when Republicans and Democrats worked together based on an underlying belief that despite party loyalty, they worked for the people. Hard to believe that Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were confirmed almost unanimously from both sides of the aisle. Fast forward to the three-ring circus pretending to be Supreme Court nomination hearings and the recent results were quite divided. One Democrat voted to confirm Brett Kavanugh and three Republicans voted for Ketanji Brown Jackson. I would understand this result if we were asking Eagles fans to vote for a Dallas player, but US Senators aren’t supposed to act like green-faced Philly fans.