I'm not much for sports. I like playing them and enjoy watching them is someone I know is playing, but I'm not much for watching professional teams. I don't dislike watching them, I just prefer to spend my limited time doing other things. Yet when I head the news that Jackson might be building a stadium for a minor league time, my interest was piqued.
There is something that I like about baseball. The deliberateness, the pacing, the way every pitch can have so many variable outcomes despite the relatively small strike zone, the fans, the sounds, even the food all give me a feeling unique to this type of event. Unfortunately, the major leagues have become an exorbitant luxury. Even with free tickets, the costs of the food alone make the game less enjoyable. Add this the fact that the only seats that I can afford are so high above the action that I would be better off watching the game on television, if I cared enough about the teams to watch it ... which I don't.
But a home team ... that's a different story. My family once got tickets to the box seats for a minor league game and immensely enjoyed the experience (I was not able to attend). With a team in Jackson (which I hope would be called the Jailbirds), I would be sorely tempted to get season tickets. To give me an excuse to get out, let life slow down, and enjoy time watching a game with my family.
Who knows if or when this idea might come to fruition, but I like the idea. And if I, a person who is "not much for sports," am excited about the idea, I can only guess how many other people would be interested.
There is something that I like about baseball. The deliberateness, the pacing, the way every pitch can have so many variable outcomes despite the relatively small strike zone, the fans, the sounds, even the food all give me a feeling unique to this type of event. Unfortunately, the major leagues have become an exorbitant luxury. Even with free tickets, the costs of the food alone make the game less enjoyable. Add this the fact that the only seats that I can afford are so high above the action that I would be better off watching the game on television, if I cared enough about the teams to watch it ... which I don't.
But a home team ... that's a different story. My family once got tickets to the box seats for a minor league game and immensely enjoyed the experience (I was not able to attend). With a team in Jackson (which I hope would be called the Jailbirds), I would be sorely tempted to get season tickets. To give me an excuse to get out, let life slow down, and enjoy time watching a game with my family.
Who knows if or when this idea might come to fruition, but I like the idea. And if I, a person who is "not much for sports," am excited about the idea, I can only guess how many other people would be interested.
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