Monday mumblings

It's official. I'm ready for football.

Or is it this: It's official, I'm done with baseball.

It's one of the two and it's both. Both of my teams -- the Twins and Rockies -- have been unofficially eliminated from their respective playoff races, so my attention is shifting to football, particularly the Wyoming Cowboys and Green Bay Packers.

At this time of the year I'm usually juggling my team interests, so I guess this makes it a little less complicated. Of course, that's not to say that if the Twins or Rockies or both went on this miraculous run and got back in the race, I'll jump back on the bandwagon. Realistically, though, it won't likely happen.

That's not to say that I won't continue to be a fan of either team despite the tough times. That will never change.  I've gone through many seasons of down times with the Twins from the time I was a youngster to now. Just not lately.

Part of being a true fan is to stick with your team through thick and thin. I'll still do that. But it won;t quite be the same, so I'll concentrate my efforts on football. Not only has the NFL and college kicked things in gear, but the high school season will soon be under way and that will suck me in as well.

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If I could find something positive about my car is breaking down again, it would be this: I have to take it into the shop Tuesday at 8 a.m. Normally, I'm still in dreamland at that time, but it needs to be done, so the sooner the better. Because I'll be up, there will be no excuses to not head over to War Memorial Stadium for the first Cowboys' scrimmage at 8:45 a.m.

It will be a good chance to check out the quarterback battle, especially with the fact that I have not been able to see them perform as of yet (I missed the spring game so I didn't get to see Brett Smith then either).

Who knows, maybe I'll even get my sportswriter blood flowing ... at least for a couple of hours.

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Just a little note on my wife, Teresa. Her physical therapy is coming along and today she was able to sit in a wheelchair for two hours, following up a one-hour sit the other day. Nothing is guaranteed in the future, but she continues to work hard. We're optimistic that this will lead to her coming home one of these days.

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One more thing. Does anybody have a Droid Pro cell phone from Verizon? I'm trying to save a picture from a text and I can't figure it out. It's of Teresa sitting in her chair today and I want to post it on Facebook. If you have any ideas, drop me a line or give me a call.

Thanks,
Your's truly, technology illiterate Rich