The Train Daddy is back with sports news, life lessons and politically incorrect talk. All aboard!
So, my last article ruffled a feather or two, and I promised those people I would keep this article positive. You will not hear me ranting about biology and sports, nope! I have no desire to talk about the lack of integrity in female athletics. I have no desire to talk about how this topic has entered the realm of insanity. I mean, we have gender separation in sports for a reason, because biology matters, but I have no desire to talk about that in this month’s issue of the Pulse, even though it is extremely important to me. I will continue my rant later.
I am just saying that in a society that often puts feelings over common sense, we need sensible people willing to loudly say that biological males competing with biological females in sports is lunacy. LOL.
Enough. I do have a desire to talk about a few other things in this month’s issue. I am going to call this article “The Ramble of the Yee-Yee.”
These words are just my honest thoughts without much of a game plan going in. I already live a life obsessed with and surrounded by everything sports 24/7, so it works.
I am now 38 years old; I began writing articles for this amazing publication at the age of 24. Time is tickin’, it keeps on tickin’, time is tickin’ away.
See, that’s what happens when you ramble—you end up singing old-school DC Talk songs in an article where you didn’t talk about transgender athletics and where you are about to switch over to a section praising the beautiful state of Tennessee and then touch on some sports.
It’s June in Tennessee. I love this state!
I will live here the rest of my life and be buried somewhere in these hills. Even if I were offered something unbelievable in another state, I know with certainty I would never leave. There is no place I would rather be than good ole Cannon County, Tennessee!
Not many areas in the country are more beautiful than a drive through Tennessee. Newcomers will often say, “It’s so green!” Give me that backwoods, slow-it-down life. It’s medicine for the soul.
Ridicule my love of home all you want, but it is a healthy obsession that leads to happiness. It must be miserable living somewhere where you truly aren’t content. I wouldn’t know about that, though.
Maybe that little ramble about the state of Tennessee gives a little insight into why I have been so obsessed with Tennessee sports my entire life.
Tennessee Volunteers or the Tennessee Titans, my passion level is insanity, and it will never stop. If we start talking about the Nashville Predators or Nashville Soccer Club it still is insanity. I have problems. Though I did give my love away to one team outside of Tennessee—the only team I root for outside of state lines, the Atlanta Braves.
The state of Tennessee is full of Braves fans because it is the closest MLB team around for much of the state. I grew up thinking I was going to be the next Chipper Jones. It was hard not to become a Braves fan as a kid in the ’90s. That team was stacked and should have won three World Series. But at least they got one in the ’90s and another recently.
I have a question: If the state of Tennessee finally got its own MLB team, something I can see happening in the next decade or so, would you Braves fans living in Tennessee switch it up? The answer for me is an immediate yes. I have said as much my entire life and I would embrace that hypothetical team with everything I have.
Go ahead and say I am not a real Braves fan. You probably are correct; I have never felt that complete connection with the team from Georgia. Bring an MLB team to Nashville and boom, I am rocking with them from year one as a diehard fan. The Braves would have my thanks for decades of great baseball and memories.
One more topic—a shout-out to Nashville Soccer!
The Nashville Soccer Club is on fire and playing some great ball (biological male balls, you could say). Nashville is rising the ranks of the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer.
As of the beginning of June, the NSC sits at eight wins, four draws and three losses, rocking 28 points, good enough for second place in the East, just behind FC Cincinnati. It really is amazing what this club is doing in its beautiful new soccer stadium, Geodis Park. The team extended its unbeaten streak to seven games (5-0-2 during the span) in front of another capacity crowd of just over 30K fans. Nashville is a full-time, real-deal sports city. We have the passion and the people. Bring it on!
Nashville doesn’t play another home game until June 17 against St Louis; the club goes on the road June 3 at Dallas and June 10 at Toronto. Get ready Nashville fans—you have a young soccer team that has shown us up to this point in the season they have the championship pedigree. Bring that cup to the ’Ville!
Enough rambling, the Z-Train is ready to roll into the station! I wish you all an incredibly happy summer, full of good times and memories. Life is moving faster than I can keep up with, but I embrace it all. It’s not always easy but it’s worth it. Embrace life, because life is good! Life isn’t always fair, though; the world of women’s athletics knows this. More on that topic another time.
To all my loyal readers and haters, thank you! Contact me at titanman1984@gmail.com if you have any words of wisdom. Rolling into the station—choo-choo and yee-yee Tennessee!
