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This week's be a good sport tip: Embrace the joy of Thanksgiving weekend football
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Ah, Thanksgiving weekend – a time for women to emerge from the penitentiary of the kitchen, throw on their most comfortable shopping shoes, and go forth in the name of good tidings of comfort and joy to engage in hand-to-hand combat over half-price iPod nano accessories. It truly is the biggest shopping weekend of the year.
Or, depending on whom you ask, the biggest football weekend of the year.
That’s right, sports widows. There is a very real possibility that your significant other will spend the next several days basking in the glory of non-stop football from the comfort of the couch while you fight for survival in the mean aisles of Best Buy.
In light of these difficult circumstances, I present you with this week’s be a good sport tip.
This year, why not trade in your shopping shoes for a pair of slippers and join your other half in watching some good old fashioned Thanksgiving weekend football? It’s a win-win situation. He’ll be grateful for your newfound “interest” in the game and you can take some time to fully appreciate the wondrous world of online shopping.
You don’t have to be a football connoisseur to pull this off, as there is no need to actually pay attention to the game. Just throw in the occasional “go, go, go!” and you should be all set. Provided you don’t end up cheering for the wrong team, of course.
Given the brutal physical contact and general roughness of the game that is football, I guarantee that you won’t miss Thanksgiving weekend shopping in the least. In fact, there is a good chance that you will feel as though you are right there in the action, battling those holiday crowds.
Holiday football and holiday shopping -- when it comes down to it, maybe they’re not so different after all.
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- Brushback: A pitch that is purposely thrown too close to the batter in an effort to intimidate him.
- Bullpen: The place off to the side of the field where relief pitchers and catchers warm up during the game.
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- Take a pitch: When a batter chooses not to swing at a pitch.
- Scoring position: A runner is considered to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base.
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