I am heading to Charlotte this a.m. with Brady to catch the Panthers-Texans opening pre-season game tonight. Usually we hit a baseball stadium but this year we elected to stay close to home and visit a NFL stadium that we have not been to. Baseball wise we’ve been to all the MLB parks save for the 2 L.A. teams, Petco Park in San Diego and Safeco Park in Seattle.
Charlotte/Carolina Panthers are a good example of how the NFL really does mean Not For Long. Just two years ago they went 15 and 1 and made the Super Bowl. Last year they were 6-10 and didn’t even make the playoffs. Go figure. The following is from Deadspin’s take on why the Panthers suck.
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| http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2017-carolina-panthers-1797595132 |
Also on our agenda is a visit to Davis General Store located in North Charlotte. Think I am more psyched about visiting there than I am in going to see the Panthers.
This is from the Davis’ website:
Kayla covers Sunday evenings for me at Buzzy’s Country Store and leaves the radio on the country music channel. This past Monday after I turned the radio on and was cleaning up the place, I was too lazy to change the channel when this song played. I never like it much but let it play anyway. Found that I had never really listened to the lyrics before and that I actually enjoyed listening to the song this time around.
Guess now that I have something in common with ole Dumas Walker, I can relate to it more than I could previously. (And no, I never once thought that the actual lyrics were “go down and do Miss Walker” although there is something to be said for that.)