Completely Conspicuous 570: Rooting Interests

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about growing up as sports fans. Show notes: - Recorded on the way to Tree House Brewing - Phil: Grew up watching sports with his dad, playing sports with his brothers - Watched a lot of tennis in the late '70s/early /80s - Both read the sports page of the local paper - Collecting sports cards was a big hobby - Jay: Began watching hockey with dad, quickly became obsessed - Played street hockey with the neighborhood kids - Phil: We played outside with no supervision all day - Now we don't let our kids go anywhere on their own - Imagining you're a pro athlete - Memories of church league hoops - Jay: We played "foot hockey" (aka soccer with a tennis ball) every day at recess - Street hockey got serious, playing teams from across town - No fun playing sports against your boss - Jay: Parents wouldn't let me play organized youth hockey - Didn't play sports the first two years of high school because of multiple moves - Good way to make friends - Jay: Played a lot of sports after college - Played soccer, hockey, golf, tennis - It's no fun when people start acting like jerks - Started getting involved with coaching youth sports when kids started playing - Some parents take their kids' sports way too seriously - Let your kids enjoy themselves - Sports fans can be really dumb - Going to games as a kid - Baseball is a major sport, but it's getting tough to watch a whole game on TV - The kids love the e-sports - To be continued Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.