Winter Olympics, Curling

Curling you ask? Yep, I got hooked during the last Olympics. Not at all like ice hockey, curling is more like a chess match.

There is of course a Minnesota connection to the curling teams.

The women’s team has also been called Team Bemidji as the Skip and her sister are from Bemidji, Minnesota. Unfortunately they did not play all that well and will not make it out of the preliminary round.

The men’s team also has been called Team Bemidji as the Skip and another member are from Bemidji, Minnesota. The men are 5-2 after their match today and likely will move on to the next round.

So why curling? Well there is a lot of strategy. Strangely a lot like pool, as in billiards.

I have been told that curling is slow and boring like soccer. This usually comes from a baseball fan. Baseball to me is a little boring but if it involves a nice day and a beer or two, I can live with it. Unless it’s a nice day and you walk into a domed stadium like we do for the Minnesota Twins. But I will leave my stadium rant for another day.

So I will continue to cheer for our curling teams and my fellow Minnesotans.

My baseball friends are reminding me that pitchers and catchers report next week. Oh goody…