Aussie Football = Sunday Funday

When I'm at a huge Red Sox game, and see people at the game who are clueless about the score, and obviously not into the game or either of the teams, I get pissed and near violent at this waste of a ticket. Yesterday, me and my buddy were those people...in a big way.

The rules of Aussie football are very foreign to me, and from what I can gather, it is an aggressive combination of American football and soccer. It's a very entertaining game to watch, and the fans seem to love it, as yesterday's match was attended by about 90,000 people. That's more people than any pro sports game I've ever seen, and my guess is close to one million beers were drank, and 1/10th of those were by Davs and me.

I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that the beers were only 6 dollars, much cheaper than anywhere else in Melbourne and about half of what they'd cost at a Sox game. With no knowledge of the sport or teams we were watching, Carlton beers became the priority, followed by french fries, followed by more beers. It's a vicious cycle, but one that proved to give us all the entertainment we needed. Sure, we may have been a waste of a ticket, but we put more money into that stadium than everyone else, and that has to count for something.

A major realization I had yesterday as well, other than Carlton beers get you drunk, is that I am going to miss not being around for Boston sports. I can catch Sox night games online in the morning here, and will be able to watch Pats' games in the middle of the night at Davs' friend's house, but it's just not the same when there's no ESPN or daily coverage. I guess it's what you'd call one of those good problems, so I'm guessing I'll get by.