World Cup

I'm going to try to watch. I've been reading up on some of these previews. It bothers me that I can't appreciate it because the writers who cover it talk about these great players like we talk about Pujols or Lincecum. It bothers me that I can't get into it because the idea of this world-wide competition every 4 years where national pride is on the line, and entire countries shut down to watch is just so cool. It's so odd that it is so huge, so massively important to so many people in the world, and America doesn't care. I drive around this town and see all the fields full of soccer players, but we can't produce any world class players? It's all strange to me, but I am going to try to get into it some this month. It's just too big to ignore.

S