Gettin' this show on the road

Hi all, its Ash the resident Sports Gal (and I don't care if I steal Bill Simmons' wife's name, he's retired now), checking in with my first contribution to We Are the Hecklers! As it's been stated by my co-bloggers this is a blog is where we rant and rave about all things sports.

To sort of kick-start my blogging adventures here are some things you can look forward to in the coming weeks as well as my team interests:

Baseball:
- Die-hard Yankees fan since birth, and grateful to have witnessed four championships in 5 years! Those were the days....but I digress. I'm also looking forward to a helluva second half and a wild division race, should be one to remember. Aside from discussing the Yanks, I will look at the AL playoff race and which team(s) I think will make a run at their respective divisions and wild card.

Football:

- Probably my first love in all of sports - I proudly support the Miami Dolphins: the greatest football team ;-)
No bias there of course, but I'm looking forward to reading comments and such seeing as I'm in the middle of New York and New England our much hated rivals so bring it! With training camps opening all over the NFL I'm gettin' ready for some football. One of the major topics of discussion I would like to touch upon, and one that has bothered me for a while now, is how the season has been dragged out in recent years.

Hockey:

- Yes I am a Rangers fan, true blue...which is how I'd describe myself after every season, but hey, if and when they do win another cup it'll be as sweet as '94. I also must agree with Dave...Sidney Crosby is good, but not Gretzky great, and I actually think Ovechkin is a better pure scorer than Sid. There won't be too much to discuss about hockey in the coming weeks so I shall likely leave it our til end of August/September once preseason starts rolling around.

As my co-bloggers have said, no sport is left out in our blogs (again except maybe curling) but these are my three main areas of expertise so I'll be focusing more on them for the time being. Until next time, and please comment on anything we've said, or with any ideas of future blogs we'd be happy to hear them!

Ash