Sports are considered a positive distraction from the highs and lows of everyday life. 

In my youth I played them all with soccer and baseball standing out. In my middle years it was softball and running.  

I'm proud to say I finished 33 marathons, qualified for the Boston Marathon at the age of 40 (3:09 then, 3:05 now) and pitched the Gotham Batmen to a Softball Championship with my son and grandson as teammates.  

I have also successfully coached Little League Baseball and girls cross country
and track.  

Just like life, I have experienced sports related highs and lows too, but at present, as a fan, sports may have become too much.  

Fan is an abbreviation for "Fanatic" and that's what I am over the Yankees and more specifically their Captain, Aaron Judge, who wears number 99.  

99 is having one of the very best seasons in Baseball history and yet my tension is palpable during his every at bat.  

I have even drawn my wife into my obsession and she, probably rightly, says she can't wait for season's end. 

To be continued...