2009. Did you love this year? Unless you are a Park View Little Leaguer or a foreclosure specialist, the answer is probably no. But 2009 was memorable in more ways than one, and in the world of San Diego sports, there were enough great/important moments to fill a pair of Top 10 lists. That’s what we’ve done, as the creators of 619Sports.Net, Craig Elsten and Chris Ello, have laid down their Top 10 San Diego sports moments from 2009.
After the jump, Chris and Craig share their memories of the year, and each of their Top 10 lists for San Diego sports in 2009. Please, take some time and click through each of the links…you’ll find some of our best stories, podcasts and interviews from the year.
We also talked…a lot. Enjoy this podcast, as both of us break down our Top 10 and rehash the biggest stories of the year that was:
I have lived in the city of San Diego for over half of my life now, arriving in 1990 and (like so many others) never leaving. Along the way, there are certain things that I have heard so often, they have become ingrained in the brain, almost as if they were written in stone at City Hall:
1) “San Diego is not a good sports town”
2) “There is SO much to do here”
Normally, point #2 is used to explain away point #1. San Diego is NOT a good sports town BECAUSE there is so much to do here. Want to know why the Q is 85% empty for an Aztecs game? Point #1, followed by point #2. Why aren’t people plunking down their hard-earned cash in the summer to go watch the hometown nine struggle? Point #2. Why don’t they care enough? Point #1.
Today, I want to take this discussion and turn it on its head. See, we’ve been looking at it all wrong, all these years. From a top-down viewpoint, only examining the pro and top college teams and their attendance/passionate fans, it’s easy to arrive at point #1 and point #2.
But what if we approached it from the other direction? Come with me on a quick tour through some of the lesser-trolled waters in San Diego sports, and you’ll realize it’s precisely because of point #2 (there’s so much to do) that point #1 is exactly backwards. Continue Reading →
