I'm glad folks enjoyed the article.

I'm with the people who say it is probably a mistake to let your emotions get wrapped up in sports these days, if even it ever was a good idea. Even in my own sporting life I try not to get too high or the too low feeling will inevitably come. But OTOH the 'thrill of victory and the agony of defeat' are part of life, and without them there is a blandness that is also unfullfilling.