Man, thinking back to the 2009 New York Yankees… that sure was a year. I remember deciding I wasn’t just going to casually watch that season. I wanted to really follow along, properly.
Getting Started
So, what I did was, I went out and bought one of those basic spiral notebooks. Nothing fancy, just something to keep track. My plan was simple: watch as many games as I could, and just jot things down. It felt like a small project, something just for me.
The Process
I actually stuck with it pretty well. Most game nights, I’d find my spot on the couch, TV on, notebook open. I wasn’t doing deep analysis or anything. It was simpler than that. I’d write down the date, who they were playing, the final score, of course. But I also started adding little notes.
- Who pitched that day?
- Anyone hit a big home run?
- Any standout plays I remembered?
- Sometimes just a thought on how the game felt.
It became a bit of a ritual. Grab a drink, settle in, make my notes. Some nights the notes were longer, especially during those exciting games. Other nights, maybe just the score and who won. I remember watching guys like Jeter and Mo, the familiar faces, but also seeing how the newer guys like CC Sabathia and Teixeira fit into the whole thing. Documenting that, even in my own little way, felt like I was mapping out the season as it happened.
Looking Back
Flipping through that notebook now is kind of funny. The handwriting is rushed in places, there are coffee stains on some pages. It’s not exactly a professional record. But it really captures that journey through the season. You see the streaks, the slumps, the build-up through the playoffs.
It wasn’t about creating some masterpiece of sports journalism. It was about the experience. Spending those evenings focused on the games, making my notes, feeling the ups and downs. It grounded me in that season, made it more than just background noise. They went all the way that year, won the whole thing. And yeah, the final out was exciting, I definitely wrote about that. But looking back, it’s the whole process documented in that notebook – the routine, the small observations game after game – that really sticks with me.
It’s just a simple notebook, but it represents the time I put in, the attention I paid. A personal log of watching that team rebuild and reach the top again. It was my own way of experiencing and recording that slice of time.
