Gary Archibald, Weathercaster

Love this time of the year – it’s a smorgasbord of changing weather, scenery (with fall colors providing the natural omnipresent splendor) AND…three of my favorite sports are in full swing!

For fans of baseball…it’s the playoffs. And there isn’t anything like the month of October and the hype and wonderment of America’s pastime. In the northeast for example, at dusk, just before the first pitch is thrown…say…between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians (Sunday night), there will be a calm, fair, and comfortable autumn evening…picture it...under the lights at Yankee stadium. What an atmosphere. What a spectacle!

It doesn’t end there. NFL football is well under away as well. Throughout the country, pigskins are flying from one-end of the gridiron to the other… for pros and amateurs alike; it is a time to soak it up. I too, have been tossing the football around with my 11-year-old cousin Nicholas in the late afternoon… Through him, at this time of the year, I am able to re-visit earlier years, wonderful moments in time when we as kids become our childhood sports stars… I was Dallas Cowboy legendary quarterback Roger Staubach, superstar running-back Tony Dorsett…all under the ambiance of the autumnal mystique…the falling leaves, the brilliant hues abound, the soft grasses in the school yard fields underfoot.

And hockey – the ultimate contest of skill and brawn has begun…for the pros in the NHL, they are only beginning the season, but soon enough, under the lights – once it becomes cold enough, outdoor rinks will be busy with skaters young and old enjoying the great Canadian sport… dare I say that I long for winter already. Hmmm…no…although a winter-lover, I’ll take autumn slowly for now, in full swing… the skates are ready to go though.

Enjoy!