Thursday, March 19, 2015

Blazer Basketball Fan



Portland Trail Blazer Nicolas Batum standing hip to shoulder with his biggest fan.
I believe in most American households the sports fan of the family are usually male, but in our household it is the lovely MeMa.  She never misses  a game and if she can't watch it on the television then she will listen on the radio.  Our youngest son Ian is an ardent fan as well and the two will text back and forth when excitement is at a peak.  Vivian my Volvo, sports a very large decal of the Blazer Team logo that Ian created while employed at a local sign shop.  I have actually been stopped and asked by folks who had been driving behind me, where they could get a matching decal.
Nicolas Batum has been with the Blazers NBA Basketball Team since 2008.  Born in Lisieux France, he has had an impressive career starting in Le Mans in 2006 before the Portland Trail Blazers acquired him.
You can imagine MeMa's surprise when the French Teacher at Franklin High School mentioned that the  Batum assembly would be held in the school library.  MeMa rushed out and purchased a new Blazer sports shirt just for the occasion.  After Batum was finished speaking the attending students where allowed to ask questions, but only in French.
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4 comments:

  1. LindaGMarch 20, 2015 at 6:06 PM

    Wow. Quite the size difference. MeMa looks quite happy. Congratulations and have a blessed weekend!

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  2. Cro MagnonMarch 20, 2015 at 10:17 PM

    I find Netball/Basketball a bizarre game. You take a bunch of very tall people who run from end to end (in turn) and put a ball into a net, with the side that put it in first eventually winning (i.e. 157-156 score). Give me Rugby any day; as least you see a good fight.

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  3. RobMarch 24, 2015 at 4:43 PM

    Its nice when members of a family can share enthusiasm for the same sport. By the way I own a Volvo too, never thought to name it though.

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    1. DocMarch 25, 2015 at 8:02 AM

      Perhaps you will when if yours becomes part of your family for 37 years. I just cant part with it after all this time and she just keeps on going.

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