February 29, 2016: Leap Day

Hello February 29th.  Long time no see.  It’s been precisely 4 years since the last time we saw you.  Glad you’re back.

We get that extra day this year.  The 366th day of the year, so all those places have to change their slogan every 4 years to 24/7/366.  It’s actually falls on the 60th day of the year.  What did you do with that extra day?  It should almost be a national or even worldwide holiday… an extra day to do nothing.  One extra day off every 4 years would be nice.

Just thinking about it… once every 4 years….hmmm.  That’s easy, the Olympics matches right up to that.  Although that’s been changed to every 2 years since they broke up and now alternate Winter and Summer Olympics.  Is the World Cup every 4 years?  I think it is.  What else happens every 4 years or so?

FIrst thing that comes to mind is Derrick Rose playing a full season.  OK, that’s a bit unfair.  He did play his first couple years without issue before the knee injuries started.  Since then, he has yet to play a full season, although this will be the closest to it.  However, we know he will NEVER play a full season again; let’s not kid ourselves.  Hopefully he won’t have another serious injury, wherever he ends up continuing his career.  However, he will miss games… a bunch of them… every single year.  Whether it be for simple maintenance, like most of today’s NBA stars do, or whether he just simply doesn’t feel right.  I’m sure there are a number of players that just don’t feel right from time to time.  I would expect most of them to play on, especially in the playoffs.  But Derrick?  I think we all know better by now.

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When it comes to the Blackhawks, maybe it’s a salary dump which is that frequency.  Although this has been a yearly struggle with the talented bunch, the summer of 2010 was a big one, while last year, 2015 was the next biggest.  Yes, I can do simple math, and do realize that’s 5 years apart not 4…. close enough.  You get the point.

On to baseball we go…  and yes, it’s been 27 leap days since the Cubs have won.  Wow!  It always hurts to say it, or to hear it, but this year, a little less.  That’s because, of course, the Cubs are favored to win it all this year.  Still, we’ve been favored to do well before…we’ve had these expectations… and still… nothing.  8 months from now, hopefully we can say something different.  For the Sox, it’s been 11 years now since their 1 World Series in my lifetime.  Not sure how Leap Day fits into that…

OK, it’s time to leap to March.  2 months already in the books for 2016; that was quick.  What will the next 4 years hold until that next Leap Day?  That’s a big question…  titles for all teams would be the best answer, but not likely.  Let’s try to add a couple this year and go from there.  OK, leap day is over now… back to your regularly scheduled year.