Guest Post: Monthly Rankings Based on Sports and Life

On a snowy February day, Paul is back with another guest post. Paul "likes" include Joba-to-the-'pen, college sports, beating the Red Sox, classic rock concerts and hot cocoa K-cups. His "dislikes" include "clowns" (such as Johnny Damon), the New England Patriots, and the UConn Huskies. When bad things occur, Paul's signature phrase, "BRUTAL!", comes flying out. With that all in mind, let's get to Paul's guest post.
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As the very dull month of February is coming to a close (yay!), I figure it’s a good time to review and rank all the months of year based on a combination of sports enjoyment and life in general. For instance, August is a dull month in sports but I can’t rank it last since the weather is great. Below is my list, best to worst:

1) October – Easily my favorite month of the year; baseball playoffs, NFL and college football are in full swing. Also there is fall foliage here in the Northeast and the weather is cool and very comfortable. It’s a very festive time of year with Halloween, craft fairs, pumpkin coffee/muffins/ice cream/beer, etc.. Heck, even Bill Simmons mentions why October is his favorite month

2) March – This choice is here based more on location. It follows the worst month of they year (see below). March has "March Madness", of course, which I love as a college hoop fan. In addition to the tournament itself, the conference tournament week is sometimes even more exciting. I don’t watch spring training closely but the official return of baseball happens this month. Now March has daylight savings back with more daylight due to a change a few years ago (what a great idea, by the way). The feeling I get in this month is that spring is finally coming after a long winter!

3) December – I know it’s a cold wintery month, but we have the holidays to enjoy/stress out about. From a sports point of view, there is a lot going on including NFL regular season wind down and the start of college bowl games. College hoops starts to get in full swing, also.

4) September – The weather is still warm and it’s the return of football (both NFL and college)! Also, you have baseball Pennant races! [Andrew's editor's note: you also have the return of the NHL and NBA and hope that your team will reign supreme when the weather is nice again]

5) April – The return of spring and baseball!! Opening day is always exciting; there is also the NCAA final four and the Masters for golf fans. The only problem with this month is that it rains too much and the weather is still too cold here in the Northeast.

6) July – This choice is more based on life itself being in the middle of the summer. The baseball season is very long but at least you have the All-Star break. The weather is obviously great and I’m usually on vacation so that’s a big plus! And of course the 4th of July weekend is very enjoyable!

7) January – Another cold month but it has NFL playoffs, lots of college bowl games, and college hoops. I particularly like all the bowl games on January 1st. Also, it’s nice as the stress of the holidays is over

8/9/10) June/May/August – these months are all similar, great weather and sunlight till 9 o’clock but not much sports going on except baseball which can be quite long anyway. May and June do have NBA and NHL playoffs which I’ll tune into but they are not my favorite

11) November – lots of good sports going on but I hate this month in general. The start of winter, the leaves are gone as foliage is just too short, cold November rain, daylight savings time returns as daylight disappears around 5 PM. There is one great thing however in November: Thanksgiving which is my favorite holiday. Still, one long weekend can’t make up for the rest.

12) February – simply the worst, I mean BRUTAL!! The winter is just long at this point and there are no big holidays this month to compensate. We have to deal with the "no football hangover" as the NFL officially ends. There are campus college hoop games which are exciting but this isn’t enough--this just helps me keep sane as this is all I watch. This February has been a little better than most because of the Super Bowl which recently has been in this month. But generally, the Super Bowl was in January. Also, the Olympics this year have been fun to watch, especially hockey (even though I’m not a big fan).

So there you have it. What are your favorite/least favorite months? I don’t watch NBA, NHL, Golf or horse racing so I’m sure there will be varying opinions.

Picture from the AP via Yahoo! Sports