Editor's note: Like you, Bay Area athletes and NBC Sports Bay Area insiders, reporters and analysts are feeling the sports void during the coronavirus stoppage. They'll share their thoughts twice a week in "What I Miss About Sports." Next up in the series: Former A's pitcher and current NBC Sports California analyst Dallas Braden.
What I miss about sports: The sounds, the smells, the physical vibration brought on by joyous eruption and devastating heartbreak.
These are just a few things that can teleport us from the monotonous reality of “everyday life” and provide a fantastical distraction or escape into a dream world.