Readers' Choice: Favorite Sporting Goods Store

Last week saw the official opening of the Major League Baseball season and spring certainly is in the air. Some would say it’s been in the unseasonably warm air since January.

So what lawn games and equipment will adorn our backyards, roof racks and town parks this summer? Maybe some badminton nets, jungle gyms, croquet mallets, bicycles and - for fans of “The Hunger Games” - archery sets?

This week, we’re asking you, our local Patch readers, to tell us your favorite spot to pick up sporting goods (scroll down for our poll), and more importantly—why (click on the business listing hyperlink below, and give it a rating and review for future local shoppers to find).

We will declare this week’s Readers’ Choice contest winners on Monday at noon. See rules (attached as PDF).

Here’s our starter list (don’t see a business on this list that should be there? Say so in the comments thread!):

• The pro shop at
• in Southbury
• sporting goods section in Southbury
• sporting goods section in Naugatuck
• in Danbury