The Wings and I Were on the Road Tonite

I love sports. I don't even know why. I'm not sure if it's the escape I need from everyday life or maybe it's because when I played sports as a child I always played as if I would someday make it to the big leagues. Or maybe it's genetic and it just seeped into me through my father who listened or watched every possible game that was being broadcast. Whatever the reason, it's in me.

Being from the Detroit area my allegiance to the Tigers and the Lions will always be within my heart. But....bottom line?....when it comes right down to it, my favorite team is and always will be the Detroit Red Wings! I bleed red(I know we all do but that's the pun)!

The NHL is in disarray and as you may find it hard to believe the fault lies almost solely on the ridiculous commissioner, Gary Bettman. What an idiot. I am so sick and tired of these fools running our sports into the ground when all we as fans want is something to cheer about. Think about it, there is alot we can be stressing about in today's world, but sports gives us this stupid outlet that we get to care about even if it's not really worthy of caring about. Am I making any sense? I just read this paragraph again and I'm not even sure what the hell I'm talking about. Rest assured, I will plod on.

The TV rights to NHL games have been bought by a channel called Versus. It used to be called the Outdoor Network but some genius thought calling it Versus would be so catchy! Whatever. The fact is, I don't get this freaking network. I don't get to watch hockey games because the games are on some obscure cable TV network. Apparently my carrier is a competitor of the carrier that owns the Versus channel and they won't let us have it. Well ain't that a kick in the shins!

This leads me to my point(I know it's about time but really I've been watching hockey all nite long and drinking beers so forgive me if I ramble slightly). Thank God for good friends! Yep, I said it. Rock on my good friends. My friend Amy had me, my wife and my children over to her house to watch the Blackhawks playoff game that started at 7pm. Then she allowed me to watch the Red Wings game that started at 9:30pm until it's joyous conclusion(a 6-3 Wings win). What a cool woman.

Here I was grinning from ear to ear as the Wings posted their potent victory over the demonous(I like this word....to my literary friends...I know the word doesn't exist but the hockey players from Anaheim are demonous....it fits and if I have to make up words to fit my blog than I will....so there!) Ducks from Anaheim in my friend's living room as she slept like a baby in her bedroom above(my wife had long since took the children home since she came up with the brilliant idea for me to ride my bike to Amy's house so she could take the kids home after the Hawk's game).

Side note...it seems I'm using alot of parenthesis in this blog tonite. I'm not sure why but it seems to fit(maybe it's because I'm so geeked about the Wings winning tonite).

I know I will do something special for her in the near future for letting me watch my team play tonite. I'll cook her and her kids a nice meal or......I'll cook a nice meal.....that's pretty much all I got at this point....but she doesn't want it. She knew how important it was to me to watch this hockey game tonite and she was proud to be the one who hooked me up.

You see, I'm so geeked the Red Wings won tonite. The series is tied 2-2 and we're headed back to the Joe for game 5 and it's gonna be a great playoff series to the end. But you don't care and really Amy doesn't either. But what she does care about is doing something for a friend that really makes him happy.

Sports is pretty meaningless. I get it. But there are times when sports can bring out the best in people and make our relationships just a little bit better.

I felt really good when I turned out all the lights in my friend's house tonite and locked the door behind me. Because I knew she trusted me to do that. It's a cool feeling to have friends who care.

One other thing. I did Amy's daughter's math homework and left it on the living room table!