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 05 Apr 2008 @ 9:52 PM 

(”High Hopes”, by Pink Floyd. From their 1994 Album The Division Bell)

This is about how I feel right now. I honestly think that it would have been better if the Hurricanes had just imploded when the Warchief went down. It would have hurt less that way, because we at least would have known, going into the last day of the season, that all our dreams were torn asunder.

But no. We had to give it up to the Florida fucking Panthers. Nathan fucking Horton said after the game that it was nice to be in a position to decide who goes to the playoffs–and I knew at that moment that they were going to as good as throw the game tonight just to spite us.

I was not disappointed. Perhaps I’m taking it a little hard. I’m sure that by the end of the summer I’ll have a far more rational viewpoint. But right now, at this moment, you cannot in any way shape form or fashion convince me that the Panthers did not deliberately tank that game tonight to twist the lemon juice-coated salt crystal that they plunged into our hearts Friday night.

A couple weeks before the World Series in 1986, Bill Buckner sat for a TV interview–in that interview, he said that he thought the RedSox would win the WS, and he said that something crazy would have to happen like Mookie Wilson hitting a grounder between his [Buckner's] legs with the bases loaded for them to lose.

We all know what happened. I am feeling like that right now, because I had to open my yap back in the middle of March and say that the only way the Capitals would win the Division is if Raleigh were obliterated by a 10MT surface burst. Neither Buckner nor I caused the events that we spoke of, of course–we were simply the messengers, as it were.

Friday night, the bomb hit. Tonight, what didn’t get vapourized got levelled by the shockwave.

Fuckin’ Panthers.

Posted By: The Acid Queen
Last Edit: 05 Apr 2008 @ 09:58 PM

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  1. Carol says:
    5 April, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    You know, Buckner booted the ball in game 6, not game 7. While Buckner is considered the goat for the series, the BoSox did have a chance to win game 7.

    Disclaimer: I grew up a Cubs fan, rooting for Buckner at 1st base.

  2. acidqueen says:
    5 April, 2008 at 10:11 pm

    Oh, I know–I watched that Series and was cheering for the Sox because I didn’t want my Dodgers’ NL rivals to win–but that grounder was considered the backbreaker for the series.

    It’s about the same thing, though. Something so deceptively simple–just win a winnable game–wound up being an instrument of doom.

  3. bigonetimer says:
    6 April, 2008 at 12:57 am

    acidqueen, FLA definitely did not roll over for the Caps tonight, sorry to say. In fact, they outplayed the Caps for stretches of the first and second periods, and overall it was a pretty even game. FLA hit at least two posts/crossbars when the game was still anybody’s to win. Huet was the difference tonight, as he has been for most of the last month. Period.

    You said it yourself in a recent post(albeit in reference to the league and the refs–and thanks for disabusing sundry Canes fans of the silly notion): there really isn’t any collusion or conspiracy. Especially among the players themselves.

  4. acidqueen says:
    6 April, 2008 at 9:53 am

    Like I said–later this summer I’m sure I’ll return to reason.

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