Flip side of a love song

Tonight will be a gathering to watch the 7th game of the Stanley Cup finals. Next to Futbol (soccer for most of us) I find Hockey to be about the most boring thing in the world. A game where you cheer for things that almost happen doesn't hold a lot of weight for me. "Oooooh....did you see that goal he ALMOST scored?!?" is a bit ridiculous if you ask me. Other than really shiny trophies, I don't quite see the draw.



Of course, there are about three gazillion people in the world watching soccer right now. Apparently there is a tournament going on. It's called the World Cup. Look at the Trophy above....does anyone notice something? IT IS NOT A CUP!!!!!! Go figure. Actually, I recall the world cup as the thing that I passed on free tickets to in '94 because I didn't want to drive to Jersey from Queens. (How is that for an American?!?)

So what is it about things that almost happen that gets the world so enthralled? I can't figure it out. I suppose it is the same reason that movies about bells ringing and angels getting their wings were so popular throughout the years. Heck, Michael J. Fox made a small living off of movies about changing what happened into what could have happened. He then went on to Teen Wolf, but we can forgive him for that I think.

I think that I could learn to cheer for what should have happened. We all have things we regret. There are goals that we scored that we wished we hadn't, passes that were intercepted and juke moves that didn't quite...or worse yet sometimes...did work.


Do you think the players on a team ever look back and watch the game reels? Watching moves they made, even the dirty fouls and get upset at themselves? Like one half of the star-crossed lovers from a heartbreak chick flick, the one who did the hurting, and feel bad for the player they blatantly fouled or posterized? Their moment, another's tragedy? I think I might want to apologize if it were me. Especially if I were Mookie Wilson in the 1986 World Series.



It's the flip side. What could have been. It's the other side of the love song. One may hear it and rejoice, the other may hear it and cry over what could have been.

Sometimes all that can be done is say I am sorry for making you feel bad, or making you look bad. Sometimes, that's not enough.

Thank god it's only Soccer, the worlds most boring game. Not only is it boring, but it sucks. Seriously! It's been scientifically proven! Check out soccersucks.net for a full list of reason why.

Go Canes. Raleigh needs a Stanley Cup.