The Game Of Which We Shall Not Speak

Game 1 of the 2005 ALDS between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox will henceforth be referred to as "the game of which we shall not speak." No comments here.

What I do want to say though is where did all of the "ultra" Chicago White Sox fans come from anyway? I have never seen US Cellular Field even close to capacity. My dad and brother went to a game there in June of this year and reported back with the story of how they just walked up to the box office five minutes before the game and bought front row seats. Inside, the fans didn't even bother to cheer during the game.

I have a theory that every head of household in Chicago confiscated his or her family's Cubbie Blue items in the middle of the night and donated them to the nearest Salvation Army then went out the next day and bought White Sox gear. Can we send in the authorities to check those Salvation Army bins? Is there some bandwagon jumping in Chicago these days or have White Sox fans just been hiding out in damp cellars all year waiting to emerge for the playoffs?

THE NHL IS BACK
I am pleased to report that Joe Thornton (pictured above) will no longer be used to measure seismographic activity. Since he hasn't been very busy recently, Joe has been balancing a puck on his head that would fall off in the case of any sort of "tremors" or earthquake. (Yes, this is important because we live in Seattle now and there is supposedly some sort of Megaquake that we need to be ready for.) Anyway, tonight the NHL kicks off its season and Joe can get back to his real job which is scoring some wicked goals.

I know that I am among about 1% of the non-Canadian population who actually noticed that there was no NHL last year, but I am absolutely psyched for the season to start tonight.

Go Bruins and (Red) Sox!