Comments on: This Is Not A Sports Blog http://www.estarla.com/2008/03/07/this-is-not-a-sports-blog/ Los Angeles Food, Events and Nightlife Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: *e http://www.estarla.com/2008/03/07/this-is-not-a-sports-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-20059 *e Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:43:07 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2008/03/07/this-is-not-a-sports-blog/#comment-20059 @CC: Thanks for sharing. :) It is entirely netiquette to post consecutively - especially if it's to complete your thought. I agree about it being less and less common for a star player to stay with the same team. To your Junior Seau I raise you a Tiki Barber! :) Okay ... maybe his story is not quite complete. Lol. ;) @CC: Thanks for sharing. :) It is entirely netiquette to post consecutively – especially if it’s to complete your thought. I agree about it being less and less common for a star player to stay with the same team. To your Junior Seau I raise you a Tiki Barber! :) Okay … maybe his story is not quite complete. Lol. ;)

]]> By: CC2 http://www.estarla.com/2008/03/07/this-is-not-a-sports-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-20050 CC2 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:42:08 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2008/03/07/this-is-not-a-sports-blog/#comment-20050 Don't know if it's bad etiquette to post consecutive comments, but thought I'd add this story in. Nowadays, star players who are reaching the end of their long, storied careers without winning the big one are more commonly moving or being traded to contenders for that last shot at winning it all. (e.g. Junior Seau at NE this past year). My favorite feel-good story, though, was Ray Bourque. An all-star defenseman for the Boston Bruins for 21 years, he asked to be traded to a contender at the end for a chance to win the Stanley Cup. The Bruins organization honored his request and sent him to the Colorado Avalanche, feeling it was the best place for him. The next year, he won the Cup and retired. The best part is, the entire Colorado organization honored him by allowing him to be the first player to lift the Cup after the final game (an honor usually reserved for the captain of the team). Not only that, the fans back in Boston also celebrated madly (they had a rally in Boston, with over 20,000 people celebrating, apparently). Bourque was the player who waited the longest in his career (of the players who have won the Cup) to finally lift the trophy. I have to admit, when I saw him finally lift the Cup up on live television, I teared up a bit. =) Ahh, sports. There is no better "reality TV." Don’t know if it’s bad etiquette to post consecutive comments, but thought I’d add this story in.

Nowadays, star players who are reaching the end of their long, storied careers without winning the big one are more commonly moving or being traded to contenders for that last shot at winning it all. (e.g. Junior Seau at NE this past year). My favorite feel-good story, though, was Ray Bourque. An all-star defenseman for the Boston Bruins for 21 years, he asked to be traded to a contender at the end for a chance to win the Stanley Cup. The Bruins organization honored his request and sent him to the Colorado Avalanche, feeling it was the best place for him. The next year, he won the Cup and retired.

The best part is, the entire Colorado organization honored him by allowing him to be the first player to lift the Cup after the final game (an honor usually reserved for the captain of the team). Not only that, the fans back in Boston also celebrated madly (they had a rally in Boston, with over 20,000 people celebrating, apparently). Bourque was the player who waited the longest in his career (of the players who have won the Cup) to finally lift the trophy.

I have to admit, when I saw him finally lift the Cup up on live television, I teared up a bit. =) Ahh, sports. There is no better “reality TV.”

]]> By: CC http://www.estarla.com/2008/03/07/this-is-not-a-sports-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-20049 CC Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:29:00 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2008/03/07/this-is-not-a-sports-blog/#comment-20049 Wow. it is becoming increasingly rare these days to see such star players be able to stay with a franchise their entire careers like that. I suppose the hometown equivalent for myself would be when Michael Jordan left the Bulls. Except he unretired and came back. And then he unretired a second time and had a wholly forgettable stint with the Washington Wizards. (I'll be honest. That was awkward.) Wow. it is becoming increasingly rare these days to see such star players be able to stay with a franchise their entire careers like that. I suppose the hometown equivalent for myself would be when Michael Jordan left the Bulls. Except he unretired and came back. And then he unretired a second time and had a wholly forgettable stint with the Washington Wizards. (I’ll be honest. That was awkward.)

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