It's just not the same
The Islanders and Rangers are playing each other tonight (you only need to read about halfway down to get the idea - after the halfway mark, the article gets season-specific, but was written in 1998). The game is being nationally televised on ESPN, and the hubby is working late so I have complete TV freedom, but here I sit in the computer room with the television 20 feet away, out of my line of sight, in another room. Granted, I have the game on for background noise, but just can't seem to get into it. Why? It's just not the same when nobody around you cares. Should the Islanders win tonight's game (they're sitting at a 1-0 lead right now), I can't go into work and brag "hey, catch the game last night?" Well, I could, but everyone would be like "huh?" I might work with two other former New Yorkers, but neither of them are hockey fans (didn't think that could happen in the NYC Metro Area, didja?).
Wisconsin doesn't have a hockey team. The closest they had was the Minnesota North Stars, who left the north to become the Dallas Stars. Minnesota now has the Wild, but I didn't even know that until tonight - that's how far removed from hockey I've become. I'm still latching on to names of the past, to the point where it took me a few seconds to realize that when they were talking about Darius Kasparaitis, they were talking about a Ranger, not an Islander, totally forgetting that he was traded away from the Islanders before I moved to Wisconsin and has played for two other teams since then. I need to start keeping up again. Hopefully the Isles will play a home game when we're out there next Christmas.
Posted by beenie at March 3, 2003 08:45 PM