Thursday, January 12, 2006

Our Seattle Seahawks Play Saturday

The Red Sox did. The Chicago Cubs couldn't. Seattle has a chance to get rid of the demons that have plagued our sports teams.
In 1979 I was working at KTEL when the Seattle Super Sonics won the NBA championship. They had to win, the Portland Trail Blazer had won it 2 years prior. Fast forward to 1996, Michael Jordan has embarked on what would turn out to be a temporary retirement. The Seattle SuperSonics rip through the season with 60 wins. We have number one seed in the Western Conference. We play 8 seed Denver Nuggets and after winning the first 2 games of a best of 5, we somehow lose the entire series. First time in history of the NBA that that has happened! Of course in 1997 we finally play in the finals, but Jordan is back and Chicago takes another NBA crown.
The 2001 Seattle Mariners set an American League record for wins (116) They too stumbled and fell before even getting to the World Series.
The Seattle Storm did go all the way, but much like the NBA in the 70s, the WNBA is just not quite on the world stage yet.
Now you can see why I'm nervous about this weekend and the next. Let's get that first Play-off win in 22 years. Let's get in the Super Bowl and set this town on fire!

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