Saturday, May 26, 2007

Oh, Buffalo!

After two weeks in Chicago, I'm trying to catch up on everything. I was reading the Buffalo News' Sabres Edge blog and happened to see this comment:

Just had to post this in hopes that Dainius Zubrus would see this and read this. You passed my little granddaughter as you left the arena today. You saw her. Do you remember the little 12 year old reaching out to you at the stop sign there as you pulled pass the gate? She was all alone with YOUR jersey on asking you to pull over for just a few seconds to sign it. You looked at me then at her and stepped on the gas. What would it have hurt Zube? She has followed your playing all season. The girl's crazy about you and she sat down on the curb and cried her heart out. She waited 5 weeks for that jersey and had just gotten it on Thursday. It took all season to save up to get it for her. Thank God Campbell stopped. I even forgave him for the penalties he got. HE was sooo nice! HE even gave her a hug! And it was HIS birthday. You couldn't care or think about anyone but yourself and how you were hurting. You're such a disappointment. Have fun on the course.
To the SABRES Organization-Thanks so much for a great season...and Tom you're one for the history books. You make us all proud. It's purely a joy to support your team. Thank you sincerely for the fun. It was amaaaazing!

I'm a little confused. "She has followed your playing all season?" "It took all season to save up to get it for her?" Did this grandparent somehow know last October that Zubrus was going to be traded to Buffalo in February? Wish I had those mental powers. Then again, if I had that sort of intelligence, I probably wouldn't be whining about how some hockey player didn't stop to sign a jersey. Assuming the player was still going to be with the team in the fall (a big assumption), I'd get him to sign it at a fanfest or something. But that's probably too easy for this particular fan. Oh, and I really doubt that Zubie is reading the blog.

Not surprisingly, some jerkwad Rangers fan had to weigh in:

Wow I don't believe Zubrus did that GRATEFUL FAN. That is horrible. I can't stand Zubrus as it is because He tripped two of the Rangers players last series to get Drury open for the GTG in game 5. Zubrus is a loser, what a great class act just like the high hits on Avery and Jagr. Go to hell Zubrus.

As a Ranger fan , I have to say it was a great run, hope to play you folks again in the playoffs next year.

I can't believe what I'm reading- Zubrus, not Avery, is a cheap-shot artist? I find that extremely hard to believe.

Reading the other comments is worth it. A lot of Canes fans were more than happy to share their glee about the Sabres losing- can't help agreeing with them!

5 comments:

HaveYouSeenLucky said...

This one time, I saw zubrus punch a baby kitten in the throat.

TheRealFrankL said...

Is this a DC Sports blog, or an "I Hate Buffalo" sports blog? This is bordering on obsessive... I'm guessing cheap shots won't be much fun for you either...

Aren't there Washington Sports worth writing about....?

oh...right.
And cheap shots?

TheRealFrankL said...

Argh. The comment above was supposed to read "I'm guessing December 2nd won't be much fun for you either..." with a link to http://www.buffalobills.com/games/schedule2007.jsp

DCSportsChick said...

Poor Frank, his feelings are hurt! I suppose it would be too much to remind you that Zubrus was with a Washington team before he went to Buffalo, hence the relevance...but that would clearly be too much for your level of intelligence.

I'm also at a loss to understand why you would be so upset about Avery being called a cheap-shot artist (and the fact that I was defending Zubrus, despite him being a Sabre), but if you want cheap shots, here you go! Bonus: you can watch Briere pick his nose!

p.s. The Bills suck about as much as the Redskins do.

chanuck said...

At least Ovie had the decency to apologize for his hit.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5hcqeS0IujI

Plus Buffalo fans are some of the most annoying fans out there. So people revel in your pain. Big deal. If you can dish it you should be able to take it. How you feeling about that Presidents trophy now?

PS You should watch out for Dec 12/30 unless that is the Eagles have the top spot locked up. I predict another year without the playoffs for the Bills.