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With work yet to do today, the Championship Retrospect Weekend Hangover to End All Hangovers will have to wait until later. In the meantime, some fast facts about the weekend:
from 12.3.04:
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Here's my idea for Pittsburgh's new slogan, "By God we take it back." Some people (mostly those from New England) are trying to call Boston the new City of Champions. Just because they won the Super Bowl and the World Series in the same year. And the last city to do that was the 'Burgh, which is roughly around when it became the City of Champions.
Here's the thing, though, at that time, Pitt was a football powerhaus, and had a recent National Championship, the Stillers won FOUR Super Bowls in six years (and never missed the playoffs in that stretch, unlike SOME teams I know) and the Buccos had won their second World Series of the decade, amid a number of NL East titles.
That's a pretty impressive resume, compared to Boston's: 1) 2 Super Bowls; 2) 1 World Series. Yay Boston! Can we even add that the Patsies a) DON'T PLAY IN BOSTON; b) DON'T EVEN CALL THEMSELVES 'BOSTON.' Plus, winning one WS in 86 years does not a championship city make. And let's not even talk about Boston college sports, and the fact that the 346 colleges within the city limits, have accomplished jack and/or shit in any major sport.
But hey, we live in the biggest sports-hype time ever, so Hooray! Boston! I guess the torch has been passed. But let's get back to Robin Hood. As the disgruntled woodsmen were ready to turn on him, and give up the good fight, one old guy shouted, "But what about our kin? The sheriff's taken all they have too!" To which Robin aptly replied, "Then by God we take it back." And it's just. that. simple. I want everyone in this burned out 'burgh to seize the day! To root harder than they've ever rooted! To go to as many games, buy as many tickets, influx the teams with as much cash as possible, so that we can reclaim the title! Pitt basketball is becoming a national power. The football team's probably headed to a BCS bowl (I can't even fathom this. It's BS, that's for certain..but still). The Stillers—I refuse to talk about. If the NHL were playing, this was going to be Mario's final hurrah, and the team was going to at least make the playoffs. The Pirates are hopeless, though. This is why it's incumbent for ALL of us to help. And by ALL of us I mean "Dan Rooney." The Stillers' owner needs to step up, infuse the Bucs with cash, bring us Randy Johnson, Carl Pavano, and Carlos Beltran, and bring the trophy back to the golden triangle! We must stand, Pittsburghers, with one voice, and say, "WE WILL NOT GO QUITELY INTO THE NIGHT! WE WILL NOT VANISH, WITHOUT A FIGHT… WE'RE GOING TO LIVE ON. WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE!"
And by God, we'll take it back.
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With work yet to do today, the Championship Retrospect Weekend Hangover to End All Hangovers will have to wait until later. In the meantime, some fast facts about the weekend:
- Spent Friday evening at the "Pittsburgh Stiller Time" party with a local morning show. Mrs. Sprout won tickets to the ShadyBowl, Eminem's party in Detroit-Rock-City. The Sprouts then traveled to Detroit Saturday, went to the party, slept in a McDonald's Parking Lot, and then returned in time for my XL Party. Phenomenal Fans.
- D-OX in effect! Durty, Gerald, Kupchelitis, Cap'n Taylor and I ran around together all weekend, and it was incredible.
- Durty, Gerald, Taylor and Gerald's friend Dan all took in the Pens game on Saturday. Though they lost in a shootout, it was a nice little primer for the weekend.
- After a Friday night of dancing and tomfoolery, I was Undrinkable Saturday. Probably for the best, considering there was much more partying to do once Kup & the Mrs. arrived on Saturday.
- This was the best weekend I've ever had in Pittsburgh, and not just because PITTS-BURGH WON THE SU-PER-BOWL!
- The IT Guy at work hooked me up after I made an off-hand joke about borrowing the Firm's TV projector for Sunday. The result? 85 SQUARE FEET of Super Bowl action with 20 fantastic friends, great food, five cases, and 2 Bottles of "Shaky-Shaky." Best. Super Bowl Party. Ever.
- The Parade starts by my office tomorrow. Who's coming to meet me?
from 12.3.04:
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Here's my idea for Pittsburgh's new slogan, "By God we take it back." Some people (mostly those from New England) are trying to call Boston the new City of Champions. Just because they won the Super Bowl and the World Series in the same year. And the last city to do that was the 'Burgh, which is roughly around when it became the City of Champions.
Here's the thing, though, at that time, Pitt was a football powerhaus, and had a recent National Championship, the Stillers won FOUR Super Bowls in six years (and never missed the playoffs in that stretch, unlike SOME teams I know) and the Buccos had won their second World Series of the decade, amid a number of NL East titles.
That's a pretty impressive resume, compared to Boston's: 1) 2 Super Bowls; 2) 1 World Series. Yay Boston! Can we even add that the Patsies a) DON'T PLAY IN BOSTON; b) DON'T EVEN CALL THEMSELVES 'BOSTON.' Plus, winning one WS in 86 years does not a championship city make. And let's not even talk about Boston college sports, and the fact that the 346 colleges within the city limits, have accomplished jack and/or shit in any major sport.
But hey, we live in the biggest sports-hype time ever, so Hooray! Boston! I guess the torch has been passed. But let's get back to Robin Hood. As the disgruntled woodsmen were ready to turn on him, and give up the good fight, one old guy shouted, "But what about our kin? The sheriff's taken all they have too!" To which Robin aptly replied, "Then by God we take it back." And it's just. that. simple. I want everyone in this burned out 'burgh to seize the day! To root harder than they've ever rooted! To go to as many games, buy as many tickets, influx the teams with as much cash as possible, so that we can reclaim the title! Pitt basketball is becoming a national power. The football team's probably headed to a BCS bowl (I can't even fathom this. It's BS, that's for certain..but still). The Stillers—I refuse to talk about. If the NHL were playing, this was going to be Mario's final hurrah, and the team was going to at least make the playoffs. The Pirates are hopeless, though. This is why it's incumbent for ALL of us to help. And by ALL of us I mean "Dan Rooney." The Stillers' owner needs to step up, infuse the Bucs with cash, bring us Randy Johnson, Carl Pavano, and Carlos Beltran, and bring the trophy back to the golden triangle! We must stand, Pittsburghers, with one voice, and say, "WE WILL NOT GO QUITELY INTO THE NIGHT! WE WILL NOT VANISH, WITHOUT A FIGHT… WE'RE GOING TO LIVE ON. WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE!"
And by God, we'll take it back.
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