Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Blue Who? Wha?
Three posts in one night? Yep! That's right, you lucky so-and-so!
Anyway, this may make me a bad sports fan. Probably not, but may. Here's my question/concern:
What in the hell is a Blue Jacket? And when in the hell did they become an NHL team?
Well, the answer is (apparently) 2000. There's been an NHL team in Columbus called the Blue Jackets for 8 years??
I'm honestly at a loss here. Even after I purchased NHL season preview magazines last year after Pete and I decided that we were going to follow the Oilers last year--a decision that we recanted on after, oh, 3 days--I never knew of any squad that went by the Blue Jackets.
Whatever. I'm probably (or absolutely) am an idiot, but I swear to God I had never heard of this team until I watched SportsCenter tonight. Incredible. I put much of the issue on myself here, but I think it says a lot to where the NHL is these days: I listen to a ton of sports talk radio, and check SI.com and ESPN.com several times a day, and literally have got nothing when it comes to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Nothing! I swear to God, I thought this was a 2008 expansion team.
Other than Pete, am I the only guy that falls in this category?
Labels: Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL, really
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