774EVER
& Now 374EVER
Purposely didn't listen a single bit of sports talk radio until this morning. Man it was soooo sweet.
Only Bruins fans outside of Boston understand what we have to go threw when the Bruins are facing Montreal and now the Leafs in the playoffs. Plain and simple we are outnumbered. When they lose a game and especially a series, we hear it. Even worse, we are all alone except for a spattering of other Bruins fans that we know.
There is the taunting at work, in the streets, passerby's with their blue and white flags hanging off their cars. A tiny bit of success (because the Leafs have had so little) and they shout it from the rooftops. If the Leafs would have won...the gloating would have been heard far and wide.
I often think about the city of Boston after the B's have been eliminated from the playoffs. I am envious in a sense that at least, the city gets to grieve united, together. I can picture the slight shaking of heads, the consoling pats on the back, the venting and maybe a few comforting hugs, all done together. As an outsider as I said, I have to go through this on my own and have it thrown back in my face.
I spoke to a cashier at the grocery store today that epitomized all of this. She was wearing her Bruins shirt and I looked over at her and said love the shirt - Go Bruins! She gave a fist pump and walked over to me. She talked about how she had been taunted the last 3 days after the Leafs won games 5 and 6. The Manager had also told her that she was not permitted to wear her Bruins gear even though other employees were allowed to wear their Leafs stuff. She wore that shirt today, (I'm not sure if she was even allowed too) despite the death stares that she was receiving all day.
On days like this though, after a WIN, I knew how she felt. Nothing would get her down today, and those angry faces of those people who had to rip down their Leafs flags from their cars, makes the victory that much sweeter.
