The Thursday post-work agenda is slobber-inducing: mosy on over to the Capitol Hill home of close friends and take in Game 5 on their straight-out-of-the-delivery-box-on-Wednesday, 46-inch hi-def television. I’m distinctly technology challenged, but I believe it boasts something like a million pixels. Tonight’s game will literally be its first program viewed. What a baptism! Given the about-to-be-vanquished backdrop for the flightless fowl, the March of the Penguins to the first tee, I feel as if I should arrive in a tuxedo.
A Comcast technician has been lavishly bribed to arrive there this morning and ensure smooth connection to Versus. It occurs to me that I have not watched an end-of-series shaking of hands in high definition. What a way to end that virginity. At approximately 9:25 this evening I expect to be seated approximately six feet from this wetting of my eyes window, tears of unrelenting Schadenfreude joy streaming down my cheeks and staining my “Iron City Is Swill” t-shirt.
If with the aid of forklifts one were able to draw back the manes of western Pennsylvania mullets this morning one would find an uncommon tally of golf pegs tucked behind ears.
The best part is the manner with which the Mullets are being dispatched. It isn’t as if they are carrying the play only to be bested by a standing-on-his-head Ray Emery. Their best player is 40 years old. And Canada’s preeminent hockey voice is calling out Sir Sidney’s incessant whining on national television.
The reality is as simple as it is undeniable: the Penguins are inadequate. First round inadequate.
What would make my evening completely perfect? If during the center ice shaking of hands Coach Murray were to make his way over the Mullet staff, reach out his hand to Coach Therrien’s, and whisper, “While scouting you guys we watched tape of March 27 in D.C., all that riff-raff in the stands bused in on a weeknight when the rest of the country had to be at work the following morning.”
“This one was for my friends in D.C., too.”
A fella can dream a little, can’t he?
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Pens/Sens games have been pretty entertaining to watch. Looking forward to an early end to that series tonight.
I caught the last couple of minutes of the Capitals last game on a 50″ hdtv on CSNHD and it looked amazing. If cox cable ever adds CSNHD a big screen TV is in my immediate future, heh.
You can talk all you want to about implementing new jerseys or increasing goal scoring, but I have to believe the thing that will push the NHL into the big time will probably be HD. If you can’t get people to watch it from the couch you’re not going to make it in the States and HD will make the sport more accessible to the La-Z-Boy set. Can’t wait until it becomes a fixture across the land…
What a way to watch the Pens go down in flames - in beautiful, crystal clear HD. Let us know if you are able to see the tears glistening on Sid the Kid’s cheek!
You all get an HD feed of Versus down there? I had to watch the following games in Low-Def last night:
Devils/Ning - FSNY2
Islanders/Sabres - FSNY1
Sharks/Cats - Vs.
I got the Rangers game in HD though.
Also, I’m not neccessarily complaining. Low-def hockey > no-def hockey
Fowl.
Done.
Two of us at OFB joined some friends to watch tonight’s game, Versus HD, and it was so, so sweet.
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