It
is being [reported] that the Minnesota Vikings will be getting their new
stadium, and I am glad. For according
to my wife, I am getting older and more decrepit by the minute, and if that is
indeed true, it would only be a matter of time before I would feel compelled to
start preparing for a Viking invasion of southwestern Missouri after seeing
that they were now calling Los Angeles home some overcast Sunday afternoon in
November a few years from now.
No,
I haven’t already lost my mind. For what
I am referring to are the rumors that have been circulating about the Minnesota
Viking becoming the Los Angeles Viking in the not-too-distant future if they
didn’t get a new stadium built in Minneapolis.
Hey,
it’s not like no other Minnesota sports franchise has ever packed up and moved out
there. Come on now, just how many lakes
are there in and around L.A.? So,
doesn’t it strike you as being rather curious that their NBA team goes by the
[Lakers]?
Okay,
with the [Clippers] also being in L.A., I shouldn’t being acting like the
Lakers are the only NBA in town—especially with the Clippers starting to play
like they really are a professional basketball team this year. Granted, it was easy to do before, but not
now. Well, at least not until this
season is over, and then we’ll see what happens after that.
No,
the Vikings were not the only NFL team rumored to be contemplating a move to Los
Angeles. For the [Chargers] have also
been mentioned in not-so-hushed tones around certain water coolers.
Can
somebody tell me what’s with San Diego?
For that is where the Clippers originated, and now the Chargers are
thinking real seriously about making that same 125 (+/-) mile trip to the
north?
Yes,
I understand that teams have been moving here to there, and everywhere
in-between, since the beginning. For the
[Arizona Cardinals] came from [St. Louis] after starting out in [Chicago].
Another
situation for sports fanatics to geek-out about involves the possible future of
the [Oakland Athletics], which is commonly referred to as being the Oakland
A’s. For there has been much talk of the A’s
trading Oakland for [San Jose or Fremont], or [Sacramento], or a city to be
named later. All of this being after the
team originated in [Philadelphia], and then made a 13 year stopover in [Kansas City] before moving to Oakland in 1968.
Yeah,
I’ve hit on all of the major professional sports in America but hockey, and the
NHL has been arguably the best at following Elizabeth Taylor’s [example]. For the [Winnipeg Jets] moved south to become
the [Phoenix Coyotes], and then the [Atlanta Thrashers] moved north to become
the new and improved(?) [Winnipeg Jets].
I do like the idea of teams changing their names when they change locations. For the [Memphis Grizzlies] doesn’t sound
right at all, but the [Oklahoma City Thunder] sounds perfect—certainly better
than the [Utah Jazz].
No,
I don’t like the sound of the [St. Louis Rams], neither. For the Rams belong in [Los Angeles], and to
be quite frank about it, the [Colts] belong in Baltimore. At least the NFL had the decency to let the Browns
name stay in [Cleveland], even though the actual team moved to Baltimore and
became the [Ravens]. Oh, and don’t get
me started on the [Los Angeles Raiders]!
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