January 16, 2021: Friday Fun Night

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I was ready to go. Cutting out of work a little bit early, I was ready to start this 3 day weekend. We decided it would be pizza for Friday Fun Night. Found out about this place a couple years ago from some guy I met at work; it’s amazing how many good pizza places there are in this city. I had a craving for it; since we’re just outside the delivery zone, we would have to drive to pick it up. It’s all good. Frank’s Pizzeria on Belmont… that’s some good thin crust; it hit the spot. We enjoyed it as we watched this show called Just Add Magic on Prime. My son was turned on to it when he was by his cousins’ house last year, and now we’re all hooked. Next up would be the double dip of Blackhawks and Bulls; the night had been fun up to that point.

I already explained to you how low my expectations are for the Blackhawks. A 0-0 first period was actually an accomplishment for the boys in my opinion, yet it was not surprising to see them down 3-0 about halfway through the 2nd period. I saw the first two of those goals. Delia who was next up on the goalie carousel, misplayed a puck behind the net then fell down as the Lightning really don’t need any help scoring goals, but they obliged anyways. The second one was top shelved as the Lightning enjoyed one of those holes in the swiss cheese D. Yep, it was only a matter of time. I WAS surprised when I saw the score at the end of the period. Brinksy and Kaner went back to back and pulled the Hawks within one. Do the Hawks actually have a chance to win this one?

Meanwhile, on the other half of that last button on the remote were the Bulls; they were looking good. I felt good about this game. After playing well and coming up short against two really good teams, and then getting an extended break due to a COVID delayed game, they would come out and get that W in OKC. It was looking good early. There are stretches of every game where the Bulls actually look like a good team; it’s promising. I’m excited to see this develop over the season, and unlike the Hawks, I have playoff expectations for the Bulls this year. Glad to see they were beating up on this young team filled with a bunch of no-names.

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As I put my son to bed, the Lightning put the Hawks to bed. One goal closer than Wednesday night, but another loss, this time 5-2. Like I said, I’m going to watch these games and try to enjoy them for what they are: my team playing hockey. I will not be expecting wins; this provides a level of comfort watching, not having to stress out over every little thing, although there is no way to completely eliminate the stress watching any of my teams play.

Luckily, or unluckily as it turns out, I was able to get back in front of the TV for the end of the Bulls game. I saw some concern on Twitter before I sat back down, as the Bulls started the 2nd half with a string of turnovers. Still, we were up huge, and when I finally tuned in to see for myself, it was a 10 point lead; oh man… what’s everybody worried about? We’re good… my wife wasn’t so sure; she would turn out to be right. Like that Bulls Kings game I took her to about 20 years ago around Christmas time, the Bulls absolutely blew this game. Remember when I said there were stretches where the Bulls looked like a good team… yeah, well, there are stretches where we look like the Boylen Bulls, where we forget to run the offense, where Zach holds the ball for the entire shot clock, where either him or somebody else takes an ill advised shot. It’s painful to see developing in front of our eyes. The Bulls were able to barely hang on to send this game to OT, and after a big Coby White trey to pull it within one, we had one final chance. Nope… this ship had sailed. The Thunder had the mojo, and when the clock hit triple zeros in OT, they had the W too. Ouch.

So much for Friday fun night… Hey, it was still fun, and tuning into Up In Smoke after the games were over cheered me up. After all, this weekend we’ll be rooting for a non-Chicago team to win more than any Chicago team. I’ll trade these losses for a big win from the Rams on Saturday afternoon. It may be wishful thinking, although that 7 point line does look suspicious; could the Rams possibly pull off the upset and reserve a small place in my heart in the process? Can’t really recall any game where the Rams made me happy, unless there was some game they covered for me back in the gambling days. They did make me happy when the Bears shut their ass out all those years ago in the playoffs. Turn the tables today? I’ll settle for a win of any sort; I’d like to watch the rest of the playoffs in peace.

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