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The Brooklyn Dodgers of San
Jose Sharks' annual fate similar to once-beloved
baseball team 5/5/08 - By Paul Krill
So I'm watching this TV special the other day about the Brooklyn
Dodgers, this beloved baseball team that always came close but could never win
the Big One. Each season, the team would fall short, leaving loyal fans
devastated. And I'm thinking: Why does this all sound so familiar? Obviously,
because we have our own version of the Brooklyn Dodgers in San Jose : Our
Sharks hockey team.
Every season, it's the same thing: A second-round
playoff loss while other teams whose fans already have seen their teams win the
championship keep on playing. This time, the Sharks, the first place team in
their division, lost to the third place team in their division. By getting down
3 games to 0, it was almost a foregone conclusion that the Sharks would not be
advancing even if that Game 5 ending was incredible. The Sharks' 1-7 record in
second-round playoff matchups is disappointing, to say the least.
As I
sit here writing this, I realize it will be an entire year before the Sharks
get another shot in the playoffs. We'll go through another summer, another
Halloween, another Christmas, another New Year's Day, another opening of the
baseball season before the Sharks can try again.
The only drama now is
to see who gets pushed out the door. The coaching staff seems likely, although
I'm not sure how fair that it is. We'll also see which players get sent packing
and which ones are brought back. (The Sharks have no first round draft pick
this year so that means there's not much of a point to Sharks fans watching
Draft Day.)
Will Brian Campbell return? How about Jeremy Roenick? I'd
rather be pondering how the Sharks could beat Detroit in the conference finals
and who they might play in the Big Dance this spring but once again, that is
not to be. (What a loss of a great human interest story for the NHL: future
Hall of Famer Jeremy Roenick's quest for a first Stanley Cup would have been
scene-stealer in the Finals. But that also is not to be.)
Anyway, the Brooklyn Dodgers finally did win the World
Series in 1955, about 65 years after the franchise started. I hope we Sharks
fans won't have to wait that long. (For purposes of this discussion, the
Dodgers' departure for Los Angeles two years later is irrelevant.)
So
for now, there's nothing left to do but enjoy the surprisingly successful
season (so far) of my Oakland A's. What's happened with the Sharks and what
happens in the future is out of my control.
Contact Paul at
at pjkrillsharks@yahoo.com
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