This is a great time to be a sports fan in either Minnesota or Detroit. The Twins are in the hunt for the playoffs, the Vikings are playing great football with Purple Jesus and Farvaro (watch this vid from yesterday's game) and the Wild begin playing soon. For Detroit fans, the Tigers have a two game lead in the Central division, the Lions finally won a game, the Redwings start soon and UofM is showing signs of life. It's a good thing that sports are keeping people interested in something in these states otherwise people would be committing suicide in great numbers due to high unemployment, freezing temperatures around the corner and politicians like Al Franken representing them.
Quick side note, I spent two years in Detroit on an LDS mission and have never been to a more miserable place. There are months where you never see the sun during Winter, the constant gunshots, rampant unemployment, racism, liberal, dirty, uneducated politicians and terrible sports teams make for chronic depression. As terrible as the city sounds, I came to love the rotting architecture and the general gloominess of the city. Driving around last week made me remember how depressing the city is while looking back fondly at riding a bike home at night while trying not to get shot. There are two options for the soundtrack that plays in my head while in Detroit.
1st:
2nd:
(This video has awful language and by awful I mean three, four, five and six letter words and is brought to you by the letters F and N; yet somehow the singing is worse than the lyrics. This is an edited version, but you still get a pretty good idea of what they're saying. )
My allegiances have been tested since moving to Minnesota. I was always a Tigers fan, but have adopted the Twins now. Both teams could sure use a good playoff run and as long as someone beats the Yankees I'll be happy. So what's your opinion, do the Twinkies have a chance? Am I a chump for switching teams after so many years? Would you rather get cancer than spend a week in Detroit?
