Congrats to the Pens! Not since 1979 has Pittsburgh had two world champs in the same season. The last time was the Pirates and the Steelers. Take my word for it the cover of next weeks Sports Illustrated will have Ben Roethlisberger and Sidney Crosby on it.






I love how the guy in the Red Wings Jersey is taking pictures too. Everybody loves Sid they kid, well supposedly.
Posted by: Luke | June 16, 2009 at 03:44 PM
oh sorry for double posting but i love the random Winnipeg Jets jersey on the left side of the pic too!
Posted by: Luke | June 16, 2009 at 03:45 PM
The covers representing the Pens:
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/11263/index.htm
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/11265/index.htm
You're no Nostradamis, Mark. The Sports Illustrated Covers, "disappointingly," featured Sid the Kid.
However, maybe in the near future they'll have a fun cover like the one above.
I do have to say that it's great to live where the teams have won a Stanley Cup, a Lombardi Trophy, and American League Pennant (World Series appearance, but not bad for a team that had gotten smoke the entire decade prior). Not to mention taking a former Pittsburgh Arena Football Team (the former "Pittsburgh Gladiators" are the Tampa Bay Storm) and winning 5 ArenaBowls with it.
Maybe we'll win the Series and have a team that "Shocks the World" and we get a Lombardi Trophy. Sure it's not (and wouldn't be) a "Joe Sixpack," but it's still nice.
However, congratulations Pennsylvania on a Keystone State Trifecta (the Super Bowl (Pittsburgh), Stanley Cup (Pittsburgh), and World Series (Philadelphia) all were won by state teams. Good Job... now if only the Florida teams (especially Central Florida Teams) can get it going again.
Atleast Florida got the NBA Finals, which was exciting while it lasted (stupid Lakers).
Posted by: Alexander Wilhelmsen | July 26, 2009 at 01:11 AM