Bringing Caps Nation Together, One Blog Post At A Time
by Stephen Pepper on Oct 16, 2009 2:30 PM EDT
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You go to the games, or watch at a bar or viewing party, and you high-five your neighbor after a Capitals goal scored. During the playoffs, you might have even embraced the fan standing next to you with a bear hug, or used the occasion as an excuse to get your arm around that comely lass beside you. The community of Capitals fans is bigger and stronger than ever. We've a whole bunch of potential new friends, many of us strangers to each other, but united in a common passion.
But what about outside the rink, or after the post-game revelry? Have you been so moved by the goodwill generated by this Caps team lately that you've expressed a gesture of friendship or offered assistance to someone you've never met, simply because they also rock the red? Perhaps you've stopped on the side of the road to lend a hand to a motorist changing a tire, or needing a lift to the gas station, because the license plate shows allegiance to Les Capitals. Or fed an expired parking meter in front of a car with a Caps bumper sticker. Maybe you've lent a Metro card to a fellow Caps fan in need, just because. Or simply exchanged pleasantries, a warm smile, otherwise expressed all too infrequently, with someone on the street, just because she wore something bearing our team's wordmark. It makes my day to find a like-minded soul every so often up here in Gotham. And let me tell you -- it's happening more often with every passing month.
How about the flip side? Does your devilish nature reveal itself when encountering a fellow citizen wearing a rival team's gear? Might you have once, say, leapt in front of a Penguins fan on the left, walking lane of a packed Metro escalator, stopping to stand all the way up, feigning nonchalance? Maybe you've started up a leisurely conversation with the bartender on the Verizon Center concourse, knowing a thirsty cabal of Flyers fans are growing impatient in line behind you. Or perhaps you've once mischeviously removed an item from the grocery cart of a professed Rangers fan when he was looking elsewhere, surreptitiously hiding it back on the store shelves. Ah, endless possibilities.
Tell us your favorite story of random kindness shown to your fellow Caps fan, or roguish act done against rival supporters. Maybe you'll inspire us all, on both fronts!
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by Bald Pollack on Oct 16, 2009 2:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Since I live out west, I haven’t had the opportunity to see how Pep’s storyline has really manifested itself in the District lately. But I was in the city for the Rags game last week and noted a fully ‘stumed fan giving a homeless guy a Caps lid pre-game on Thursday. I didn’t think anything of it at the time, but damned if the same guy wasn’t wearing the lid in the same spot when I went down for dim sum on saturday AM…
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Oct 16, 2009 2:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Not this guy?
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Oct 16, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t always do it – but I usually try to give that guy some $ whenever I see him. No matter what happens – he’s always there to make fans smile… after the Rags game last week his response was “WHAT YOU THINK WE WERE GOING TO WIN 80 GAMES THIS YEAR? COME ON IT’S ONE GAME”
I’m a fan of that guy; He always receives a few extra bucks from me and hte mrs. whenever we get a chance.
by vt caps fan on Oct 16, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i only go to a few games a year and havent seen that guy, but about 2001, my dad took me to a game and we saw a homeless guy with a “money for beer” sign right outside the MCI Center. My dad gave him money for being honest.
by hockeyman33 on Oct 16, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw a guy with a sign that said,
“Need money for: Beer
Drugs
Hookers
Hey, at least I ain’t bullshitting you."
I laughed and then gave him some change.
by Knee high to a duck on Oct 16, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
probably the same dude who would sing “hee hawww, come on yall, gimme some cash for al-co-holllllll”
haven’t seen him for a couple years at least
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Oct 17, 2009 2:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not sure, but don’t think so….this dude was not quite as robust as the fella in Stein’s article.
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Oct 16, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I helped a distraught Caps fan use one of the metro money machines yesterday.
She was hot though, so I’m not sure it was the red.
by TFG on Oct 16, 2009 2:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
On campus I see more Caps gear than I ever have before. Whenever a Caps fan sees another here, there’s always the “C-A-P-S!” followed by the customary “CAPS CAPS CAPS!” It’s great. Also plenty of booing of Pens gear on campus. It’s fun times.
"My face is my mask."
by jakeshapiro on Oct 16, 2009 2:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I made a ticket exchange site so people here could get cheaper tickets and the STH would be happier about selling their tickets for less money since they are going to educated Caps fans.
I say “go Caps” to people wearing gear just for the sake of wearing it around town.
I’d probably help people out in other ways but the opportunity has not presented itself.
I try not to do crappy things to opposing fans but it’s really hard not to get into arguments with Penguins fans at games. I guess this year it will be harder to do that considering they won the cup.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
by zephyr on Oct 16, 2009 3:03 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
I made a ticket exchange site so people here could get cheaper tickets and the STH would be happier about selling their tickets for less money since they are going to educated Caps fans.
FTW
by David M. Getz on Oct 16, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d because I’ve now gone to THREE games thanks to JRTE.
I’ve tried to pay it forward by organizing three Rink Rat gatherings. Still waiting for quantity but the quality has been right up there.
I also used the post-Caps convention survey to explain, in excruciating detail, how participation in the hockey blogosphere has helped make a casual fan into a much better-informed and free-spending fan. Listed all my hockey-related purchases right down to the locker fee at Kettler ($.50) and game-time chicken tenders ($9.00). I wanted the Caps organization to know that blogs do in fact have an effect on their bottom line. And also that their investment in my fandom makes me happy.
On the social side, I don’t really care to get in the faces of opposing teams’ fans, though it might be entertaining to cordon off the steps at the Portrait Gallery the next time Pensblog is in town.
But I’ve met an awful lot of fun Caps fans in just a few short months and am pleased to be part of the Next Wave.
Thank you Caps, thank you bloggers, thank you Rink Rats.
Now let’s go earn us a Cup.
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by Your Nation's Capital on Oct 16, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Keep putting things together. I’d love to go to some things, I just haven’t have time.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Oct 16, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Count on it.
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by Your Nation's Capital on Oct 16, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dangit, I didn’t receive a convention survey. An STH friend bought our tickets. And I really wanted to spout off, too.
My point, though: thank you for being a great social director.
I’ve yielded to sticker-bearing cars at intersections, but resisted the urge to cut off cars with Pittsburgh logos on them.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Oct 16, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I forwarded the survey link to my daughter, so we both filled it out. They don’t ask any personal information (other than age bracket, I think), so ask your STH friend to forward it to you.
by gfcaps fan on Oct 16, 2009 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was weeks ago, is the survey still open?
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Oct 16, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d guess it is. Wasn’t that long ago, about ten days.
by gfcaps fan on Oct 16, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
where’s this ticket site? I’d like to try to get some tix !!
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Oct 16, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey check it out.
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Oct 16, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks – couldn’t see any posts? do you have to be a member first to see the posts?
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Oct 16, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
been two days now - still can’t see anything - i did register and all. are there actually any posts?
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Oct 18, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You may need to be confirmed as a legitimate user by someone admining the site to prevent botting, et cetera.
by Knee high to a duck on Oct 19, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok i’m waiting for that confirming :)
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Oct 19, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I make a point to just ignore the other teams’ fans and just cheer twice as loud for the Caps.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
by jordanDC on Oct 16, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When the bad guys just scored and I’m drowning their fans’ celebration in “LetGoCaps”? Gooood times. I serve it on lame powerplays, eye-popping 8 goals, late in depressing defeats, and all through valiant PK. Thing about a really loud “LetsGoCaps”, it goes with everything.
by redlineblue on Oct 16, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right after the series last year, I told a guy in a pens hat to go to the other register, I mumbled something about my register not working, but then took the next customer, I was wearing my name tag covered in my caps pins at the time, so he probably got the message.
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Oct 16, 2009 3:15 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I lived overseas for a few years and am thus not a big fan of escalating the animosity between sports teams (as that routinely lead to… uh… death) but I definitely give cars with a caps decal much more polite commuter behavior. [insert obligatory really-nice-to-hot-chick comment]
God kills a kitten every time Sidney whines.
by Chris meet Alex on Oct 16, 2009 3:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ah
Switzerland, where Italians go to play hockey…
: )
by Hunky Dory on Oct 16, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ah
This thread, where people meaning to post in a different thread go to post by accident…
:)
Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world
by J.P. on Oct 16, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We should totally trade Fehr
And also Quebec City is gettinga new 400 million dollar hockey rink
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Oct 16, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What’s up with Chris Cooley’s hair anyway. Who does he think he’s fooling?
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by Your Nation's Capital on Oct 16, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let’s stop now before someone hoaxes us with a balloon.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Oct 16, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I frequently get honk-honk-honked at when I’m in my car (lots of Caps/Bears stickers) and when walking down the street wearing my Caps stuff (pretty much every day I’m not at work). It’s awesome.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
by jordanDC on Oct 16, 2009 3:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
DMG had a lady of the night give him a 20% discount because he was weaing a Caps hat.
Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world
by J.P. on Oct 16, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Was it behind this place?
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
by jordanDC on Oct 16, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hookers in Ballston? I live there, please sign me up say it ain’t so!
by Cluster on Oct 16, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two minutes for hooking, to go to the box and feel shame.
by Stephen Pepper on Oct 16, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The weird things is it was in Chicago.
by David M. Getz on Oct 16, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I won’t ask about the penalty kill.
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by Your Nation's Capital on Oct 16, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, another discount for having exact change?
by redlineblue on Oct 16, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
TMI
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
by gotsparkly on Oct 16, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
DMG had a lady of the night give him a 20% discount because he was weaing a Caps hat.
That’s not the only thing he was wearing that had the Caps’ logo on it.
Stay safe, man, stay safe.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Oct 17, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I rocked my navy Ovechkin “Language Barrier” t-shirt at an outdoor street festival in Alexandria before Opening Night, and within 10 minutes of being there I engaged one vendor in coversation about the win over Boston, had a “Let’s Go Caps” exchange while squeezing by another patron, and saw another dude rocking the same shirt. My wife was surprised – I told her I could probably get a “Let Go Caps” chant going up and down the block right then.
by VATigersFan on Oct 16, 2009 4:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I rocked my CEMNH shirt…everywhere. A boyscout leader outside of Lowes (they were selling popcorn) said he’s seen a lot of caps gear that day.
Had a good conversation with the Home Depot paint guy about the caps also cause of that shirt.
by snowburnt on Oct 16, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of the adoption volunteers was wearing a Brash shirt when I met the dog that I ended up adopting. I didn’t get into hockey with him (he was talking to everybody else about the team), but it made my day.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
by jordanDC on Oct 16, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find myself have Caps conversations in the strangest places. Like in Safeway, with my nifty new reusable Caps shopping bag, and some girls stops me and then tells her boyfriend she “needs one, NOW!”
by RedBirdie on Oct 16, 2009 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Where did you get it?
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
by jordanDC on Oct 16, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
at the convention, but I’ve seen them at the various stands around the VC. Its the blue one with the red weagle.
by RedBirdie on Oct 16, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool, I’ll keep an eye out for it tomorrow.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
by jordanDC on Oct 16, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got mine at dicks a while ago, it was cheap too.
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Oct 16, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They’re secretly subsidized by Matt Bradley
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Oct 17, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I was at the Caps in game in Philly last week, wearing my Nicklas Backstrom shirt and got booed by about 300 Philly fans walking to my seat…In between periods I saw a few other Caps fans and we high fived in the hallway amidst thousands of people in orange, so that was pretty cool!
by DanH86 on Oct 16, 2009 5:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Did the same – high-fiving the few other Caps fans was one of the bright spots in that hideously orange arena. Mostly I got a lot of “Capitals? Really?” from the fans around my seat. And a few “Clark is a ****!” when they saw my Chris Clark shirt. Classy.
by mercurialwinger on Oct 16, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh. Philly fans can’t imagine rooting for any team except their own, I think. I got some of that when I was there too.
shrug
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
by gotsparkly on Oct 17, 2009 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A bit of a reverse here, but I’ve just noticed how friendly in general other caps fans are these days. Brought my 3 year old to the game last night, and despite the fact he was a terror (which I felt pretty bad about), everyone rocking the red was kind and friendly regardless. I had to leave after the first period because I didn’t want to ruin the entire game for the fans around me, but I was shocked at just how understanding everyone was.
by jpbryant on Oct 16, 2009 5:18 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
This may seem rude, but thank you so much for being an understanding fan and brave parent for taking your kid out of that situation. As much as we try to not let it bother us, wailing kids just ruin mainly-adult events.
REC’D.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
by jordanDC on Oct 16, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Not rude in the least. I’m just thankful the folks around me were as patient as they were for the first period. Everyone paid good money to watch a hockey game, not a 3 year old.
by jpbryant on Oct 16, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, he was by no means as disruptive as some of the other fans in the section this year. And he’s not a Rangers fan, so he’s got that going for him.
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Oct 16, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
hey, were you in 412? if so, your kid was adorable and not a problem at all.
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Oct 16, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, yeah, that was me with my dad and my son in row L of 412. Small world!!
And since I guess you were one of my neighbors there, let me say thanks for being so understanding. In another few years I’ll try again. :)
by jpbryant on Oct 16, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep, we were behind you. Your son is great, just maybe too young to take a game. Super cute, though!
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Oct 16, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a question about something like that. They’re always showing these cute little babies/toddlers on the big screen at the game. As in, if you want to win the prize, have a small child. Since my kids are grown now, I’m out of touch with the development books. Isn’t the crowd noise too much for a baby’s delicate ears? Heck, it’s too much for grownup ears, too, but we don’t care (I have actually brought ear plugs a couple of times, and they do filter the background noise, I just feel like such a dork doing it). Just seems like it’s unfair to the kid.
by gfcaps fan on Oct 16, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The sound is definitely too loud for kids, and that’s something I had pretty much forgot about since I don’t get to go to many games. For me, the sound is loud, but manageable. And like you, I had seen so many kids there in the past, and since my son is generally okay in public settings, I had guessed it was something that kids could deal with.
Badly wrong.
More than anything else, it was the sound that bothered my kid. Everytime he would start to settle in, the music would start pounding and he would get wound up again.
All in all, definitely a mistake all the way around.
by jpbryant on Oct 16, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that’s what i noticed the most. When it got noisy, he got super confused and upset. But he was fine and you handled it admirably.
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Oct 16, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
By the way, this is why I love Japers. I know the best fans show up here.
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Oct 16, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s probably why my hockey game going had slowed down to a crawl after the kids came along. While I wasn’t a season ticket holder, my husband and I usually went to several Caps games a year. Then, the kids came along and we never had taken them to a game, given that games were in the evening and past their bedtimes; etc. The kids got older and we got involved in their activities, so going to sports events, in general, was lower on our priority list.
They’re grown now and now we’re back going to games and are season ticket holders.
by CapsFan75 on Oct 16, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This worries me, my first kid is due to arrive in a month…
by katzistan on Oct 17, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it was me, I’d line up a good sitter. I wouldn’t even take my kids to temple when they were that age.
by gfcaps fan on Oct 17, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
one of our section mates had a baby middle of last season. they got the kid earmuffs.
by RedBirdie on Oct 16, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
shoot me an email if you ever want seats. I negotiate. :)
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Oct 16, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hehe, thanks for the kinds words for my son. :) And I’ll def shoot you an email sometime about seats – my dad and I are big fans, but life makes it hard for us to get to many games. Next time it’ll just be the two of us. Thanks again.
JPB
by jpbryant on Oct 16, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was walking with a non-hockey fan friend of mine the other day. We were talking, and right in the middle of a sentence I looked over at a random guy standing there in a Penguins hoodie, inserted a snarling sound and kept right on talking like nothing had happened.
My friend knew what I was referencing and could not stop laughing.
by GnarlyVarly on Oct 16, 2009 5:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
oh, I do that too.
On a flight this past July (wounds still painfully fresh) some guy in a Penguins hat was in my seat. Mr Bird intervened. “Buddy, you’d better move, because you are in my wife’s seat, its 7 am, she hasn’t had her coffee, and you’re wearing a Penguins hat.” The guy in the row behind laughed and said “Damn penguins fans!”
by RedBirdie on Oct 16, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My boss is a Penguins fan…I put cat poop in his coffee the day after they won the cup.
by SA-Town on Oct 16, 2009 5:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Rec’d so hard. When people try to burn me I often say “A bar of soap… in my coffee.” I feel like nobody ever gets it. You just gave me validation.
If you're after gettin' the honey, then you don't go killin' all them bees.
by Fehr and Balanced on Oct 19, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve been surprised by the number of shout-outs I’ve gotten the last two years over here in DE, even during the winter when there’s not many people from DC around. Happens almost every time I wear something Caps-related.
by harehareyukai on Oct 16, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I was in the sportsbook at the MGM during and after the Boston game. There was a dude wearing a Ovie sweater and as he walked I clapped and shouted Let’s Go Caps!. He rewarded me three free drink tickets. That was pretty awesome.
by Sct112 on Oct 16, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ve made countless friends at the salad bar of Hokie Grill by saying “Go Caps!” to everyone wearing Caps stuff.
On the flip side, I gave a guy wearing a Pens winter classic jersey a flat tire accidentally (when you step on someone’s heel, not his car) and didn’t feel the need to apologize. Yep, I’m a BAMF.
by thehoagster07 on Oct 16, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I was at the Green Turtle in Germantown for the Caps first playoff game vs. the Flyers two last year, and there were a ton of people there. I had some great conversations with the other fans there, and actually became somewhat good buddies with one of the guys there. Good times.
I need 100% of you guys to give 110% 100% of the time.
by capsfan4life on Oct 16, 2009 6:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I too have made many new friends from talking to caps fans and make sure that I try and create interest in going to a game if I can when anyone brings up the Caps at work, bars or on the subway, in fact I look forward too it.
Conversely I work with roughly 10 penguins fans and 1 of them has ties to their organization and have been presented with (aka force fed/shoved) countless pictures of people with their day with the Cup all summer and as recent as this week. Forgive me when I say there will never be an olive branch extended in any manner to anyone donning anything fowl related.
Promote the game, it's the NHL, not SCHL
by kurlNdrag on Oct 16, 2009 8:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I feel sorry for you — working in an office with 10 Penguin fans. May 14th was probably one of the worse days in your life — with all the heckling.
by CapsFan75 on Oct 16, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha, I was walking down the street in my Ovi t-shirt with my friend, who isn’t a hockey fan, and a car flies by with the driver’s head out the window, and he yells
“Ovi sucks!”. He almost got in a accidnet. Then, my friend says “Isn’t Ovechkin, like, the best player?”
by hockeyman33 on Oct 16, 2009 9:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Just remember that before you yell “Crosby sucks!” the next time.
Crosby doesn’t suck. We all probably wish he did, but he doesn’t—in fact, he’s probably a much nicer human being than we’d all care to admit (because we want to hate him). The thing is, he is the best player on a rival team…a rival team that is enjoying success (for now) and also happened to end the Caps’ season last year. For those reasons, I can’t stand him and he pisses me off…but still, I can’t ever understand why people also running around saying “Crosby sucks!!!”.
For the record though, Ovechkin is better than Crosby. It’s not that I care to listen to the whole “Ovechkin vs. Crosby” debate, frankly I’m sick of it, but it’s just that I believe Ovechkin is the best player in the league today…compared to anyone.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Oct 17, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, the whole “crosby sucks” thing makes people sound stupid, imo – you don’t have to like him to admit that he is a good player.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Oct 17, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
one of my favorite was walking out of my house the morning after Game 6 vs. the penguins and my ghetto-tastic gang banger neighbor yells out, “Yo, hockey girl! David Steckel, Penguin killa!” and threw me what I assume in the universal sign of the Penguin Killa Gang.
I had a bizarre bonding experience with Flyers fans at Nats park in early May. Phillies were in town and I was wearing my Rock the Red shirt. Discussion revolved around or mutual enemy, how much they hated said enemy and hope the Caps take his head off, and some Ovie-love.
But I’ve really enjoyed the people that have become my friends from my section. I spent all summer exchanging e-mails with them, trading Caps gossip, sharing an e-mail “moment of silence” over Olie’s retirement, counting down the days until the season started, and great glee at re-uniting a few weeks ago.
by RedBirdie on Oct 16, 2009 11:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
gave ride to guy walking from bethesda to tenleytown the playoff game that that train derailed at bethesda. couple pens fans we shut out of car..
by gocapsnd on Oct 17, 2009 12:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
My English prof. is a Pens fan…contemplating writing a persuasive essay on why the Caps are legit Cup contenders this year. :D
"By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of the NHL playoff series."
by Steck It Out on Oct 17, 2009 2:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Once I wasted 1.5 hrs of math class by talking Caps and NHL playoffs with my teacher.
by red army line on Oct 17, 2009 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
my students know it’s not hard to get me off topic by talking about hockey… sigh
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Oct 17, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
whoa i did not realize * made things bold… haha.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Oct 17, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am equally ashamed and proud to admit that I gave a couple of pens fans a jump start after one of the regular season games at the Vienna metro. If I recall correctly, it wasn’t a pens game, but they wore pens stuff to the game anyway,
I was literally one of the last people who could have helped them as we got the final train of the night.
Before actually turning over the engine to my car to give them the jump start I made them both say Lets Go Caps.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Oct 17, 2009 2:30 AM EDT reply actions 8 recs
Rec!
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Oct 17, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I knew a guy that took a dump on a seat, or so he claims, on the Pen’s team bus while the game was being played. I do not condone this and question if he could even get on the bus. That being said, the thought of Crosby coming back to that after a tough loss does make me chuckle.
by Moonage Daydream on Oct 17, 2009 6:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
BTW, my buddy that makes this claim is a Flyers fan
by Moonage Daydream on Oct 17, 2009 6:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
my buddy ... makes this claim is a Flyers fan
That is SO Flyers Fan. Spot on, as it were. They are the slime of the earth.
by Uncle C on Oct 17, 2009 7:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Big Bus: parked outside of the Museum, on the north side, PA plates, loading Fly-Dung fans to take them back to PhillyPA after a loss to the Caps.
Me: walking along sidewalk, stopping at every window, big smile on face, waving good-bye to each and every one of them. Individually. Buh-bye! Come again!
[sigh]
by Uncle C on Oct 17, 2009 7:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The NHL scheduling this year is weird. Caps play tonight and then not again ‘til Thursday. With a four-and-a-half-day layoff like that (in October!), I’m even less inclined to buy the League’s claims that the Olympics cause undue compression in the sked.
In fact, much of the League is idle the first few days of this week. Why did they start so early, only to lounge around like this?
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by Your Nation's Capital on Oct 17, 2009 10:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oops. wrong thread. I’m taking this over to Caps Clips or a fanpost. Sheesh.
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by Your Nation's Capital on Oct 17, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This question is now a FanPost.
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by Your Nation's Capital on Oct 17, 2009 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weird thing – I wear plenty of Caps stuff around town, and there were definitely some shout-outs at Eastern Market this spring during the run, but I have a Quebec Nordiques t-shirt (best logo ever), and I get more comments when I wear that around the neighborhood (Capitol Hill). Way more “hey! cool shirt”s than you’d expect from such an obscure reference.
As for the Pens/Flyers fan thing – around here, even though Caps Nation is growing, it’s still miniscule and the total number of hockey fans you might see walking through the city is small. Even if they are wearing opposition gear, at least we have the common rare interest in hockey, and that’s often a reason to strike up a conversation. I even once had a friendly chat with a Pens fan wearing a BU (my alma mater) hat at the Phone Booth. I also once saw a guy walking around K St downtown wearing a Sean Burke Whalers jersey on a summer Friday afternoon. Bizarre.
by katzistan on Oct 17, 2009 11:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Go BU! Yeah, it’s always fun to run into a fellow college hockey fan.
by mercurialwinger on Oct 17, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also once saw a guy walking around K St downtown wearing a Sean Burke Whalers jersey on a summer Friday afternoon. Bizarre.
It’s never the wrong time for a Whalers jersey.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Oct 17, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I run into Caps fans all over the place, even down here in Blacksburg, Va. Have also gotten into quite a few verbal and a couple physical altercations with pens fans after last season, haha. It’s all in good fun
by alright alright alright on Oct 17, 2009 2:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Positive Cap Fan Story:
My buddy at law school decided to organize a Ferris Bueller’s Day Off so we went out to lunch, went to the National Portrait Museum, then went to the Nats game. Of course, to stay true to the theme I wore my AO jersey (is there a better modern replacement for Mr. Hockey?). It was on the same day as game 2 v. PHI (before you call me one it, I realize we are pussies for doing it on a weekend, but scheduling the thing was a nightmare). ALL day people kept coming up and asking me if the Caps were winning. It was surprising to see how much support there was everywhere I went.
Negative Other Fan Story:
I was at the Caps v. Rags 14 round shootout game. I went with my brother and our ladies. We drank the whole train ride in from my house to MSG (about 2.5 hrs) then snuck in spiked Gatorade and drank for free all game (MSG had surprisingly lax security). The Rags fans were sorta behaved for most of the game because they didn’t want to talk too much shit and then lose. But as soon as the SO ended they all decided to remind me and my brother how much the Caps suck. I reminded them that the Caps did indeed suck, but still managed to take the Rags (who had playoff aspirations) to 14 rounds of SO. Then we get out of MSG and head to a bar. Some chick yells right at my brother “CAPS SUCK!” So I respond “You’re ugly… and your friend is fat!” They were stunned; massive retaliation generally gets that response. On the train ride home some Rags fan starts talking shit and saying “Crapitals suck” and other incredibly clever digs. I go back into my bag of mutually assured destruction and upped the ante. After every one of my responses I pointed my hands in the air like they were pistols and made a sort of “Pew pew” pistol sound like I was Yosemite Sam (I have a penchant for drunk alter-egos). I can’t remember exactly what I said but I know it was awesome because a) me and my brother were in stitches, b) our ladies were totally embarrassed, and c) the other Rags fans around us were laughing with me and trying to get the other guy to just stop. The train stops and he gets off and comes to the window where we were sitting (despite staying on the opposite side of the train the whole ride) and he taps on the glass to try to get the final word in. Immediately I spin around and press the ham. I mean lightning quick. The dude was so shocked he just stood there with his jaw open while the train pulled away. I love battling Rags fans because their arrogance is only surpassed by their ignorance. Yeah, I’m a jerk.
If you're after gettin' the honey, then you don't go killin' all them bees.
by Fehr and Balanced on Oct 19, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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