I
I WAS
I WAS ONE
I WAS ONE OF THOSE TOO. GAME TWO ATTENDANCE WAS 14,500.
NOW THE CAPS ARE ONE VICTORY
AWAY FROM WINNING THE CUP.
TOMORROW NIGHT'S WATCH PARTY IS
SOLD OUT.
SOLD OUT.
SOLD OUT. I WANT TO BRING IN JOE AZOR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING 4@HERE.
I APPRECIATE IT.
FEEDING THE CURSE IS THE NAME
OF THE PODCAST.
THAT MEANS THERE MUST BE A
CURSE.
CURSE.
4@
4@ IT
4@ IT DEPENDS ON WHO YO I BELIEVE THERE IS A SPORTS 4@
CURSE.
CURSE.
CURSE. THERE IS A FOURTH DIMENSION OR
ANOTHER DIMENSION TO SPORTS.
WHERE THINGS HAPPEN AND YOU
CANNOT EXPLAIN.
CANNOT EXPLAIN. IN HOCKEY IT IS PUCK LUCK.
HISTORICALLY IT HASN'T.
IT IS HAPPENING ALL OF THE
SUDDEN.
SUDDEN.
SUDDEN. WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS TOWN, I AM
BORN AND RAISED IN ARLINGTON, 4@
VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA. I AM A D.C. FAN.
HOCKEY IS A DISTANT SPORT FOR
MOST OF US.
I THINK THAT IS CHANGING.
THE CITY AS A WHOLE HAS
GRAVITATED TOWARD THE CAPITALS.
IF YOU DO 4@NOT KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT ANYTHING YOU CAN FEEL THE
MAGNITUDE OF THIS MOMENT AND
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THE
CITY.
CITY.
CITY. FOR
CITY. FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE GROWN UP
HERE AND HAVE MOVED HERE.4@4@4@
A FEW YEARS BACK WE SAW
CLEVELAND AND LeBRON JAMES DO
SOMETHING ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE.
BRINGING A CHAMPIONSHIP TO
CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND. BEFORE THAT WE SAW THE RED SOX
REVERSE A CURSE IN BASEBALL.
THERE ALL THE STORIES ABOUT
DIFFERENT CURSES.
DIFFERENT CURSES. SOME OF IT IS TONGUE AND CHEEK.
IN REALITY WE HAVE BEEN
TORMENTED AS FANS.4@
HERE WE ARE, LOOK AT RECENT
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. THE NATIONALS,4@ KNOCK ON WOOD
SOMEWHERE.
SOMEWHERE. FOUR YEARS IN A ROW.4@4@
YOU JUST CANNOT EXPLAIN 4@SOME
THESE THINGS.
THESE THINGS. JUST LIKE WE CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW
THE CAPITALS REVERSED A ZERO-TO
START.
START.
START. THEY BEAT PITTSBURGH AND TAMPA.
THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND
IT FEELS DIFFERENT.
IT WAS AWESOME.
I WAS THERE 4@WHEN WE BEAT TAMP
AT THE WATCH PARTY.
I REMEMBER TO SING FOLKS THAT
WERE THERE WITH ME THERE WERE
MANY PEOPLE JUMPING UP AND DOWN
AND CLAPPING AS THERE 4@WERE
HANDS AND HEAD.
WE ARE ONE GAME AWAY.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE TO THINK WE
ARE THAT
,
, 60
, 60 MINUTE
, 60 MINUTE@ A CHAMPIONSHIP AND A PARADE.
THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT PARADES
AND WIN IT WOULD BE.
PART OF ME WANTS TO 4@PUMP THE
BRAKES AND SAY LET'S NOT BE THE
FIRST TEAM EVER TO GIVE THIS UP
AND LOSE.
AND LOSE.
AND LOSE. AT THE SAME TIME THE LAST TIME
WE HAD A CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE
HERE THAT WASN'T FOR THE
CAPITALS OR THE TERPS, IT WAS
THE 91-92 SEASON.
I THINK WE WILL HAVE HALF 1
MILLION PEOPLE OUT THERE.
>> PEOPLE ARE SO PUMPED UP.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS.
HOWARD BERNSTEIN HAS NOT
CHANGED HIS RED TIE IN WEEKS.
HE WEARS THAT RED TIE EVERY
TIME.4@4@
TIME.4@4@
TIME.4@4@ I HAVE CHANGED MY DRESS BUT IT
IS A RED DRESS.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?
>> I HAVE NOT WORN CAPS GEAR
SINCE THE LOSS IN THE SECOND
ROUND.
ROUND.
ROUND. I
ROUND. I HAVE COWORKERS THAT ARE
TYPING EMAILS ALL IN CAPS.
THERE ARE LADIES IN THE OFFICE
THAT HAVE NOT CHANGED CHIPPED
RED NA4@IL POLISH BECAUSE THEY
DON'T WANT TO JINX ANYTHING.
I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN WEARING
A TIE ON GAME DAYS.
I HATE WEARING TIES.
I WEAR THE SAME TIE EVERY GAME
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. IT
DAY. IT IS PART SUPERSTITION AND
PART -- WHATEVER IT IS IT'S
THAT THING WE HAVE TO DO.
WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO.
ONE MORE GAME.
JUST ONE MORE TIME.
>> WHERE WHATEVER IT
THAT
THAT YOU
THAT YOU WORE.
YOU WORE.
YOU WORE. >> EVERYBOD4@Y WILL FORGIVE YOU
>> WHERE WERE YOU BE THURSDAY?
>> I WILL BE 4@DOWNTOWN.
I WILL BE SOMEWHERE HOPEFULLY
INSIDE.
INSIDE.
INSIDE. NOT WEARING A CAPS JERSEY.
I WILL BE THE ONE PERSON THERE
WITHOUT ANY CAPS GEAR ON.
I THINK EVERYONE 4@WILL
UNDERSTAND.
UNDERSTAND. I TOLD MY WIFE AND I HAVE THREE
LITTLE KIDS AT HOME.
I SAID I NEED AN EXCEPTION
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. I
HERE. I NEED TO BE DOWNTOWN WHEN THIS
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. SHE UNDERSTANDS, THIS IS
HISTORIC.
HISTORIC.
HISTORIC. SHE HAS SEEN THE TORMENT I HAVE
GONE THROUGH.
GONE THROUGH. WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE WIZARDS
FOREVER, I AM A FAN.
THE CAPITALS CAN DO THIS.
IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE ENTIRE
CITY BEHIND THEM.