Shoes, Ships, and Sealing Wax

This makes me miss it even more

The Washington Capitals were a dreadful team in the early seventies, but I was just a little kid just learning to love sports, so I didn't comprehend how bad they were.

I've never given it a lot of thought, but it must have been hell for the players.

For lack of other content, the Caps web page has been posting trips down memory lane this year. This piece on Tommy Williams shows some of the frustration the players felt, but also some of the humor. Talking about his final game:

I wanted to go out in one great blaze of glory. For the last few weeks I’ve been dreaming about that. I wanted to go out like Ted Williams did in Boston. Remember that last game he had? Old Teddy hit a home run that last time up at Fenway Park. A real blaze of glory.

The Bomber didn’t get his blaze. What I ended up with was a 14-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres. Thank heavens for the safety.