Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

I can’t believe those guys blew that game tonight. I just returned home from the Oracle Arena where my Golden State Warriors self-destructed in that uniquely Bay Area way. Leading by 22 points late in the 2nd quarter, the Warriors proceeded to squander their advantage to an undermanned Pistons team tonight. I thought they’d actually get their first victory tonight.

“Throw up your ‘O’ now, b$%@#!” jeered an inebriated man, clad in Bad Boy blue and red. “Yeah…O and six!” he continued, making reference to the stellar beginning to the Warriors 2007-2008 campaign.

It’s a tough time to be in the Bay Area. No Bay Area team has won a game in weeks. After starting out 2-0, the 49ers have dropped 7 straight. The Raiders have lost 5 in a row and the Stanford Cardinal and Cal Bears have each lost 4 out of their last 5. Stanford seemed to be poised to turn their program around after what, at the time, seemed to be an upset for the ages as they knocked off mighty USC, but has been unable to sustain even an ounce of that momentum. We are the anti-Boston.

I'm not worried though. This will just help with our mystique. As Chris Rock would say, "there's money in the comeback". We are sooooo poised for a comeback. Surely, things cannot get any worse. We're not even limiting our woes to the athletic arenas either. Our schools are bad, and our real estate market has gone through the floor. We even pay the highest gas prices. I scoff at the evening news when they report that the national average for a gallon of gas is approaching $3.00. Where...in Rock Springs, Wyoming? In the Bay Area, we're staring squarely at $3.50...in the HOOD! Don't go to downtown San Francisco, unless you're prepared to pay about $3.79.

Things can only get better. Joe Montana still lives here. Kenny Stabler played here. We can pull a rabbit out of a hat. We'll be back. It's just proving to be a formidable challenge to locate a suitable skull covering. Yay Areaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..............................