First off, I will have to say that i am not into professional sports. Or actually, I take that back and say that until I moved to Pittsburgh, I was not into professional sports. Then I moved from Hawaii to Pittsburgh, PA and my opinion and my world was changed forever.
I have lived in Pittsburgh for 10 years and when I moved here, i knew what I getting into moving into a sports town. In Hawaii, the only thing sports-wise is college sports. There are no professional teams at all. I was very reluctant to give any of my attention to the Steelers. Why? I don't particularly care for football. Then something changed...
I casually started watching Penguins hockey games. When I say casually, I mean whenever I saw there was one on TV and there was nothing else to watch. And then after the lockout, things changed. I started watching any hockey games whenever they were on. Now, I am so addicted that hockey has really become such an important aspect in my life. Everything else now takes a backseat to hockey. I actually started dating a guy who did not like *any* sports on TV but now loves the Penguins too.
I have to say that over the last few years, the Penguins have brought so much joy into my life and I am so happy that they won the Stanley Cup while I was living here. I don't know how long I'll be living in Pittsburgh but I do know that I will be a Penguins fan for life.
Let's go Pens! Thanks for the memories and I look forward to many more!