Imagine this: you're traveling from Detroit to Phoenix, and the flight that was supposed to get you back to your city at noon was canceled. So you sit at the airport for hours and hours to catch another flight, exhausted because you barely got any sleep the night before. Then you sit on a 4-5 hour flight. And when you finally get to Phoenix at 3:30 p.m. and walk through the security checkpoint, maybe you're dying just to get a burrito, get home, shower, and sleep.
But there are a couple hundred people waiting for you at the checkpoint, all screaming, and each one of them wanting a piece of you. As you make your way down the escalator, there are six cameras and microphones shoved in your face, along with a blinding spotlight.
At the bottom of the escalator, there are dozens more people, again all wanting something from you -- sign this, please; take a picture with me, please -- and the police can't clear the crowd away fast enough for you to even move.
What would YOU do? Well, if it was me, I'd have a hard time not being bitchy. But this was the Phoenix Mercury, the WNBA Champions, and they were so giving and gracious to everyone, even though they were all visibly exhausted. I didn't see a single player deny any fan an autograph or a picture. And the fans were so excited and plentiful, celebrating together. I love jumping up and down and screaming with other Mercury fans at games, and jockeying for position with our signs and balloons at the airport. It was great.
Thanks again, Phoenix Mercury, for bringing the 2007 WNBA Championship home. And thanks to Diana Taurasi for taking a picture with me. I posted it in my comments, but it somehow ended up in the WNBA pics section of Yardbarker, and I feel like a goon. Anyone know how to delete an accidentally-uploaded-somehow photo?
If you missed the Mercury today, see my previous blog entry for info. on the championship rally tomorrow.
WOO HOO!
But there are a couple hundred people waiting for you at the checkpoint, all screaming, and each one of them wanting a piece of you. As you make your way down the escalator, there are six cameras and microphones shoved in your face, along with a blinding spotlight.
At the bottom of the escalator, there are dozens more people, again all wanting something from you -- sign this, please; take a picture with me, please -- and the police can't clear the crowd away fast enough for you to even move.
What would YOU do? Well, if it was me, I'd have a hard time not being bitchy. But this was the Phoenix Mercury, the WNBA Champions, and they were so giving and gracious to everyone, even though they were all visibly exhausted. I didn't see a single player deny any fan an autograph or a picture. And the fans were so excited and plentiful, celebrating together. I love jumping up and down and screaming with other Mercury fans at games, and jockeying for position with our signs and balloons at the airport. It was great.
Thanks again, Phoenix Mercury, for bringing the 2007 WNBA Championship home. And thanks to Diana Taurasi for taking a picture with me. I posted it in my comments, but it somehow ended up in the WNBA pics section of Yardbarker, and I feel like a goon. Anyone know how to delete an accidentally-uploaded-somehow photo?
If you missed the Mercury today, see my previous blog entry for info. on the championship rally tomorrow.
WOO HOO!
