REDFORD– Bob Marley has been dead these past 32 years to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.
The ghost of Marley as he appeared while Scroods was trying to eat some porridge or something in his room.
Late in the night following Aventinus’s 2-3 OT loss to the Goaldiggers Sunday night, GM Markenezor Scroods was visited by none other than his one-time gigging partner, Bob Marley. “I say, eh, mon,” exclaimed Marley. “Everything’s gonna be all right.”
However, Marley noted that three little birds told him that Scroods would be “haunted” by the ghosts of Christmas playoffs. When Scroods initially refused to believe Marley’s ghost was real, Marley howled out several bars of the “Redemption Song.”
Shortly after Scroods’ meeting with Marley, the so-called Ghost of Championships Past met briefly with Scroods, going over their 0-5 loss to the Leafs. “Why did you rely solely on Chris Sutton, Markenezor?” lamented the Ghost.
“Forgive me, fans!” cried Scroods.
“Are there no practices? Are there no game plans?” bellowed the Ghost of Championships Present.
However, the mercurial Ghost of Championships Future merely pointed to the Ann Arbor Adult Hockey website to reveal the Goaldiggers as future champions. “No, Spirit!!!” cried Scroods. “We can change! Why show me this if we are beyond all hope?!!”
Scroods awoke clutching his bed drapes, asked the local urchin running past his home the day, and upon finding that the outcome of the championship was still undetermined, laughed with great joy. “I will cherish the championship games, and urge my team positively,” delighted Scroods.
Then, he realized he also had to go to work, which dampened his spirits a little bit, but still he remained positively upbeat going into Tuesday’s game, which will be played at 845pm at Olympic Rink.