# (Old) My Cup Runneth Over- A Championship MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** hockey-nhl, mmp\ **Created:** [June 15, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-my-cup-runneth-over-a-championship-mmp/1030907 "2026-06-15T04:07:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 40
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-my-cup-runneth-over-a-championship-mmp/1030907/40 "2026-06-16T12:55:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I will never understand why otherwise sensible people get so excited over a ball game. May be I can explain. Have you ever got excited over a novel? a film? a comic? Now imagine that the heroes in your novel/film/comic are real people and they may (and in fact more often than not they do) fail. The can’t usually destroy the Death Star, the Nazgul regularly take away the ring before it leaves the Shire, the Enterprise gets destroyed by the Klingons at least once a month… And then, one blessed day everything works as if it _actually_ was a book, a novel, a comic. How can you be otherwise than giddy with joy?. See my discombobulated post on the immortal 18th of December of 2022 for an example of a fan trying to express the same sentiment while being carried by the waves of emotion: > [@World Cup 2022 - discussion, predictions, and thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2022-discussion-predictions-and-thoughts/974476/2117): > > I must confess that on Saturday I was sad, I thought we were not going to be champions. My reasoning was this: it was too perfect. The genius who is about to retire and goes for one last chance. The friend who gets heart disease and can’t accompany him. The inexperienced DT who brings together a group of misfits willing to do anything to fulfill their idol’s dream. it was too epic, and in real life, I thought, such things never end well. In real life, Luke is killed by the imperial troops … The secret, of course, is to suspend disbelief and convince yourself that the sport team winning actually matters, in the same way that you convince yourself that Luke destroying the Death Star matters. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-my-cup-runneth-over-a-championship-mmp/1030907)._