The story of how I became a fan of the Ducks, and hockey in general, isn’t terribly exciting, I’ll admit. But I wanted to look back on how I fell in love with the ice born out of the heartbreak of the breaking of a bone.
The day is May 29th, 2010. The Angels are in the bottom of the 10th inning of a 1-1 game against the Seattle Mariners. The Halos slugging first basemen and the previous season’s runner-up rookie of the year Kendrys Morales launches a deep fly ball to straight away center field with the bases loaded.