Part one of The Best 'Thoughts' are a lot more fun to look back on, especially when you consider all of the tragedy in sports in 2011. Like the last time though, I was able to compile fewer Worst moments than Best, so there's that.
Here are the not-so-great moments, left in chronological order:
The Worst...
Wild end 2010 on a low note
This was my first entry of the year, and I wasn't all that happy to write about a Wild game that I attended on New Year's Eve which was a 4-1 loss to the Nashville Predators. The Wild dug themselves an early hole they couldn't get out of and did not give their best effort to ring in the new year.
It has to get better, right?
2011 was a year to forget for the Twins, but at the end of April, I assumed the direction for the team could only go up after the first few weeks. From the terrible opening series in Toronto though, the season really didn't turn around much. But for 2012, it has to get better, right?
RIP Boogey
One of the more tragic moments of the year came with the sudden death of former Wild player Derek Boogaard. I first saw the news on Twitter, and it was really a huge shock. He was a fan favorite in Minnesota and was known in the sport as being an enforcer on the ice, but also a very caring individual off the ice.
RIP Dan Wheldon
This was another tragic moment for the year and for the entire IndyCar and racing community. In what was supposed to be an exciting, battle-for-the-championship season finale in Las Vegas, it turned into a tragic day in racing.
Thirty-three-year-old Dan Wheldon, the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, died 12 laps into the race in a terrible multi-car crash. I was glued to my TV and Twitter throughout the afternoon to follow the coverage and await word on Wheldon. He will be greatly missed in the IndyCar series.
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