Angels In The Outfield In Real Life
March 24th, 2011 | Posted by in Movies
THE STORY OF THE LOS ANGELES KINGS
AND A MAGIC PUCK
Can L.A Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick stop hockey pucks with his mind? On March 21, 2011, with Calgary in town for a big Western Conference showdown, Jarome Iginla fired a puck that got by Quick and should have been a goal. Except the puck inexplicably changes directions behind the goaltender and stays out.
See for yourself.
So what happened? Is Jonathan Quick telekinetic? Was Iginla robbed of a sure goal due to a freakish once in a life time bounce? Maybe Quick did get a piece of it?
Or do you believe the FUN explanation that something or someone intervened…
Angels In The Outfield
The Kings ended up winning the game in a shootout but they would have lost had that goal counted. With the regular season winding down and playoff teams fighting for positioning, perhaps Christopher Lloyd was ‘watching’. Or an actual Angel for that matter.
I suppose you just have choose to believe but I don’t think people will start flapping their wings at the next Kings home game. However, I did notice a few interesting connections while I was reading about the ‘incident’ and the film.
-Did you know that David Courtney, the Kings Public Address Announcer has also worked for the Angels? More interesting than that, did you know he had a role in Angels in the Outfield?!
-Another fun fact I didn’t realize was that the 1994 version of the film was actually a remake of a 1951 film that featured the Pirates. Check out the awesome trailer for the original version here.
-Did you know that Quick’s number (32) multiplied by his age (25) equals 800 which has virtually no connection to Angels at all? Or does it? Further research reveals a news story about the Salvation Army of Kingsport’s annual Angel Tree program. Coincidence? Read more here.
-The Kings win was their 41st of the season and vaulted them into 6th in the West. If you subtract the two you get 35. The Salvation Army’s address in Toronto? 35 Kings Crescent! Ooooooooo
Did I just uncover a crazy Angel conspiracy involving professional hockey, the film industry and the Salvation Army?
Absolutely not, I’m completely reaching here but it’s an interesting thought isn’t it? At the end of the day, the movie is fictional and I can’t prove a thing. But something moved that puck and I want answers immediately. What do you believe stopped that puck?
Regardless, Angels in the Outfield was a great movie and Jonathan Quick made great save.
End of story.
Is there a relation between the two? Was it a supernatural puck? Was it a ghost or an angel? Or was it simply a freak play? You be the judge.
PS: If I did just uncover something, I wonder where David Courtney fits in… Maybe the whole thing began in 1951? I checked and he was born in 1957 but can you imagine if it was ’51? It probably would have meant nothing.
This game was seen on Sportsnet which is the network I work for… What if I’m involved and I don’t even know it? My brain just exploded.
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I think Angels in the Outfield blows, but that’s me.
Now, if you seriously didn’t know how this happened:
The puck was either hit in a way that had a crazy spin to it and that changed it’s direction, or it hit the goalie’s foot and got the spin from there. Probably had been in the air, but we don’t see that from the top down angle, and when it hit the ice the spin sent it away from the goal.
I don’t watch hockey, but you can see a lot of shots in pool or snooker on the same principle – when you hit the ball in a way that adds spin, the ball curves around the table.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sk9_hWUDZM&feature=related
100% it just took a funny bounce. I work in broadcasting and cover pro sports everyday so I’ve seen some pretty crazy bounces. This one ranks high on the strange meter but it’s just a bounce. Interesting to think of the what ifs though.