Young sports fans experiencing their first heartbreaks are always good, clean, family fun. Maybe it’s because they remind you, a more mature, cynical sports fan, of that special time in your life when you could actually feel something. One of the sharpest pains a young fan has to endure is that of your favorite player leaving your favorite team. It’s a cruel feeling of abandonment harmless enough for adults to smile at and put on YouTube.
Like this little St. Louis Blues fan, whose favorite player, American hero T.J. Oshie, was traded to the Washington Capitals on July 5:
Well, when Oshie and the Capitals saw a young fan torn between player and team, they pounced. Oshie sent Libby a massive care package of swag and blew her little mind:
Lots of people beyond the Caps saw that video, enough for its star, Libby Lu, to make it onto ESPN’s daytime programming, where she was suitably adorable. When asked why Oshie was her favorite player, she did us all proud by responding, “Because he gets in hockey fights.”
(Via Monumental Network)
