His name is Marshawn Pinch. He's a hermit crab who, as you can tell from the photo, has made his home in a miniature Seahawks football helmet. He's named after Marshawn Lynch, the force-of-nature running back who is a key player in the unheralded Seattle offense. The Aquarium had to move the display featuring Marshawn Pinch to the front area of their facility to accommodate the demands of hundreds of kids who want to see him daily. Marshawn "Pinch" is one of those great sports stories which comes about when teams really are doing what they're supposed to do: capture people's hearts and imaginations under the unifying movement that sports, in its best form, should always be about.
It's pretty fun to be a part of two big movements in sports right now: the rise of the Seattle Seahawks to national prominence, and the return of a great football program like the Broncos to the top spot in their conference. Both teams have taken very different approaches to building their rosters and coaching staffs, and without a doubt, this Sunday's game will be a lot of fun to watch.
Ten years ago, one of my closest friends and I managed to convince a security guard to let us in to the SuperBowl when it was held in Houston. We got to watch the entire second half of a great game between the Panthers and the Patriots, and I can't describe how overwhelming it was to be sitting in the center of the sporting world for just a couple of hours. I still have the ticket stub framed in my office. We watched a great game together ten years ago. Here's hoping that this year's game is just as good and fun.
Shalom,
Travis
PS - Check out this great blog post (unabashedly pro-Seahawks) from a professor and theologian at Fuller Seminary: http://bodysoulspiritlife.com/2014/01/07/the-seahawks-finding-christ-in-football-culture/
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