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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

So-bad-hia

If 10 Major League Baseball teams dropped payrolls by $10 million or more this off-season, what do you figure that means for NHL teams going into this off-season?...the Seattle Sounders have sold more season tickets than the Mariners. Who would've guessed that?...Cleveland Indians pitcher and last year's Cy Young winner Cliff Lee never gave up more than 6 runs in a start last year. Yesterday? A converted touchdown and Cinderella's chariot turned into a pumpkin...the Champion's League quarter finals start this week with two games each of the next two days. Today, Villareal host Arsenal and Manchester United host Porto, where they'll annihilate a team in over their heads...wonder if the Toronto Blue Jays fans at the Rogers Centre throwing things on the field will be front page news the way Toronto FC was last week in Columbus? Somehow I doubt it. Always easier to pick on soccer, after all. Barely got a mention in this morning's Toronto Star despite the Tigers walking off the field for 9 minutes...Jose Canseco has a theory that the reason Manny Ramirez received a one year offer is because he must be one of the 104 failed drug tests from 2003 and owners are trying to insulate themselves from a bad deal made worse if the list is made public. That, or he killed his image by tanking on the Boston Red Sox, is 36, has Scott Boras for an agent, and with the BoSox and Yankees out of the mix the market was greatly limited...there's a movie out called "Fanboys"? I had no idea there was a film even in the works covering Jose Calderon's fans...not much to say about last nights NCAA final, other than it was a total stomping from the opening whistle. Not sure if UNC was that much better than everyone else, or if they just really raised their game last night and have Michigan State's number. Somehow I found the tourney less compelling than prior years...the new and as-yet unnamed Dallas Cowboys stadium has the world's biggest screen, and it cost more than the original stadium cost to build...not a great start for CC Sabathia in Yankee colours, shelled and nary a strikeout. That said, if he starts as cold this year as last but finishes how he did last year, nothing to fear...your PTP for today is already up. A rare occasion where I think playing the home team on the run line - remember, they get one less at bat if they're up after 8 and a half - but liking the Cards to stomp the Pirates. Enjoy another + dollar value winnner!

5 comments:

gbvh said...

i think man u is actually at home in that one.

TB said...

Shit, had them both reversed. Like my Man U wager even more now!

bigheadedjerk said...

Toronto fans are gaining a notorious reputation.

SF said...

Toronto fans are gaining a notorious reputation.

^yes...they're all Patsies for continually handing over hard earned cash to watch crap teams...on the field...on the court...on the ice...and on the pitch

Blake Kennedy said...

I think the NCAA tournament was anti-climactic because the best team was on a mission and nobody was going to stop them and they just plastered everybody. I think UNC really was that good. Upperclassmen make all the difference at that level, and when you have four guys who could have been drafted last year who all come back just to make a run for the 'chip, it makes for a great story for that school, but not so much for everybody else. Great, experienced players playing for a great program at a high competitive level just are going to make everybody else look unworthy of taking the floor with them. And that's what they did.

I bleed Carolina blue, and I'll admit that while I admire them for what they've done I'll admit that there was far less drama and excitement in this win than in 2005 or 1993. But this group of kids I think is far more likeable than the 2005 bunch.