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Friday, May 22, 2009

Hurricane Gino

Evgeni Malkin led the way for the Pittsburgh Penguins with a hat-trick in Game 2 of the Eastern finals - the backhander was disgusting! - and the Pens downed the Carolina Hurricanes 7-4 to take care of business at home...so, Toronto Blue Jays fans, is the term "dry hump" front and centre yet? 1-5 against the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees now after getting swept in Beantown and the noose - err - lead is getting tighter at the top, down to a half over Boston and a game and a half over New York. Good thing for Roy Halladay, or it might well be 0-6...is it just me, or is anyone you see rocking "Tap Out" gear that isn't a fighter a loser?...engineers say that when the original Yankee Stadium comes down in July, they're expecting the wind patterns to change and the propensity for balls flying out of right field will slow...I'll never understand how teams give no-trade clauses to players and I'll also never understand how a player invokes that clause when he can go to a team far better than his own, the way Jake Peavy has in opting to stay with the San Diego Padres instead of moving to the Chicago White Sox. How he ignores the Pads don't want him now is beyond me, and saying you want to stay in the NL only makes you seem weak and scared. Shame on you, Peavy...no sooner did I crack on Travis Henry yesterday than along came word from RM reader TS that he'd been arrested again, this time for violating conditions of his bond after his April conviction of cocaine trafficking. This is now way to pay for over a half dozen kids...it is the final weekend of the English Premier League and of course, that means teams at the relegation end are sweating what others are doing. In this case, there is talk of pending lawsuits over Manchester United's likely playing a sub-standard team against relegation threatened Hull, possibly helping Hull stay up if they get a result. I might be wrong, but what responsibility is it of United's to help anyone but themselves heading into the Champion's League final? Why didn't West Brom, Newcastle et al take care of their own business? That said, United's got more than enough to take care of Hull...another result of the conclusion of the EPL: a bevy of cancellations of Setanta Sports coming to Rogers and ExpressVu on Monday...how about all-time NFL draft bust Ryan Leaf? Busted for drug and burglary charges. He's a couple illegitimate kids from being the all-time loser...the LA Lakers again charged out fast but let the Denver Nuggets hang around, and this time they paid for it as the Nuggets evened the series. That's good news for the Nuggets, as only 7% of teams that go down 0-2 in the NBA playoffs historically bounce back to win the series...the Detroit Tigers are 10-0 on weekends this year...before catcher Joe Mauer did it yesterday in a 20-1 Minnesota Twins win over the Chicago White Sox, the last Twin to have 6 RBI as a DH in a game was named Jose Morales, who pulled off the feat in July of 1980. Strangely, the ChiSox catcher yesterday was named Jose Morales (no relation). What comes around, goes around...interleague baseball starts this weekend and I'm still a fan, though it isn't perfect. Each division should at least play the same teams to balance things out, and I'd like to see the home teams using the opposite league's rules to give the fans a taste of what the other offers...Minnesota Vikings QB Tarvaris Jackson on the Brett Favre story: "I don't think it matters who you are. Eventually, you get tired of watching re-runs." Awesome...since opening 11-1, the Florida Marlins are 8-22...have a great Friday.

6 comments:

bukkake said...

Tap Out, UFC and all related MMA gear is just the latest in a long, proud lineage fo white trash staple apparel that has included (but is not limited to)...

- West Coast Choppers / Orange County Choppers
- free inside specially marked cases beer shirts
- No Fear wear
- FUBU once it hit Zellers and Winners (the ghetto was done with it)
- Taz t-shirts
- Degeneration X wrestling shirts

bukkake said...

sorry, almost forgot the best ...

NO SURRENDER

only sold at SAAN store for those that couldn't afford the elite No Fear clothing line.

bigheadedjerk said...

"Good thing for Roy Halladay, or it might well be 0-6"

What a stupid comment. I could say if it wasn't for Sabathia, tyhe Jays would have won that series against the Yanks. :P

TB said...

Jays fans are neither numerous nor particularly quick. Instead of noticing that the Yankees are a mere 2-5 against the Jays/Sox, they get hooked on what is essentially a compliment to Halladay for being the only thing between them and a fruitless week (outscored 27-14 too...yikes!).

But, guess that's what you go with when the lead is about to evaporate and the downward spiral is already in progress.

TB said...

Oh, and the only stupid part was in saying that it "might well" be 0-6. No Halladay and you can bet it'd be 0-6.

For all the talk of how Papi can't hit homers anymore, isn't it amazing that he couldn't hit one at homer friendly Yankee Stadium in three games but crushed one off of Brett Cecil?

TB said...

Bukkake...no "Bear Wear"?