Once again, the LA Galaxy roll in to Toronto and David Beckham will not be playing. Those that scalped their tickets early must be loving it. Toronto will be minus Maurice Edu (U.S. National Team duty), Greg Sutton (Canadian National Team duty vs. Brazil!) and Laurent Robert (suspension) . Still, with LA's defence being so poor, I suspect my men's league team could score on them. TFC wins at Fortress BMO. Kickoff is 3pm Eastern, coverage on CBC...for the boneheads who brag that the Jays have never had a year where they were top payroll and didn't win the World Series, I give you 1995...here's an interesting dilemma. Derek Jeter's contract with the Yankees expires after the 2010 season. Any expert in the game and most novices will tell you his defense is sliding badly despite recent Gold Gloves. He doesn't hit for any kind of power anymore and the usual spot you'd move a Short Stop to is tied down by some guy named A-Rod. Do you move him to first, a spot where you typically want a power guy, when 28-year-old childhood Yankee and Don Mattingly fan Mark Teixera is available this off season? Or to the outfield, where you're not sure he can cover the ground? Something will change in the next couple years, that's for certain. He'll get huge money, but I'm not sure he's close to worth it anymore...guess which New York Giant didn't show up to get his ring? If you had Jeremy Shockey, you win...is it just me, or does it seem like the Williams sisters either both go deep or both go out at the same time?...Barry Melrose is rumored to be taking over the coaching job with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Now, isn't he exactly the same as the coach they have now in John Torterella?...that "idiot kicker" Mike Vanderjagt is back on the Toronto Argos. That ought to sell tickets...an emailer to the Jim Rome Show on Michael Jackson being in attendance at a UFC event: "he thought 'UFC' stood for 'Unlimited Five-year-0ld Children'"...speaking of Rome. Longtime listeners may recall his story of the homeless man being lodged in a windshield after getting hit, and the driver going home, and parking the car in her garage and getting her sex on while he slowly bled to death. Well, there's a movie being made on the story...Gene Simmons and Danko Jones, eat your hearts out...the NBA got its "dream" matchup, with the Lakers slated to face the Celtics in the final. The only way I'd feel more like my early days watching hoops would be if the 76ers were contenders too. At the start of the playoffs, I picked the Celtics to hoist the ugly trophy, but now, have some leanage to Kobe and the Lakers. Maybe some of that is due to the fact that I think if Boston fell into the ocean, I would celebrate for months on end...the Blue Jays will be the first to see Joba Chamberlain start a major league game on Tuesday...have a great Saturday.
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i think i thought i heard edu is playing. and guevera ain't due to playing for honduras.
and i guess dichio and marshall are questionable due to injury.
np: Tragically Hip -- As Makeshift As We Are
no robinson either!
and now this:
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/Canada/2008/05/31/5732351-sun.html
shit, it cut off the link:
BMO turf may sideline Donovan
By DEAN MCNULTY, SUN MEDIA
If Landon Donovan is on the sidelines this afternoon when his L.A. Galaxy faces Toronto FC, credit should go to BMO Field.
Already missing superstar David Beckham to international duty, Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit said yesterday that Donovan will be a game-time decision after the MLS all-star suffered a groin pull prior to joining the U.S. national team in London for an exhibition match against England this past Wednesday.
But Donovan insisted yesterday, after going through a light workout at BMO, that he feels the unforgiving field turf at TFC's pitch is more of a factor than the state of his injury.
"I first injured it last Saturday, but it has been getting better and better each day," he said. "But I want to be smart about it. And yes the turf (at BMO) definitely plays into the decision. It's not the easiest surface to have when you are trying to get back into the game."
Playing into his Donovan's decision is the fact that he will leave his Galaxy teammates right after today's game to rejoin the U.S. team for a friendly in Spain next week.
Just how valuable is Donovan to the Galaxy?
In nine games this season, he has scored nine goals -- nearly half of the team's 22-goal total output -- and he assisted on six others.
"Obviously a player of Landon or David's calibre changes things," he said. "With that being said, there's guys in those positions that are confident and feel they can get the job done."
TFC will lose four players to international duty right after today's match.
Canada's Jim Brennan together with Jamaica's Tyrone Marshall and Marco Velez of Puerto Rico will all depart tomorrow for their respective national camps. And midfielder Maurice Edu is expected to depart for Spain with Donovan after having been named to the initial roster for the U.S. team for its June 4 match.
And for this, TFC charged a "premium" ticket price. Lovely.
I have to say that I agree on your Boston take. Plus, Gasshole aside, Los Angeles has been playing some really great basketball of late. They're a pleasure to watch.
I have a world of respect for the Celtics (especially Paul Pierce) but I think I'd like to see Phil Jackson get ring #10 this year.
If your missing Becks In Toronto , I am selling some pics of his dong I caught with my toilet cam at Commonwealth Stadium ...
You ain't selling them...your just showing hot chicks and tellin em it's yours LOL
Celtics in 7.
I really think the Williams sisters could atart at middle and strong side linebacker for my Esks this year and dom some damage ....
np: Clarence Carter -- Strokin'
9:18 a.m. sunday -- IS THIS THING ON?
haha
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