Boom?
Apparently we are getting a new driveway. Holy smokes.
Ball was really good last night – despite the cold. I sat out the first game, and watched the team put together a solid win. I pitched the second game, and only gave up a handful of runs – this despite giving the other team 4 outs in the second last inning and letting them bat the order in the final inning. Meanwhile, I also knocked in 9 (10?) runs in 4 at bats. I was the 10th batter in the first two innings basically hit doubles, which produced a couple of runs each, didn’t bat in the third, then hit a grand slam in the fourth and a double in the fifth. At least I think that’s how it went.
I pitched ok – I experimented with my spins quite a bit, and managed to be in and around the strikezone for most of the game. It even seemed to warm up some as the evening went on – and the sun came out!
I see that a couple of people have gotten their finals pick in – we’ve been doing pretty good as a group, with William’s essentially random picks being the only one of us below .500 at this point. It looks like the winner will have an 11-4 record, though how many winners we have will be determined by the two teams in the finals.
Simpson’s quote of the day: “Son, when you participate in sporting events, it’s not whether you win or lose — it’s how drunk you get.” – Homer
May 24th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
I think it’s pretty obvious that Ottawa will lose in 7 games, and the trend will continue
Vancouver lost in 7 in 1994
Calgary lost in 7 in 2004
Edmonton lost in 7 in 2006
Ottawa will lose in 7 in 2007..
As for the other canadian teams, Montreal will always win the cup, and the leafs won’t have to worry because they won’t make the finals.
May 25th, 2007 at 6:02 am
The Ducks.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Here is a stat for you to chew on Darren, In every year ending in the number 7 (1997,1987,1977…), the Stanley cup has always ended up being won by a Canadian team, or the Detroit Redwings…..
To counter that, only 1 team has ever won the stanley cup with a non canadian captain…. I’ll let you guess the team and the captain. I guessed the team correctly, but had a wrong captain.
and greg, why are you getting a new driveway? is the city putting one in for you because of their watermain leak?
May 25th, 2007 at 10:06 am
1998-99 Dallas Stars, Mike Modano as the captain would be my guess (before I look up the answer, that is). And the goal should not have counted. Yet another reason to hate Brett Hull.
Looked it up…it was Darian Hatcher who was the captain that year. There were two more years where a non-Canadian was captain.
1933-34 Blackhawks, Charlie Gardiner, born in Scotland (moved to Canada at age 7)
1937-38 Blackhawks, John Gottselig, born in Russia (moved to Canada in his youth)
May 25th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Insurance is putting in a new one because of the water main break. I’m a bit shocked, but apparently the concrete is trashed from the bottom up badly enough that it needs replacing.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
My dad picked Anaheim.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Ottawa I suppose.
June 4th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Will Alfredson get suspended?
June 5th, 2007 at 9:19 am
I doubt it, though I think he probably should get a game. Too tough to prove intent on a shot like that – in theory he could have been trying to dump it into the corner.
It’s one of those things that’s so stupid that it’s tough to assign intent to it.