Ahh, for when times were simpler.
It'll be 25 years on the air in Montreal come mid August and yes I'm feeling a little age.
The bones are not creeking though the hair has greyed quite a bit.
I haven't suddenly developed a paunch around the middle, I already had that.
It's how we gather and deliver the news and especially the news itself.
Once upon a time we waited by the ticker machine for all the news,
yes kiddies there was a time before computers and the internet.
There was big trouble for the idiot that left that machine off all night or forgot to put a new roll of paper in it.
Scores, standings and stats were pretty much what you needed to know.
A clear understanding of alphabet words were soon to come.
ACL, MCL and CBA amongst them.
I'm not a doctor or lawyer but have been forced to play one on the radio.
Shocking things can come at you when you least expect it.
I was in the press box talking with beatwriter Jeff Blair for just a moment one night in St Louis when all of a sudden I had to run back and help out Bobby Winkles on the broadcast because Moises Alou's ankle was hanging by a few tendons as he wailed in pain on the turf.
We were all surrounding a television set watching O.J.'s bronco while the Expos played a few feet away at the Big O.
What to say when an umpire dies in front of your eyes on opening day in Cincinnati.
One Hilton after another finding their way to the big house including Paris who I didn't have to talk about.
THE Expo season wiped out.
An entire campaign in the National Hockey League.
Now,
Football has gone to the dogs with Michael Vick, Baseball is Barry Bonds better homers by chemistry, a betting scandal in the NBA and don't get me started on the Tour De France.
All this nonsense of course has spawned 24 hour sports radio stations,
which of course means I get to be employed.
So if you will, please raise a glass with me as I toast:
O.J. Simpson, Todd Bertuzzi, John Rocker, Zinedine Zidane, Michael Vick, Rae Carruth, The Hiltons, Mike Tyson, Pete Rose, Kobe Bryant, Lawrence Phillips, Pacman Jones, Ron Artest, Ricky Williams and all their friends.
And now if you'll excuse me, I must go play golf.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
Habs Didn't Need Souray
I hope Sheldon Souray spends his money well.
I hope life works out okay for the Alberta native, he seems like a decent enough guy.
Why the Canadiens made him a pair of free agent offers
and why they didn't trade him at the deadline last season is beyond me.
I don't believe too much in coaching x's and o's in the National Hockey League but it was clear that when teams carried the puck over the Habs blueline the last few years they made a beeline over to Souray's side of the ice and there was good reason why he was a minus hockey player.
He wasn't the one hurt in the minus department by his teammates,
it was the other way around.
In the 3rd, 4th or 5th year of Souray's contract, how many of those young defensemen will be better than Souray and would be taking away the ice time of the $27 million man.
I really do like the way Bob Gainey is going about the business of trying to put the Canadians back on the map.
Whether he's right about all those young defensemen he's collected for the very near future I can't tell you but it would be amazing if he's wrong about all of them.
This is not going to be a great hockey team this coming season.
Maybe not even the season after that but this has been a boring hockey team chasing it's own tail for a few years now.
The only way to stop the cycle is to build with youngsters and hope you're right.
Best of luck Bob.
Keeping busy includes an internet only baseball show I do for the folks at http://www.mcnsports.com/
we are currently on hiatus in the process of switching studios.
Please come and have a look.
I write a blog over there too.
Here's this weeks:
I hate to say I told you so, no wait a minute, that's a lie.
I love to say I told you so !
OK, so I'm not perfect, but not bad at all at the all star break as we look back on pre season predictions.
Every division winner I picked is either in first place (Red Sox, Angels, Mets, Brewers),
or, at the most, one game out in their respective divisions (Dodgers and Indians).
My National League wild card pick (Braves) stand only 2 games back of San Diego.
In the American, shame on me !
I let the Yankees money flash blind me instead of going with the League's best team last year (Tigers)
I thought the Yankees would paper over their pitching problems.Clearly Roger Clemens won't be enough.
I don't think the Yankees will be catching either the Red Sox or Tigers in the second half no matter how much they spendand that's fine with me.
I hate the way baseball is set up to allow money to cover tracks.
The Yankees in most years can spend their way past mistakes while if a team like the Brewers don't get it exactly right,it's basically tough luck.
In the National, there's several ways things can change.I think the Phillies will make a run, the Brewers to hold off the Cubs and the Dodgers to catch the Padres.
I don't think the Padres will hold on for the post season at all.Despite the 574 career victories that Greg Maddux and David Wells have run up, this is all about the BIG TWO.
These guys need a rhyming name.
Remember Spahn and Sain and pray for rain ?
Well how about Peavy and Young and then they're dung ?
nah, not with 574 career wins.hmm...
How 'bout Peavy and Young and then they're done ?
Peavy and Young and their song is sung ?
Peavy and Young and cough up a lung ?
Why the hell isn't there anything to rhyme with Peavy ?
Wait a minute !!!
Chris and Jake, the rest are fake.
Chris and Jake, through your heart with a stake,
the rest are fake, for goodness sake.
This all star break has been too long.PLAY BALL !
By the way.
History lesson time.
As for Spahn and Sain.
Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain.
They were teammates for six seasons, all with the Boston Braves before they moved to Milwaukee.
Both had four twenty win seasons in those six years but team success was really limited to one season.
Four 4th place finishes, a 3rd and the 1948 pennant before losing to Cleveland's last world series winner.
I hope life works out okay for the Alberta native, he seems like a decent enough guy.
Why the Canadiens made him a pair of free agent offers
and why they didn't trade him at the deadline last season is beyond me.
I don't believe too much in coaching x's and o's in the National Hockey League but it was clear that when teams carried the puck over the Habs blueline the last few years they made a beeline over to Souray's side of the ice and there was good reason why he was a minus hockey player.
He wasn't the one hurt in the minus department by his teammates,
it was the other way around.
In the 3rd, 4th or 5th year of Souray's contract, how many of those young defensemen will be better than Souray and would be taking away the ice time of the $27 million man.
I really do like the way Bob Gainey is going about the business of trying to put the Canadians back on the map.
Whether he's right about all those young defensemen he's collected for the very near future I can't tell you but it would be amazing if he's wrong about all of them.
This is not going to be a great hockey team this coming season.
Maybe not even the season after that but this has been a boring hockey team chasing it's own tail for a few years now.
The only way to stop the cycle is to build with youngsters and hope you're right.
Best of luck Bob.
Keeping busy includes an internet only baseball show I do for the folks at http://www.mcnsports.com/
we are currently on hiatus in the process of switching studios.
Please come and have a look.
I write a blog over there too.
Here's this weeks:
I hate to say I told you so, no wait a minute, that's a lie.
I love to say I told you so !
OK, so I'm not perfect, but not bad at all at the all star break as we look back on pre season predictions.
Every division winner I picked is either in first place (Red Sox, Angels, Mets, Brewers),
or, at the most, one game out in their respective divisions (Dodgers and Indians).
My National League wild card pick (Braves) stand only 2 games back of San Diego.
In the American, shame on me !
I let the Yankees money flash blind me instead of going with the League's best team last year (Tigers)
I thought the Yankees would paper over their pitching problems.Clearly Roger Clemens won't be enough.
I don't think the Yankees will be catching either the Red Sox or Tigers in the second half no matter how much they spendand that's fine with me.
I hate the way baseball is set up to allow money to cover tracks.
The Yankees in most years can spend their way past mistakes while if a team like the Brewers don't get it exactly right,it's basically tough luck.
In the National, there's several ways things can change.I think the Phillies will make a run, the Brewers to hold off the Cubs and the Dodgers to catch the Padres.
I don't think the Padres will hold on for the post season at all.Despite the 574 career victories that Greg Maddux and David Wells have run up, this is all about the BIG TWO.
These guys need a rhyming name.
Remember Spahn and Sain and pray for rain ?
Well how about Peavy and Young and then they're dung ?
nah, not with 574 career wins.hmm...
How 'bout Peavy and Young and then they're done ?
Peavy and Young and their song is sung ?
Peavy and Young and cough up a lung ?
Why the hell isn't there anything to rhyme with Peavy ?
Wait a minute !!!
Chris and Jake, the rest are fake.
Chris and Jake, through your heart with a stake,
the rest are fake, for goodness sake.
This all star break has been too long.PLAY BALL !
By the way.
History lesson time.
As for Spahn and Sain.
Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain.
They were teammates for six seasons, all with the Boston Braves before they moved to Milwaukee.
Both had four twenty win seasons in those six years but team success was really limited to one season.
Four 4th place finishes, a 3rd and the 1948 pennant before losing to Cleveland's last world series winner.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Let Me Tell You About My Golf Game
Okay
It's true.
Nobody cares about your golf game or how your rotisserie baseball team is doing.
We however have lapsed deeply into a:
Let me tell you about me society.
Sorry Mitch, this doesn't only go for our latest golf score but also where we've had our latest drink and what music we're listening to lately.
By the way,
My vacation started with my 2 best rounds of the summer (82 and 84) and finished with my worst (94), surely a sign that your vacation should come to a close.
My rotiserie baseball teams by the way are 1st, 1st and 2nd.
I'm so tired about whether or not the Canadiens should have drafted more French players.
If they're of equal talent, by all means, draft the french fellow.
Otherwise, what's the bloody point ?
Please don't send email on this subject, I won't read it or respond.
I do however think that the Angelo Esposito thing now has the possibility to look worse than it might have otherwise.
If the kid can play, and it looks like he can.
He's going to win a cup or two in Pittsburgh.
As long as Sid is there, Angelo is never going to be THE man, but as we've seen with the great ones of the past, Sid will help fatten young Angelo's stats.
All Esposito has to do is be as good as let's say Rob Brown or Blair McDonald or others that Gretzky or Mario helped pump up for years.
Sorry to see former major leauger Rob Beck pass at such a young age.
Everyone it seems has a Beck story.
Here's mine.
The Cubs were finishing up a road trip in Montreal.
Fresh out of the shower, Beck was getting ready for the flight back to Chicago.
I was admiring his new attache case, which looked like it cost more than a full year's salary for me.
I was thinking how baseball players had gone over to another side of life.
So much money, carrying all those important papers in that glorious case.
Beck opened it up,
put 10 beers into the previously empty attache and declared
"Now I'm ready to go"
It's true.
Nobody cares about your golf game or how your rotisserie baseball team is doing.
We however have lapsed deeply into a:
Let me tell you about me society.
Sorry Mitch, this doesn't only go for our latest golf score but also where we've had our latest drink and what music we're listening to lately.
By the way,
My vacation started with my 2 best rounds of the summer (82 and 84) and finished with my worst (94), surely a sign that your vacation should come to a close.
My rotiserie baseball teams by the way are 1st, 1st and 2nd.
I'm so tired about whether or not the Canadiens should have drafted more French players.
If they're of equal talent, by all means, draft the french fellow.
Otherwise, what's the bloody point ?
Please don't send email on this subject, I won't read it or respond.
I do however think that the Angelo Esposito thing now has the possibility to look worse than it might have otherwise.
If the kid can play, and it looks like he can.
He's going to win a cup or two in Pittsburgh.
As long as Sid is there, Angelo is never going to be THE man, but as we've seen with the great ones of the past, Sid will help fatten young Angelo's stats.
All Esposito has to do is be as good as let's say Rob Brown or Blair McDonald or others that Gretzky or Mario helped pump up for years.
Sorry to see former major leauger Rob Beck pass at such a young age.
Everyone it seems has a Beck story.
Here's mine.
The Cubs were finishing up a road trip in Montreal.
Fresh out of the shower, Beck was getting ready for the flight back to Chicago.
I was admiring his new attache case, which looked like it cost more than a full year's salary for me.
I was thinking how baseball players had gone over to another side of life.
So much money, carrying all those important papers in that glorious case.
Beck opened it up,
put 10 beers into the previously empty attache and declared
"Now I'm ready to go"
Monday, May 28, 2007
Let's Get It On
The worm has turned.
Thanks to the Ottawa Senators & the Anaheim Ducks,
not to mention the bunglers at the NBA offices, my attention has been grabbed away.
I'm ready !
Ready for one of the best Stanley Cup finals in years.
No Oilers and Hurricanes to force early risers to sleep this time around.
Alfredsson, Spezza & Heatley bring it now.
Pronger, Niedermayer & Beauchemin try and stop them.
Giguere, win a Conn Smythe and a cup this time around.
Emery, grab the respect they've been giving everyone else.
He'll be the most maligned Stanley Cup winning netminder since Chris Osgood.
Give me a few moments boys, let's have some lasting memories.
Quickly, which was the last in the final that stayed with you ?
Raise your hand if you selected John Lackey to be the first in the majors to 8 wins.
Hands down, Jake Peavy of San Diego is the best pitcher in baseball.
Johan Santana is about to close the gap however
His career record in the first two months of the season is 19-16 and true to form this year he is hovering around that winning percentage again.
From June first on he is 133-67….Look Out !
Go Lebron
this is the only chance that the NBA final will be somewhat entertaining.
The Pistons and Spurs just don't move me.
I want to see some spectacular offense.
I want the Phoenix Suns.
The NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB have a habit of building teams that mimic previous champions.
More Phoenix Suns is what I want, less Pistons and Spurs.
Vote for Russell Martin !
I've got questions !
When can I watch Jamarcus Russell ?
When can I watch Kevin Garnett in an NBA final ?
When will the Black Hawks make the playoffs again ?
When will the Canadiens win a playoff series again ?
When will a Hab once again reach 100 points in a season ?
When can I watch Carey Price as a Hab ?
When will I break 80 ?
Why do I still love baseball ?
Did I miss the Indianapolis 500 ?
When can I watch Jonathon Toews ?
Why did Roger Clemens decide on the Yankees ?
What did the Rocket eat to look like that ?
Did I miss the Memorial Cup ?
And by the way, since I picked Ottawa before the season and before the playoffs
I think it might be a good idea to stay with them.
Go Sens !
Thanks to the Ottawa Senators & the Anaheim Ducks,
not to mention the bunglers at the NBA offices, my attention has been grabbed away.
I'm ready !
Ready for one of the best Stanley Cup finals in years.
No Oilers and Hurricanes to force early risers to sleep this time around.
Alfredsson, Spezza & Heatley bring it now.
Pronger, Niedermayer & Beauchemin try and stop them.
Giguere, win a Conn Smythe and a cup this time around.
Emery, grab the respect they've been giving everyone else.
He'll be the most maligned Stanley Cup winning netminder since Chris Osgood.
Give me a few moments boys, let's have some lasting memories.
Quickly, which was the last in the final that stayed with you ?
Raise your hand if you selected John Lackey to be the first in the majors to 8 wins.
Hands down, Jake Peavy of San Diego is the best pitcher in baseball.
Johan Santana is about to close the gap however
His career record in the first two months of the season is 19-16 and true to form this year he is hovering around that winning percentage again.
From June first on he is 133-67….Look Out !
Go Lebron
this is the only chance that the NBA final will be somewhat entertaining.
The Pistons and Spurs just don't move me.
I want to see some spectacular offense.
I want the Phoenix Suns.
The NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB have a habit of building teams that mimic previous champions.
More Phoenix Suns is what I want, less Pistons and Spurs.
Vote for Russell Martin !
I've got questions !
When can I watch Jamarcus Russell ?
When can I watch Kevin Garnett in an NBA final ?
When will the Black Hawks make the playoffs again ?
When will the Canadiens win a playoff series again ?
When will a Hab once again reach 100 points in a season ?
When can I watch Carey Price as a Hab ?
When will I break 80 ?
Why do I still love baseball ?
Did I miss the Indianapolis 500 ?
When can I watch Jonathon Toews ?
Why did Roger Clemens decide on the Yankees ?
What did the Rocket eat to look like that ?
Did I miss the Memorial Cup ?
And by the way, since I picked Ottawa before the season and before the playoffs
I think it might be a good idea to stay with them.
Go Sens !
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
More BS
I can't tell you just how dissapointed I am with the NBA in the aftermath of Robert Horry's bodycheck in game 4 of what should be the NBA final.
Getting it right should always be the battle cry when it comes to these kinds of things.
A little justice wouldn't hurt either.
The NBA had already missed the boat with the lack of punitive action against San Antonio's Bruce Bowen following his knee to Steve Nash's groin.
It was especially surprising considering the league's regular season policy of meting out punishment at every possible transgression.
While he may be "Big Shot" Bob, Robert Horry can be done without.
Taking both Amare Stoudamire & Boris Diaw away from Phoenix for game 5 is simply not fair.
League rules stipulate if you move off the bench to follow an on court altercation, you get suspended.
FINE !
Knowing this series will at least go 6, the league could have at least staggered the 2 suspensions.
Instead, it's possible that Phoenix will now head to San Antonio needing a road win to stay alive,
all because Stoudamire was right:
San Antonio is a dirty team...There's no justice there.
The Milwaukee Brewers have come a long way and built their division leader the right way.
They drafted better than almost anyone else and now they get to enjoy a run that Expo fans were denied.
Great, young players still cheap enough to afford to hang around awhile.
These guys are for real.
Now they need their manager to catch up.
Ned Yost watched how it was done in Atlanta and judging from the last week, didn't learn much.
First he runs out closer Francisco Cordero six days in a row, then forgets he exists.
Managers have been drawn into this pathetic pattern with their bullpens.
Every domino set up to fall exactly at the right time or not at all.
After the 6 straight days of work, Cordero has not pitched in a week.
Yost first, wouldn't bring him in during the Phillies 8th inning rally on Monday, watching a 6 run outburst turn around a 6-2 Brewers lead into defeat, staying with Derrick Turnbow while it was clear he didn't have it.
Next up, well, you can't bring your closer into a tie game, better wait for a lead you'll never have.
Turnbow again, homer, loss again.
Now Yost will probably need to use Cordero in a 10-0 game just to get him some work.
Hope the Brewers don't lose the division by a game or two.
I'm a huge believer in pain.
The pain of past dissapointment keeping the future focused.
Many teams have fed off it and I believe that's a big reason as to why the Ottawa Senators haven't taken their eyes off the prize.
Why they currently look like the best team in the NHL.
It's not a guarantee of course as Expo and Cub fans can tell you.
Mind you, Sabre fans know that only too well.
Especially if they also follow the Bills.
Getting it right should always be the battle cry when it comes to these kinds of things.
A little justice wouldn't hurt either.
The NBA had already missed the boat with the lack of punitive action against San Antonio's Bruce Bowen following his knee to Steve Nash's groin.
It was especially surprising considering the league's regular season policy of meting out punishment at every possible transgression.
While he may be "Big Shot" Bob, Robert Horry can be done without.
Taking both Amare Stoudamire & Boris Diaw away from Phoenix for game 5 is simply not fair.
League rules stipulate if you move off the bench to follow an on court altercation, you get suspended.
FINE !
Knowing this series will at least go 6, the league could have at least staggered the 2 suspensions.
Instead, it's possible that Phoenix will now head to San Antonio needing a road win to stay alive,
all because Stoudamire was right:
San Antonio is a dirty team...There's no justice there.
The Milwaukee Brewers have come a long way and built their division leader the right way.
They drafted better than almost anyone else and now they get to enjoy a run that Expo fans were denied.
Great, young players still cheap enough to afford to hang around awhile.
These guys are for real.
Now they need their manager to catch up.
Ned Yost watched how it was done in Atlanta and judging from the last week, didn't learn much.
First he runs out closer Francisco Cordero six days in a row, then forgets he exists.
Managers have been drawn into this pathetic pattern with their bullpens.
Every domino set up to fall exactly at the right time or not at all.
After the 6 straight days of work, Cordero has not pitched in a week.
Yost first, wouldn't bring him in during the Phillies 8th inning rally on Monday, watching a 6 run outburst turn around a 6-2 Brewers lead into defeat, staying with Derrick Turnbow while it was clear he didn't have it.
Next up, well, you can't bring your closer into a tie game, better wait for a lead you'll never have.
Turnbow again, homer, loss again.
Now Yost will probably need to use Cordero in a 10-0 game just to get him some work.
Hope the Brewers don't lose the division by a game or two.
I'm a huge believer in pain.
The pain of past dissapointment keeping the future focused.
Many teams have fed off it and I believe that's a big reason as to why the Ottawa Senators haven't taken their eyes off the prize.
Why they currently look like the best team in the NHL.
It's not a guarantee of course as Expo and Cub fans can tell you.
Mind you, Sabre fans know that only too well.
Especially if they also follow the Bills.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
I Only Have Random Thoughts
It was in another lifetime when the NHL drew higher TV ratings than the NBA.
Things obviously are very different now and not about to change any time soon.
A perfect illustration of why that is can be viewed in the league's respective post season games to date.
The NHL looks nothing like the regular season.
Rules to add offense are no longer a major factor as teams play not to make mistakes.
Playoff hockey means being more responsible as it's always easier to coach stopping the other guy rather than going all out to score another goal.
The longer a tie game rolls on, the less likely you are of seeing anything truly spectacular lest you let the opposition score the go ahead goal.
Pro sports have always been built on however the last champion did it.
I'm supremely dissapointed at the way the Buffalo Sabres have gone about their playoff business, looking nothing like the team that wowed all during the regular season.
On the one hand, I hope they lose because of that.
On the other, I hope they return to form so that playoff hockey will change in the future.
It's why I'm cheering for the Phoenix Suns.
All out offense that will force the future of NBA teams to go in that direction as well.
It's not like they guys don't play defense, an unfair knock to be sure.
But they didn't change their game to try and win in the playoffs.
Good on them, good on the NBA.
Someone wake me up when the next playoff game shows us more than 5 goals.
Clearly the Yankees have fingered the proper culprit.
The reason for the terrible start, last in the AL East is....The strength and conditioning coach.
He should have brought in better and healthier pitchers in the off season.
Who is that guy in the Brodeur uni for the Devils.
Are the good times really over for good ?
Hey good on you Lou.
Fire yourself !
Jamarcus Russell !!!
Shock, isn't it that the Raiders were pathetic trying to score points.
Only NFL team not to draft a quarterback, running back, wide receiver or tight end in the first round over the last 10 years.
First 4 rounds this year...Three of the four.
Maybe Martin Brodeur has changed places with Al Davis
Things obviously are very different now and not about to change any time soon.
A perfect illustration of why that is can be viewed in the league's respective post season games to date.
The NHL looks nothing like the regular season.
Rules to add offense are no longer a major factor as teams play not to make mistakes.
Playoff hockey means being more responsible as it's always easier to coach stopping the other guy rather than going all out to score another goal.
The longer a tie game rolls on, the less likely you are of seeing anything truly spectacular lest you let the opposition score the go ahead goal.
Pro sports have always been built on however the last champion did it.
I'm supremely dissapointed at the way the Buffalo Sabres have gone about their playoff business, looking nothing like the team that wowed all during the regular season.
On the one hand, I hope they lose because of that.
On the other, I hope they return to form so that playoff hockey will change in the future.
It's why I'm cheering for the Phoenix Suns.
All out offense that will force the future of NBA teams to go in that direction as well.
It's not like they guys don't play defense, an unfair knock to be sure.
But they didn't change their game to try and win in the playoffs.
Good on them, good on the NBA.
Someone wake me up when the next playoff game shows us more than 5 goals.
Clearly the Yankees have fingered the proper culprit.
The reason for the terrible start, last in the AL East is....The strength and conditioning coach.
He should have brought in better and healthier pitchers in the off season.
Who is that guy in the Brodeur uni for the Devils.
Are the good times really over for good ?
Hey good on you Lou.
Fire yourself !
Jamarcus Russell !!!
Shock, isn't it that the Raiders were pathetic trying to score points.
Only NFL team not to draft a quarterback, running back, wide receiver or tight end in the first round over the last 10 years.
First 4 rounds this year...Three of the four.
Maybe Martin Brodeur has changed places with Al Davis
Friday, April 27, 2007
Is Hockey On The Tube
There's just an incredible amount of variety when it comes to sports television and we all have our favorites.
It occurs to me that I still love baseball.
I know this is hockey central but I can't take my eyes and mind away from the diamond.
You can take the sport out of the city and sadly I guess out of just about everyone else in my hometown, but not me.
I'm a classic channel changer and I move around a lot but I still seem to focus in on baseball and especially with the baseball package on the internet where I have a choice of every game.
When I noticed Mark Buehrlie of the White Sox and Felix Hernandez of Seattle were working on no hitters, my attention was easily diverted away from the NHL playoffs.
Same with Cole Hamels outing last weekend not to mention the latest ARod exploits.
The NBA also holds my interest.
I can't look away from a golf major.
The NFL would easily win in a battle for my TV heart.
I know that almost everyone has forgiven the NHL for the lost year and while my love of hockey has been rekindeled with the "new" NHL, hockey still sits in my back seat.
This job has helped bring me back to the game.
Let's face it, how are you going to talk about something for four hours if you don't know what you're talking about.
In watching any sport I'm always looking for a memory.
Something special.
A moment in time.
Nothing of that sort for me so far in this year's NHL playoffs, nor was there last year.
The lack of upsets in the first round this year at least points to a possibility.
Good thing I have two eyes.
It occurs to me that I still love baseball.
I know this is hockey central but I can't take my eyes and mind away from the diamond.
You can take the sport out of the city and sadly I guess out of just about everyone else in my hometown, but not me.
I'm a classic channel changer and I move around a lot but I still seem to focus in on baseball and especially with the baseball package on the internet where I have a choice of every game.
When I noticed Mark Buehrlie of the White Sox and Felix Hernandez of Seattle were working on no hitters, my attention was easily diverted away from the NHL playoffs.
Same with Cole Hamels outing last weekend not to mention the latest ARod exploits.
The NBA also holds my interest.
I can't look away from a golf major.
The NFL would easily win in a battle for my TV heart.
I know that almost everyone has forgiven the NHL for the lost year and while my love of hockey has been rekindeled with the "new" NHL, hockey still sits in my back seat.
This job has helped bring me back to the game.
Let's face it, how are you going to talk about something for four hours if you don't know what you're talking about.
In watching any sport I'm always looking for a memory.
Something special.
A moment in time.
Nothing of that sort for me so far in this year's NHL playoffs, nor was there last year.
The lack of upsets in the first round this year at least points to a possibility.
Good thing I have two eyes.
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