It’s not every day that a team I root for does something historic that doesn’t involve losing to death, so allow me a moment to gloat. The Guelph Storm complete their remarkable comeback against the London Knights, winning Game 7 by a 6-3 score It will go down as one of the greatest comebacks in …
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Kill The Runner On Second Base In Extra Innings Experiment With Fire And A More Sensible Plan
Baseball’s pace of play people have had some well intentioned ideas (trying to cut down on the deliberate time waste between pitches), some ideas I don’t care for (I still think you need to earn your stupid intentional walk), and a few ideas that are downright terrible, like starting extra innings with a runner on …
Two Good Things About The Jays So Far
I didn’t win the Blue Jays charity 50/50 draw today, but I still feel like a winner. I haven’t been to any of the games this weekend, but I was able to enter the draw because they’ve started selling tickets online. I love buying in when I’m there (no, I’ve never won), so this is …
No One From My Century Plays Major League Baseball Anymore
If you’d like to feel very, very old today, have this. MLB opening season with 0 active players from 1900s MLB is the first of North America’s four major professional sports leagues to not feature at least one player who played in the previous century, per Walker. Only two players who appeared in games prior …
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A Literal Stolen Base
I had somehow forgotten all about this until Deadspin reminded me just now. Don’t ask me how I managed to forget something this funny. Way too much stuff happens way too fast now. It was June 26, 2001, and the Pirates were bad. They were already 21 games under .500 when in a game against …
Jerry Howarth Is Coming To Kitchener To Sign Books And Talk About Baseball
I’m plugging this event for two reasons: It sounds like a fun night and I think I may want to go. Because whoever is in charge of making these decisions needs to know of my desire for an audio version of this book. One read by Jerry, provided his voice can handle it. Join us …
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Who Actually Watches Trade Deadline Coverage?
Somebody must because all the networks keep doing it, but I’ve never understood it even as a sports fan. I care about what happens, but not once have I ever had even the slightest desire to sit and watch talking heads go on about nothing for hours on end and try to make marginal guy …
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A Nice Bob Cole Tribute
Here’s the tribute that the Leafs did for Bob Cole tonight. I can’t believe that this is the last Leafs home game he’ll ever call and that in just a couple short months his entire career will be over. So many great memories. Oh baby! For 50 years, Bob Cole’s calls have captivated the country. …
Let’s Talk Dirty In…Finland?
I don’t remember exactly how the conversation came around to it, but at dinner last night Carin mentioned Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen’s fantastic name. “Whenever I hear it,” she said, “all I can think of is Lets Talk Dirty In Hawaiian.” This made me very angry, because she’s totally right and how did I not think of …
All The World Juniors Analysis You Need
If there’s a more fun name to say in all of hockey right now than Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, I haven’t heard it. If Canada had to lose, at least it was to the eventual winner. I can’t say that anyone who thinks that any of this is “anti-francophone racism” is wrong, but personally I’m not so …