I asked for more action and I got it. What a good (and bad) weekend for sports in general. OK rapid fire on some top stories and interesting things from this weekend.. Here we go!
Watching the first round of the Hockey playoff proves to me a few things. First, Seeding means nothing! Hockey is a "get in and win" type playoff. Regular season standings mean nothing. Ask Vancouver about the (finish with the best regular season record in all of hockey and just got bounced out of the first round). Hopefully the Rangers can pull it out but who knows. It comes down to "who has the hottest Goaltender" and both Lundqvist and Anderson have been terrific (unlike in the Philly, Pitt series).
One thing I will say is the way suspensions are being handed out is ridiculous. At first i thought that it was going to be to soft when i saw one player bounce another guys head off the glass boards 3 times and only get a fine. Then, I thought things were going a little over board with the way they would hand out suspensions on how the player that was hit got hurt. Now that i have seen a player get hit, get a concussion and no penalty was given at all i have figured it out. I'll let you in on their secret. Ready for this? When a play commits what can be considered a "suspendable offense" they go to the big carnival wheel, spin it and where ever it land, that's the kind of penalty you get. "Get out of jail free", oh it's your luck day. "25 game suspension", ouch sorry buddy better luck next time with the wheel-o-Fun! Outrageous you say. Stupid, no way. Well then, you come up with a better theory because I'm all out.
Good to see the Mets have one bounce their way this weekend after they tried to give 2 games away back to back. Every dog has its day and the Mets are having it right now. I stand by my earlier post TRADE JASON BAY NOW FOR A BAG OF BALLS.
I read a twitter post yesterday by ESPN NEW YORK that said "Rain spares Red Sox of any more Humiliation at Hands of Yankees". I think that pretty much sums it up. First you have the joker, Kevin Millar, come on TV and say "People wish they had the tradition the Red Sox have. People try and buy it. They Yankees try to buy it, but they will never have the tradition and success like we do". Will folks, they didn't call them the "village idiots" for nothin. If anyone out there thinks the Red Sox have a better history and Tradition then they Yankees, I can give you about 20 reason (and rings) more why the Yanks do it better. How about this simple fact. If the Yanks were celebrating something as important as their 100th year at a stadium, I GUARANTEE that the day they make a massive event about it, they won't lose. I don't even think they lose when they have old timers day.... ever. But i guess its fitting. Lets celebrate 100 Years of being losers with 2 odd year World Series with a lose to the Yankees. No problem.
Dwight Howard is a dumby. "I never said I didn't want him as my coach". (2 days later) "I am having surgery and I will not play for Van Gundy anymore". Good move signing this mess for another year Orlando. And what is Meta Wold Peace aka the artist formally known as Ron Artest thinking. He gave an elbow that would have send Tyson to his Knees and basically says "opps, sorry i was celebrating too much". You see when i hit something to someone accidentally, i usually see what just happened because i didn't expect it. If i kept walking that means, you had that comin and i knew what i was doing. #Justsayin
Football Draft is this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Lets see how this works out for us all. I'll be ripping apart my fav teams (Jets, Giants, Saints, New England, etc.) in the following days.
See ya everyone
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