Hockey season can't come fast enough. Still. Hell, we've already had a goalie fight and the season hasn't started yet. If that doesn't get you fired up for hockey, then you have no pulse.
But hey - at least the last weekend of the baseball season will prove to be VERY interesting and well worth watching. With the Mets and Diamondbacks collapsing (The Mets just kept finding ways to lose to the Nationals...and what's up with the D-backs losing a September series to the Pirates?!) and the Rockies deciding to kick ass and take names and the Padres...uh...yeah, I'm looking forward to watching THIS whole drama unfold.
Well, there's the slight random post. Now, on to the slight rant.
*ahem*
Donovan McNabb posted a "perfect" quarterback rating on the Lions this past Sunday in what had to have been the most entertaining football game since...well...Cincinnati and Cleveland the week before. Which is great - teams posting 40-plus points on each other or turning the ball over five or six times apiece is my kinda football game.
But here's my problem: The "perfect" quarterback rating is 158.3. Where the hell did THAT number come from?! In baseball, a perfect game is the opposing batters going 0 for 27. A perfect game in bowling is 300. A perfect football quarterback rating is 158.3?! What in the world is that decimal doing there? Earth to Football "Experts": If you want a number to associate with perfection in football, please have the decency to make it a whole number, will ya? Preferably a round number. Please? For the sake of humanity. And oh yeah - you don't make your point or "analysis" clearer by yelling it at us. You just make us hate you and mute our TVs. Kinda defeats the purpose of you even talking, let alone yelling, doesn't it?
Well, that felt good. Now, who's up for a little Street Fighter?
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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
The Ecstasy, The Agony, The Ecstasy Again, The Agony Again
Wow. So much to talk about from last night's game...
Congratulations to the Senators for making some team history. I still can't believe they've never held a 2-0 series lead before. Needless to say, the Sabres are in a rough spot right now, but this series isn't over yet. However, if their power play knew which way was up, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Thomas Vanek was awesome last night. If he keeps that up, his line will take the series over. Hell, if he had just been able to control the puck when Emery decided to go on an adventure outside his crease (apparently, Emery graduated from the Dominik Hasek School of Puckhandling), this series would be 1-1. Briere also played much better than he did in Game One and has probably never scored an easier big goal in his life than his game-tying tally with 5 seconds left in regulation. I bet his eyes were like friggin' dinner plates when that puck got to him with Emery that far out of position...
On the other side of Lake Ontario, Chris Neil took the dumbest penalty I've ever seen in a playoff game. He pinned Derek Roy against the boards until he drew the Sabres offsides. How could he possibly think he could've gotten away with that? What a moron. Anyway, the Heatley / Alfredsson / Spezza line was amazing again. Normally, it's detrimental to a playoff team to have a one line offense. But, when that one line is clicking as well as these guys are, they can get away with it. An Ottawa / Anaheim final could be interesting - I'd kinda like to see how this line would fare against Chris Pronger and Rob Neidermeyer.
Normally, I'm not one to complain about officiating, but how the hell did Daniel Alfredsson NOT get called for boarding Henrik Tallinder in the first overtime period? That hit was a textbook boarding penalty. I know Don VanMassenhoven was out of position when that happened, but what was the other referee doing? Napping? I know full well that the refs can't catch everything, and I'm fine with that. But completely missing what could have been a major and game misconduct call is completely inexcusable.
Western Conference Final Game Two tonight. I'd watch - and I want to, believe me - but my guitar player is throwing a "housecooling" party tonight, so I should probably go to that and drink some beer. Darn. And, of course, Happy Mother's Day!
It's on.
Congratulations to the Senators for making some team history. I still can't believe they've never held a 2-0 series lead before. Needless to say, the Sabres are in a rough spot right now, but this series isn't over yet. However, if their power play knew which way was up, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Thomas Vanek was awesome last night. If he keeps that up, his line will take the series over. Hell, if he had just been able to control the puck when Emery decided to go on an adventure outside his crease (apparently, Emery graduated from the Dominik Hasek School of Puckhandling), this series would be 1-1. Briere also played much better than he did in Game One and has probably never scored an easier big goal in his life than his game-tying tally with 5 seconds left in regulation. I bet his eyes were like friggin' dinner plates when that puck got to him with Emery that far out of position...
On the other side of Lake Ontario, Chris Neil took the dumbest penalty I've ever seen in a playoff game. He pinned Derek Roy against the boards until he drew the Sabres offsides. How could he possibly think he could've gotten away with that? What a moron. Anyway, the Heatley / Alfredsson / Spezza line was amazing again. Normally, it's detrimental to a playoff team to have a one line offense. But, when that one line is clicking as well as these guys are, they can get away with it. An Ottawa / Anaheim final could be interesting - I'd kinda like to see how this line would fare against Chris Pronger and Rob Neidermeyer.
Normally, I'm not one to complain about officiating, but how the hell did Daniel Alfredsson NOT get called for boarding Henrik Tallinder in the first overtime period? That hit was a textbook boarding penalty. I know Don VanMassenhoven was out of position when that happened, but what was the other referee doing? Napping? I know full well that the refs can't catch everything, and I'm fine with that. But completely missing what could have been a major and game misconduct call is completely inexcusable.
Western Conference Final Game Two tonight. I'd watch - and I want to, believe me - but my guitar player is throwing a "housecooling" party tonight, so I should probably go to that and drink some beer. Darn. And, of course, Happy Mother's Day!
It's on.
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