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 …
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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 …
We’re All Getting A Little More Bob Cole
I’m still no fan of the way Rogers has treated Bob Cole, but at least there’s been a wee bit of good news on that front. He’ll be sticking around to call an additional six games, winding things up on the final Saturday night of the season by calling Leafs vs. Canadiens. I still wish …
Here’s The TV Schedule For The 2019 World Juniors
TSN just put out the broadcast schedule for this year’s World Junior Hockey Championships. I’m going to stick it here for you guys and for me, because I have a terrible memory and I’m sure I’ll be needing to find it over and over again especially with so much going on over the holidays. And …
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Go To Your Home!
This is perhaps the best baseball meltdown I’ve ever seen. Someone's got a case of the Mondays… #SCNotTop10 @SportsCenter pic.twitter.com/FIhOJyXQbM — Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (@FMRedHawks) August 7, 2018 Late in a tied ballgame between the Chicago Dogs and the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, umpire Mike Jarboe punched out Metzger on …
Bob Cole Is Leaving Hockey Night In Canada Because Television Executives Kind Of Suck
Bob Cole is 85-years old and has been calling hockey games in one place or another for 50 years. He is, for a lot of us, the voice of hockey. The one we grew up with. the one who has always been there. The one with whom we’ve spent more nights than we can possibly …