Yer confusing me Skip .... it sounds like you know what yer talking about w.r.t. le 'ockey, but ...  getting enjoyment from last nite's beisbol outcome?!?!? ... I dunno!!  

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Originally posted by Owen

Yer confusing me Skip .... it sounds like you know what yer talking about w.r.t. le 'ockey, but ...  getting enjoyment from last nite's beisbol outcome?!?!? ... I dunno!!  

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Bloated, nonsensical and corrupt as the Fenway Sports Group may be (do Penguins fans truly understand what they're up against?), the Red Sox are, after all, the home team hereabouts. They had a grip on greatness for a short time in the early Aughts, playing well and having fun and with a brilliant cast of oddball characters that made them must-see. Since that time, of course, their trajectory has been as predictable and dependable as that of a Hamas rocket.

But hey, they're in the playoffs. I'll watch until they aren't.

As long as there isn't an important hockey game on. Such as, say, a U16 Swedish girls' league championship bout.

I'm almost certain that Jackie would agree with me.

From Hockey Beast >> my Facebook >> BHO:  

Ron Hextall: 

"I left home fairly early, when I was sixteen, to play tier-two junior in Melville, Saskatchewan. One time we played the Prince Albert Raiders, in Prince Albert, and I had over a hundred shots. They scored 21.

I let in three goals in the first, I let in six in the second, and I let in twelve in the third.

In the third period I couldn’t even get up. Literally, I would go down on the ice and I was so tired I couldn’t get up.

They picked me as the first star. Something was wrong there: 21 goals against and you’re the first star. (Laughs) I think we had eight skaters. We were the worst team in the league when we had our whole team, so you can imagine what we were like when only eight guys showed up. But it was a good year for me, a good developmental year. What is it they say? If you want to be a good goalie get with a bad team."

Fwiw, the year we started a senior/intermediate/?? men's team from scratch we lost every game.... more than a couple of games by 20ish goals, but I don't think we ever gave up 100 shots.   And, even though it still happens occasionally,  I don't understand the 8 players b.s.... even that first year we were never short of players ... just talent.    [In my book a commitment is a commitment ... period.]

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Richest NHL contract in history just signed: Karill Kaprizov with Minny-Soda. 8 year extension with an AAV of $17 million.

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Interesting tidbit on Kaprizov's contract: his salary for the entire length of the contract is $1mm per year. The rest is made of of honkin' big signing bonuses - $18.1mm per year for the first four years, dropping to $16mm and then $14.2mm in years 5 and 6, and then $12.7mm for each of the last two years.

This strikes me as mighty smart, because professional athletes have to pay local city/state/province taxes on what they earn when they're on the road. If I'm right in my guessing, they presumably don't have to pay taxes on income logged outside of the road locations. With an 82-game season, a $1mm salary works out to just shy of $12,200 per game played - and if the player gets dinged for, say, a 3% local hit per game, that means coughing up a total of $366 maybe 40 times, for a grand total of about $14,600 over the season. Now obviously, the player is going to lose roughly half of the signing bonus to other taxes, but that still leaves a very nice chunk of change in the bank, and that $14K is unlikely to be missed. It could almost be considered a rounding error.

Your attention to detail is commendable, Skip.
,, however, I’m in a griping mood today so I’ll rant about the irritating fans who face each other and give high fives as if they’re the ones that made the big catch, hit the homer, or struck out the other team’s big bat. Just sickening, and they should be escorted from the Stadium in a not so delicate fashion!

Coincidentally this popped up on my Facebook page this aft ... fan behaviour much less irritating .   The comments are kinda interesting, IMNSHumbleO.

From The Hockey News >> Hockey Beast >> my Facebook >> BHO:

Jim McKenzie on the old Boston Garden: ”One night, I hit Cam Neely pretty good and the Boston fans didn’t think that was very nice. I had so much beer poured on me, by the time I got out of the box I smelled like I’d been on a three-day binge. I literally had to wring out my sweater. None of my teammates wanted to sit next to me on the bench and I couldn’t get enough shifts on the ice to air it out. Those were the days. In the new buildings security is better and the fans are tamer. All you'll get are swear words and the occasional finger. Small potatoes, my friend”

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P.S. Yankees 4 / Sox 3.  

The old Boston Garden was a vile place in many ways. Funky, dirty, the upper decks (where, as an impoverished college student, I could only afford to sit) gave no assurance of structural integrity. Plus the place smelled like 30 year old spilled beer and cigarette butts. You kept your feet moving so they didn't become permanently attached.

I watched a handful of Bruins games there, a fair number of Beanpot tournaments, and a variety of concerts ranging from great to horrible. (Yes's "tales from topographic oceans" was by far the worst).

The place was inspiring.

TD Garden is a pleasant arena. The only frightening thing about it is traffic. The place is downtown, and getting In-N-Out is awful. I haven’t been there in years. But I never felt like I was departing with a case of Cholera.

In other news: the Yankees beat the Red Sox tonight. As should have been expected. I recognize the place in Canadian hearts that AnneMurray occupies, although I must confess that I found her voice pleasant, but uninspiring, and her music, sweet, but incredibly bland. When she was big, I much preferred music with a little bit of an edge to it. I mean, how could one be excited about Anne Murray when Black Sabbath was suddenly on the radio?

But there was a great line in Murray‘s biggest US hit, “Snowbird.“. That line was “he’ll only break my heart again, should I decide to stay?”

Murray didn’t write that song, but the Red Sox reminded me of that line tonight.

Won’t matter anyway. Bruins play tomorrow. Preseason, but… Like I said, I’ll watch the Red Sox until I don’t.

The Sox made it interesting in da Bronx today,, tomorrow’s the decider.
I remember an interview with Derek Sanderson saying they’d be in the penalty box at da Gahden and rats would be running underneath the grate,, with holes big enough for the butt end of a hockey stick to ram down and kill’em. Espo said they’d get the maintenance guys to turn off the hot water in the visitors room so those guys would get an ice cold shower after the game. lol

At the moment I can't recall which team mate of Orr's it was, but he opined that Orr's stats would have been considerably more impressive had he had the regular sized ice to maneuver on.   .... or on which to maneuver.

I wonder if Sanderson was using some poetic license; [Norway] rats generally like to stay holed up when/where there's significant human activity, and they're pretty quick.

Dunno whether Rabena was an Ublay Ayjays' fan or not, but with appropriate timing (?). this popped up on my Facebook page today: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5hYUp-NPQj/    [Go Yankees, Go!]

Hmmm.. I don’t believe there’s any clubhouse in-fighting with the BooYays… however, the rumour mill could start up any time now.

As for Turk Sanderson (I call him Turk even though he doesn’t know me from Adam) I have a feeling that he subscribes to the old saw, “Never let the truth ruin a good story”.

otoh, here's an excerpt from an article by Bob Verdi (those of you of a certain vintage will remember his columns in "The Hockey News" in days of yore.)

As for Anne Murray , I get the bland part,, she (or her management) always played it safe - MOR, adult listening, straddle the boundaries between crooners, country twang, and elevator music. But I first saw her on “Singalong Jubilee” , a folk/country music TV show out of Halifax in the late 1960’s and marveled at her striking alto vocals. Besides “Snowbird”, she also recorded other Gene MacLellan songs - “Bidin’ My Time” and “The Call”. (Gene, unfortunately, had long bouts of alcohol abuse and depression and finally hung himself on his beloved Prince Edward Island)

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As for Anne Murray , I get the bland part,, she (or her management) always played it safe - MOR, adult listening, straddle the boundaries between crooners, country twang, and elevator music. But I first saw her on “Singalong Jubilee” , a folk/country music TV show out of Halifax in the late 1960’s and marveled at her striking alto vocals. 

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Yon Frozen North does seem to have a knack for developing exquisite chanteuses.  Joni Mitchell, Lorena McKennitt and k.d. lang all come to mind, as does a gal who did some very interesting stuff in the '80s and then sorta wandered off into obscurity - Jane Siberry.

Well, the Dreaded Yankees prevailed last night, sending the Sox off to yet another extended golf vacation. I can now fully return my sports interests to where they properly belong.

Lots of wannabe Broons will be hitting the waiver wire today, methinks..

Speaking of waivers, Pittsburgh waived Danton Heinen yesterday. I've always thought him a woefully underappreciated player. You can slot him anywhere in the lineup and he'll play well. Doesn't generate big point numbers, but a solid team player.

Glenn Hall and Bernie Parent , 5 years ago.

And more on Mr. Hall ... apparently it was posted to my Facebook page yesterday, but I didn't see it 'til just now, as my computer typically stays home when we go camping.  Some of the comments are kinda interesting, IMNSHumbleO  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2332397340508154&set=a.119719801775930

"I've just had a wonderful chat with Glenn Hall, Mr. Goalie celebrating his 94th birthday on this October 3 in Stony Plain, Alberta. Glenn is overwhelmed that so many good wishes are coming his way from all directions; comments, memories and congratulations are flooding my social media posts. Here, Mr. Goalie this morning wearing his NHL Alumni cap with a grateful wave for all. Thanks to Glenn's son, Pat, for this most excellent photo."

^^^^ one comment is wrong,, the Blackhawks were not a weak team in the 1960's. That commenter must be thinking about the 1950's, before Hall, Hull, and Mikita. Anyway, I got Glenn’s (and all the other Blackhawk players’) autograph as he was leaving Garden City Arena after a training camp practice back in the late 1960’s. Played hundreds of games consecutively without a mask.

In other knews,, there are things we know we don’t know, btw.
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I’m surprised the Yankees haven’t complained about the white front panel caps that the Blue Jays are wearing. With Tresavage coming up,over the top with his pitching motion you’d think the ball might get blended in with the cap.
He just struck out his 9th batter in the 4th inning,, unreal. 
ed., make it 10 strikeouts

.... 10 Ks out of 12 outs .... something seems to be working.     But, not to be outdone the Jays offense is outhitting Yankees 8-1.   

Dunno what game I was watching (?). 

I see it's a no-hitter so far ... and I do like watching no-hitters, so will have to start paying closer attention.

Edit: ooops ... infield single* ... shirley that's a sign to do some TIMing

* not to mention Bellinger's homer as I hunt-peck ... Maybe Yogi knew what vhe was talking about with "It's not over....., etc., etc."

Dis guy’s a trew Nu Yawkeh ….

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Your attention to detail is commendable, Skip.
,, however, I’m in a griping mood today so I’ll rant about the irritating fans who face each other and give high fives as if they’re the ones that made the big catch, hit the homer, or struck out the other team’s big bat. Just sickening, and they should be escorted from the Stadium in a not so delicate fashion!

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I'm happy to know that someone else feels the same way. Just watching fans high five after a goal - which team doesn't matter - gave me the same impression: "Who scored in the stands?" "I'm at the game. That makes me as important as Caufield!" Quite the sense of self-importance.

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Your attention to detail is commendable, Skip.
,, however, I’m in a griping mood today so I’ll rant about the irritating fans who face each other and give high fives as if they’re the ones that made the big catch, hit the homer, or struck out the other team’s big bat. Just sickening, and they should be escorted from the Stadium in a not so delicate fashion!

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I'm happy to know that someone else feels the same way. Just watching fans high five after a goal - which team doesn't matter - gave me the same impression: "Who scored in the stands?" "I'm at the game. That makes me as important as Caufield!" Quite the sense of self-importance.

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While we're on the subject, how about those in the galleries at golf tourneys who apparently believe that golf balls are 1) sentient and 2) capable of responding to auditory input? As in "GET IN THE HOLE!!!"?

I suppose they're kinda goofy, but I don't get too worked up over high fives.  Maybe they're just using it as a form of introduction??  Wiki tells me: "Its meaning varies with the context of use but can include as a greeting, congratulations, or celebration." 

If I stop to think (?) about, in the context of celebration, isn't it just another form/method somewhere along a continuum? 

I remember a high school teacher telling us that the polite way to clap was to slightly cup the lower hand, hold it stationary, and and then tap (?) it lightly and quickly with the back of the fingers of other/upper hand.  I still do it enough to keep in practice   .... ya just never know when an opportunity might arise.

And, fwiw,  the kids out on the field/ice generally don't hear their parents/coaches giving directions from the stands/bench/sidelines.

And furthermore and moreover, though I'm too lazy to post the video/link, I guess when push comes to shove, this celebration [greeting??] is mucho preferable:  "During the Edmonton Oilers game 5 victory over the Dallas Stars, a female fan celebrated in a memorable way by lifting her jersey and flashing the crowd."   [My bold .... added for em-fass-iss.   ]

I just heard about this now,, is this Al generated? His voice sounds computerized.

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