Saturday, October 23, 2004
THE LATE REPORT
Yes, it's me having Almost Live! withdrawals again.
It was kind of a slow day because everyone is caring about the World Series, and rightfully so. This of course means there won't be any Mariner news for a while. The Seahawks hopefully will whoop Arizona on Sunday, and the Sonics aren't good. The Canucks aren't playing, and I'm reaching for junior hockey to give me my hockey fix.
MARINERS
Anyone remember when Woody Williams was a Blue Jay and the Mariners teed off on him? Yes, that was many moons ago for the Game 1 starter in the 2004 World Series.
Not much new on the Mariner front in terms of articles, other than the first comments I've heard from Bret Boone after the passing of his grandfather Ray just a few days ago. There's also a tidbit toward the end of the article about Bret's LASIK eye surgery.
Yes, the Arizona Diamondbacks are having a similar fate of the pre-2003 Seattle Mariners; their managerial finalists are down to three no-names -- Bob Melvin, Manny Acta, and Wally Backman, and they'll probably hire the same guy that the Mariners did.
SEAHAWKS
A familiar problem for the Seahawks: getting beaten by the big-play deep ball. The games against the Patriots and Rams this year echo eerie feelings from last year's games against the Ravens and Vikings. Except those Seahawks had the not-quite-fast and short-by-NFL-standards Willie Williams, who quarterbacks would just throw the ball over and have the tall receivers catch it.
The Seahawks are pretty banged up. Bobby Engram and Chris Terry didn't practice all week, and Jerry Rice and Floyd Womack have been taking their snaps in practice. The Tom Rouen situation is still up in the air (pardon the pun), amd there's a distinct possibility that Josh Brown might do the placekicking as well as the punting. Chad Brown is almost all the way back, but he won't play until next week.
But the clincher from that Times notebook article...
Inked in black on Antonio Cochran's left arm is a tattoo that explains both his personality and his passion. "Sacks," it reads, over a picture of a quarterback getting mauled by a defensive end. Underneath the picture, it says: "Better than sex."
You can't make this stuff up.
Lastly, I hope this Largent/Rice number crap stops. Clare Farnsworth goes on to debunk some "facts" that some irate phone callers and emailers had cited.
SONICS
Luke Ridnour and Brent Barry were close in Ridnour's first year as a Sonic. Though Barry has left for San Antonio, it appears that the two have been performing nearly identically during the preseason as both are shooting poorly so far. In any event, Ridnour is going to have trouble putting up those lines that Bones would put up -- 15 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists. That was a Brent Barry night. It was fun watching Brent making the players around him better. Now, Barry is basically in San Antonio to free up Tim Duncan.
HOCKEY
Spokane beat Portland in overtime, 2-1. The Winter Hawks got 27 stops from Blake Grenier in his Winter Hawk debut along with a game-tying goal with 11 seconds left in regulation (with the goalie pulled) by Shane Halifax. However, Scott Lynch of the Spokane Chiefs had a dagger goal of his own, this one ending the game with 33 seconds left in overtime. Braydon Coburn assisted on the only Portland goal and has a six-game point streak.
Seattle beat Tri City, 2-1. Chris Durand intercepted a cross-ice pass and beat Carey Price for the first Seattle goal, and the rebound of a Durand shot in the third period was banged home by Ladislav Scurko. Thunderbird goalie Bryan Bridges stopped 32 of 33. The win put Seattle into first place in the WHL US Division because...
Prince George beat Everett, 4-1. Barry Horman had the lone Everett goal, and Silvertip goalie Mike Wall (great name for a goalie) stopped 30 of the 34 shots he was peppered with. Everett managed only 16 shots on net in the game. As I mentioned, the loss knocks the 'Tips out of first place because Seattle won.
Edmonton shut out Manitoba, 3-0. Tyler Moss pitched a shutout for the Road Runners, stopping all 26 shots he faced. The biggest applause of the night came when Lee Goren of the Moose dropped the gloves at center ice and took on Dan Baum. Tonight's game was the first of four games to be played at the old Winnipeg Arena before the Moose move downtown to the MTS Centre.
Puget Sound beat Butte, 9-5. This was a crazy game. The Tomahawks came out firing in the first period once again, piling up a 4-1 lead after 20 minutes. Most of Butte's goals came in the third period, when the game was well out of reach. However, the amazing thing about the game was that even with the score out of hand, there were no prolonged fights. I don't have a goal list or anything like that, so it looks like I'll have to wait for the Sun to print it in the morning. [Edit ~11:46a -- And print it they have. Puget Sound had outscored Butte 5-0 in the 2nd period and were outscored 4-0 by Butte in the third period. Mike Truex had two goals and an assist for the T-Hawks.]
Tonight: Portland at Spokane, Vancouver at Seattle, Everett at Prince George, Edmonton at Manitoba, Butte at Puget Sound
Tomorrow: Saskatoon at Vancouver, Tri-City at Seattle
Once again, it's much too late for me to be up. Everybody enjoy Game 1 of the World Series.
[Edit ~11:46a -- Added the Sun link to the Tomahawk blip.]
It was kind of a slow day because everyone is caring about the World Series, and rightfully so. This of course means there won't be any Mariner news for a while. The Seahawks hopefully will whoop Arizona on Sunday, and the Sonics aren't good. The Canucks aren't playing, and I'm reaching for junior hockey to give me my hockey fix.
MARINERS
Anyone remember when Woody Williams was a Blue Jay and the Mariners teed off on him? Yes, that was many moons ago for the Game 1 starter in the 2004 World Series.
Not much new on the Mariner front in terms of articles, other than the first comments I've heard from Bret Boone after the passing of his grandfather Ray just a few days ago. There's also a tidbit toward the end of the article about Bret's LASIK eye surgery.
Yes, the Arizona Diamondbacks are having a similar fate of the pre-2003 Seattle Mariners; their managerial finalists are down to three no-names -- Bob Melvin, Manny Acta, and Wally Backman, and they'll probably hire the same guy that the Mariners did.
SEAHAWKS
A familiar problem for the Seahawks: getting beaten by the big-play deep ball. The games against the Patriots and Rams this year echo eerie feelings from last year's games against the Ravens and Vikings. Except those Seahawks had the not-quite-fast and short-by-NFL-standards Willie Williams, who quarterbacks would just throw the ball over and have the tall receivers catch it.
The Seahawks are pretty banged up. Bobby Engram and Chris Terry didn't practice all week, and Jerry Rice and Floyd Womack have been taking their snaps in practice. The Tom Rouen situation is still up in the air (pardon the pun), amd there's a distinct possibility that Josh Brown might do the placekicking as well as the punting. Chad Brown is almost all the way back, but he won't play until next week.
But the clincher from that Times notebook article...
Inked in black on Antonio Cochran's left arm is a tattoo that explains both his personality and his passion. "Sacks," it reads, over a picture of a quarterback getting mauled by a defensive end. Underneath the picture, it says: "Better than sex."
You can't make this stuff up.
Lastly, I hope this Largent/Rice number crap stops. Clare Farnsworth goes on to debunk some "facts" that some irate phone callers and emailers had cited.
SONICS
Luke Ridnour and Brent Barry were close in Ridnour's first year as a Sonic. Though Barry has left for San Antonio, it appears that the two have been performing nearly identically during the preseason as both are shooting poorly so far. In any event, Ridnour is going to have trouble putting up those lines that Bones would put up -- 15 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists. That was a Brent Barry night. It was fun watching Brent making the players around him better. Now, Barry is basically in San Antonio to free up Tim Duncan.
HOCKEY
Spokane beat Portland in overtime, 2-1. The Winter Hawks got 27 stops from Blake Grenier in his Winter Hawk debut along with a game-tying goal with 11 seconds left in regulation (with the goalie pulled) by Shane Halifax. However, Scott Lynch of the Spokane Chiefs had a dagger goal of his own, this one ending the game with 33 seconds left in overtime. Braydon Coburn assisted on the only Portland goal and has a six-game point streak.
Seattle beat Tri City, 2-1. Chris Durand intercepted a cross-ice pass and beat Carey Price for the first Seattle goal, and the rebound of a Durand shot in the third period was banged home by Ladislav Scurko. Thunderbird goalie Bryan Bridges stopped 32 of 33. The win put Seattle into first place in the WHL US Division because...
Prince George beat Everett, 4-1. Barry Horman had the lone Everett goal, and Silvertip goalie Mike Wall (great name for a goalie) stopped 30 of the 34 shots he was peppered with. Everett managed only 16 shots on net in the game. As I mentioned, the loss knocks the 'Tips out of first place because Seattle won.
Edmonton shut out Manitoba, 3-0. Tyler Moss pitched a shutout for the Road Runners, stopping all 26 shots he faced. The biggest applause of the night came when Lee Goren of the Moose dropped the gloves at center ice and took on Dan Baum. Tonight's game was the first of four games to be played at the old Winnipeg Arena before the Moose move downtown to the MTS Centre.
Puget Sound beat Butte, 9-5. This was a crazy game. The Tomahawks came out firing in the first period once again, piling up a 4-1 lead after 20 minutes. Most of Butte's goals came in the third period, when the game was well out of reach. However, the amazing thing about the game was that even with the score out of hand, there were no prolonged fights. I don't have a goal list or anything like that, so it looks like I'll have to wait for the Sun to print it in the morning. [Edit ~11:46a -- And print it they have. Puget Sound had outscored Butte 5-0 in the 2nd period and were outscored 4-0 by Butte in the third period. Mike Truex had two goals and an assist for the T-Hawks.]
Tonight: Portland at Spokane, Vancouver at Seattle, Everett at Prince George, Edmonton at Manitoba, Butte at Puget Sound
Tomorrow: Saskatoon at Vancouver, Tri-City at Seattle
Once again, it's much too late for me to be up. Everybody enjoy Game 1 of the World Series.
[Edit ~11:46a -- Added the Sun link to the Tomahawk blip.]
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