Monday, October 25, 2004
MONDAYNE
You know, I'm not sure how old I was when I simply outgrew the Garfield comic strip and favored more sophisticated humor along the lines of the Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes. Anyway, I was just sitting here thinking about how one-seventh of Jim Davis' Garfield strips would be complaining in some way about it being Monday.
MARINERS
John Hickey managed to squeeze out some Mariner material during the World Series. It's basically nothing new that the papers haven't covered already, other than the fact that manager Mike Hargrove's week was also filled with things like marrying off one of his daughters and having another give birth.
SEAHAWKS
I guess I can name off the four best Seahawk plays of the game right now, real quick
-- Koren Robinson's catch in the fourth quarter over the middle, getting his bell rung in the process
-- Darrell Jackson's touchdown catch (the fact that they scored, anyway)
-- Kicker Josh Brown nailing one from 54 yards
-- Punter Donnie Jones swatting the loose ball out the back of the end zone after having his punt blocked, surrendering two points instead of six (seven).
Let's be real, folks. The Cardinals gave the Seahawks every possible chance to win that game.
But, to sum it up: This team sucks badly right now.
SONICS
Kobe vs. Ray Allen. I wish I cared. I'm leaning toward the Lakers when I ask myself this question, but I posed it to myself just now: Who will suck less next year between the Lakers and Sonics? I think a lot of people agree that the Lakers as they are right now are not a playoff team. Also in the article is a blip on Coach McMillan wanting Vlad Radmanovic to keep putting up shots even though he's 2-for-his-last 22 from the floor. The best sentence of the article is the one that comes right after it: "The Sonics coach said the same theory applies to rookie forward Nick Collison and Luke Ridnour, who are also struggling offensively."
In a related story, Vlad (0-for-11) and Collison (0-for-3) were quite great in the power forward slot in Saturday's game against the Spurs, In relation to the quote I just tossed out from the Times article, Nate McMillan is hoping these guys are getting the crappy play and shooting out of their systems during the preseason.
HOCKEY
Seattle shut out Tri-City, 3-0. Don't look now; the T-Birds have won four straight and are solidifying their spot atop the WHL US Division. Gavin McHale stopped all 26 shots he faced en route to his first WHL shutout. Coach Rob Sumner had rave reviews for McHale and the penalty killers, and McHale was a big fan of the shot-blocking defenders in front of him. Tyler Metcalfe and Mitch Fadden (twice) lit the lamp for Seattle, and the team collectively outshot the Americans 38-26.
Saskatoon beat Vancouver, 4-1. The Vancouver Giants, considered elite just a week ago (they'd won six straight), are now heading in the opposite direction as the T-Birds, losing their fourth straight game tonight. Tonight, they ran into a couple things that I'd grown accustomed to with last year's Canucks. One, the Giants outshot the Blades of Saskatoon at a 41-19 clip; this reminded me of those Minnesota Wild games where the Canucks would put up 35 shots on Manny Fernandez/Dwayne Roloson and score once, and the Wild would only get off 17 shots on Dan Cloutier, but they'd score on three and win. This ticked me off to no end. Two would be the Giants' deficiencies on the power play, on which they haven't scored in three games. The problems the Canucks had with the power play last year were well documented, thanks in part to how great they were on the power play during the 2002-2003 season.
Now, the next week in local minor-league hockey, plus the Canuck wannabes (Manitoba)...
Monday/Tuesday: Manitoba at St. John's
Wednesday: Kamloops at Everett
Friday: Seattle at Spokane, Vancouver at Brandon, Everett at Tri-City, Manitoba at Rochester, Puget Sound at River City (Beaverton)
Saturday: Kamloops at Seattle, Portland at Everett, Manitoba at Binghamton, Puget Sound at River City (Beaverton)
Sunday: Manitoba at Hamilton
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And with it, the work week begins. Unless you're a temp worker who doesn't go back until Tuesday, that is.
MARINERS
John Hickey managed to squeeze out some Mariner material during the World Series. It's basically nothing new that the papers haven't covered already, other than the fact that manager Mike Hargrove's week was also filled with things like marrying off one of his daughters and having another give birth.
SEAHAWKS
I guess I can name off the four best Seahawk plays of the game right now, real quick
-- Koren Robinson's catch in the fourth quarter over the middle, getting his bell rung in the process
-- Darrell Jackson's touchdown catch (the fact that they scored, anyway)
-- Kicker Josh Brown nailing one from 54 yards
-- Punter Donnie Jones swatting the loose ball out the back of the end zone after having his punt blocked, surrendering two points instead of six (seven).
Let's be real, folks. The Cardinals gave the Seahawks every possible chance to win that game.
But, to sum it up: This team sucks badly right now.
SONICS
Kobe vs. Ray Allen. I wish I cared. I'm leaning toward the Lakers when I ask myself this question, but I posed it to myself just now: Who will suck less next year between the Lakers and Sonics? I think a lot of people agree that the Lakers as they are right now are not a playoff team. Also in the article is a blip on Coach McMillan wanting Vlad Radmanovic to keep putting up shots even though he's 2-for-his-last 22 from the floor. The best sentence of the article is the one that comes right after it: "The Sonics coach said the same theory applies to rookie forward Nick Collison and Luke Ridnour, who are also struggling offensively."
In a related story, Vlad (0-for-11) and Collison (0-for-3) were quite great in the power forward slot in Saturday's game against the Spurs, In relation to the quote I just tossed out from the Times article, Nate McMillan is hoping these guys are getting the crappy play and shooting out of their systems during the preseason.
HOCKEY
Seattle shut out Tri-City, 3-0. Don't look now; the T-Birds have won four straight and are solidifying their spot atop the WHL US Division. Gavin McHale stopped all 26 shots he faced en route to his first WHL shutout. Coach Rob Sumner had rave reviews for McHale and the penalty killers, and McHale was a big fan of the shot-blocking defenders in front of him. Tyler Metcalfe and Mitch Fadden (twice) lit the lamp for Seattle, and the team collectively outshot the Americans 38-26.
Saskatoon beat Vancouver, 4-1. The Vancouver Giants, considered elite just a week ago (they'd won six straight), are now heading in the opposite direction as the T-Birds, losing their fourth straight game tonight. Tonight, they ran into a couple things that I'd grown accustomed to with last year's Canucks. One, the Giants outshot the Blades of Saskatoon at a 41-19 clip; this reminded me of those Minnesota Wild games where the Canucks would put up 35 shots on Manny Fernandez/Dwayne Roloson and score once, and the Wild would only get off 17 shots on Dan Cloutier, but they'd score on three and win. This ticked me off to no end. Two would be the Giants' deficiencies on the power play, on which they haven't scored in three games. The problems the Canucks had with the power play last year were well documented, thanks in part to how great they were on the power play during the 2002-2003 season.
Now, the next week in local minor-league hockey, plus the Canuck wannabes (Manitoba)...
Monday/Tuesday: Manitoba at St. John's
Wednesday: Kamloops at Everett
Friday: Seattle at Spokane, Vancouver at Brandon, Everett at Tri-City, Manitoba at Rochester, Puget Sound at River City (Beaverton)
Saturday: Kamloops at Seattle, Portland at Everett, Manitoba at Binghamton, Puget Sound at River City (Beaverton)
Sunday: Manitoba at Hamilton
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And with it, the work week begins. Unless you're a temp worker who doesn't go back until Tuesday, that is.
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